Legal Opinion

Robards v. Cotton Mill Associates

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided June 7, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DANA, Justice.

Cotton Mill Associates appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) ordering Cotton Mill to cease and desist from using any application that impermissibly inquires into the nature of a person’s disability or handicap and awarding Gordon Robards civil penal damages and attorney fees. The court (Crowley, J.) had previously granted a partial summary judgment in favor of Robards on the basis that Cotton Mill made illegal inquiries into the nature and extent of his disability and denied Cotton Mill’s motion for a summary judgment on its claim…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCCSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Freightliner Corp. v. MyrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. GuerraSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gaetan H. Bourgoin v. Twin Rivers Paper Company, LLCSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2018
  2. In Re Guardianship of SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2011
  3. Robards v. Cotton Mill AssociatesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  4. HARTFORD ENTERPRISES, INC. v. CotyDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2008
  5. Gaetan H. Bourgoin v. Twin Rivers Paper Company, LLCSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2018

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