Help-U-Sell, Inc. v. Maine Real Estate Commission

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Help-U-Sell, Inc., a California corporation that markets and sells franchises for the operation of real estate brokerage offices, and four of its Maine franchisees, all licensed to engage in the practice of real estate brokerage, appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Kravchuk, J.) dismissing for lack of jurisdiction the plaintiffs’ complaint seeking a review, pursuant to 5 M.R.S.A. §§ 11001-11008 (1989) and M.R.Civ.P. 80C, of an advisory ruling issued by the Real Estate Commission. Plaintiffs contend that the Commission acted…