Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 8, 1977PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*667ANSWERS OF THE JUSTICES
To the Honorable Senate of the State of Maine:. We, the undersigned Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, have the honor to submit answers to the questions propounded by the Senate on February 1, 1977. We do this, in our opinion, agreeably to the provisions of Article VI, Section 3 of the Constitution of Maine.
Whenever a question is asked of us by the Governor, the Senate, or the House of Representatives, we must first determine whether the question asked and the occasion is one to which we are constitutionally authorized to respond, i. e., “important question of law,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Johnson v. DiefendorfIdaho Supreme Court · 1936
- Morris v. GossSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
- Miller v. FallonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1936
- Tiedemann v. JohnsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial CourtSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- McCaffrey v. GartleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- Bird v. Town of Old Orchard BeachSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Given Under the Provisions of Section 3 of Article VI of the ConstitutionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
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