Legal Opinion
Eves v. LePage
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 22, 2016No. 16-1492PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Paul LePage, the Republican Governor of Maine, has had deep political disagreements with members of the Maine Legislature, particularly those who are Democrats—including the Speaker of the House, plaintiff Mark Eves. The Speaker, who is *136term-limited, obtained a contract of employment with Good Will-Hinckley (“GWH”), a Maine nonprofit that operates the MeANS charter school for at-risk children, which is largely funded by biennial grants from the state. Whether to disburse that grant money to GWH was left by the legislature to the discretion of the governor.
Governor LePage…
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