Legal Opinion
White v. Edgar
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 7, 1974PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
The District Court of the United States, District of Maine, convened as a three-judge Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2281, has “certified” two questions to us for our “instructions” concerning the law of Maine. 1
In the certificate
“. . . the nature of the case and the circumstances out of which questions of law of the State of Maine arise”
are described as follows.
“. . . On October 3, 1972, the plaintiffs John Joseph White, Jr., Donald Everett Cunningham, Timothy Francis Flaherty, Peter D. Riddell, Louis George Fournier, all persons serving sentences at the Maine State Prison,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by37 opinions
- In Re Certified QuestionMichigan Supreme Court · 1989
- Western Helicopter Services, Inc. v. Rogerson Aircraft Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1991
- Pan American Computer Corp. v. Data General Corp.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1982
- Bernier v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
- Dr. E.G. Fischer v. Bar Harbor Banking and Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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