Legal Opinion
Bell v. Town of Wells
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 23, 1986PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLASSMAN, Justice.
The plaintiffs, each an owner of shore-front property in the Moody Beach area of the Town of Wells (Town), appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, York County, granting the motion of the State and the Town to dismiss the plaintiffs’ quiet title actions as barred by sovereign immunity. Because we hold that sovereign immunity is not applicable in the instant case, we vacate the judgment.
I. Procedural History
The plaintiffs brought suit against the Town, the State, 1 and individual unnamed users of the plaintiffs’ property who may claim any interest in it. 2 Counts I and…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Storer v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Lansing v. SmithCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1829
- Brickell v. TrammelSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
- Culbert v. Sampson's Supermarkets Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Flaherty v. MutherSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2011
- Bell v. Town of WellsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
- Norton v. Town of Long IslandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2005
- Maynard v. Commissioner of CorrectionsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- League of Women Voters v. DiamondDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1996
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