Opinion of the Justices

HOUSE ORDER PROPOUNDING QUESTIONS TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

Whereas, it appears to the House of Representatives of the 111th Legislature that the following are important questions of law and that the occasion is a solemn one; and

Whereas, the Constitution of Maine, Article VI, Section 3 provides for the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court to render their opinion on these questions; and

Whereas, the Legislature, at the Second Regular Session enacted Legislative Document No. 992 “AN ACT to Establish a Right of Action for Wrongful Imprisonment” and on May 7, 1984, presented it to the…