Legal Opinion
Brown v. Town of Wells
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 4, 1979PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DELAHANTY, Justice.
Pursuant to 25 M.R.S.A. § 2031, the plaintiff, Robert E. Brown, applied to the Board of Selectmen (Board) in his hometown of Wells for a certificate which would permit him to carry a concealed revolver. Section 2031 provides in part:
No person shall . . . wear under his clothes, or conceal about his person any firearm . . . ; except that . the selectmen of any town may upon written application therefor issue to any legal resident ... of good moral character, a certificate setting forth that such person has been duly licensed to carry such weapon mentioned in the certificate.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gashgai v. Board of Registration in MedicineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
3Cited by8 opinions
- LaPointe v. City of SacoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Harrington v. Inhabitants of Town of KennebunkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Sanborn v. Town of EliotSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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- Putnam v. Town of HampdenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
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