Legal Opinion
N.A. Burkitt, Inc. v. Champion Road MacHinery Ltd.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 5, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, J.
[¶ 1] The United States District Court for the District of Maine (Hornby, C.J.), acting pursuant to 4 M.R.S.A. § 57 (1989) and M.R. Civ. P. 76B, has certified the following question of state law:
Are motorized graders “motor vehicles,” as that term is defined in Maine’s Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, 10 M.R.S.A. § 1171(11) (Supp.2000)?
We answer the certified question in the negative.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] N.A. Burkitt, Inc., was a dealer of motor-driven graders manufactured by-Champion Road Machinery Limited. Graders are a type of large, motorized devices commonly used for snowplowing, landscaping,…
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