Legal Opinion
City of South Portland v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 30, 1984PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
This action is one in the nature of a suit for accounting malpractice, brought by the City of South Portland against the State of Maine and various officials and other employees of the State Department of Audit. On appeal, the City contends that the Superior Court (Cumberland County) erred by dismissing its complaint, under M.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We deny the City’s appeal.
Prior to July 22, 1976, the State Department of Audit, pursuant to 30 M.R.S.A. § 5253 (1978), 1 performed a so-called pos- taudit of the…
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