Legal Opinion
Roussel v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 3, 1971PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
Petitioners — plaintiffs, husband and wife, (hereinafter designated Roussels) have appealed to this Court from a final judgment of a single Justice sitting in the Superior Court. The judgment dismissed Roussels’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus and their complaint, conjoined with the petition, seeking a declaratory judgment and coercive relief by injunction.
To achieve habeas corpus remedy, Roussels allege that on or about February 20, 1964 the child, then three weeks of age and already a legal ward of the State, had been placed in their home in Portland, Maine, by the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Finlay v. FinlayNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Bartlett v. BartlettOregon Supreme Court · 1944
- Merchant v. BussellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1942
- Blue v. BoisvertSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1948
- Stanley v. PenleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1946
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Harmon v. EmersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- C.E.W. v. D.E.W.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2004
- Maine School Administrative District No. 15 v. RaynoldsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- In Re Shane T.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
- Cutler Associates, Inc. v. Merrill Trust Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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