Legal Opinion
Bangor Publishing Co. v. Town of Bucksport
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 16, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
Bangor Publishing Company appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) in favor of the defendants, the Town of Bucksport, Champion International Corporation, and the State Board of Property Tax Review. The court held that Bangor Publishing has no right, pursuant to the Freedom of Access Act, 1 M.R.S.A. §§ 401-410 (1989 & Supp. 1995) (the Act), to compel disclosure of documents filed by Champion in tax abatement proceedings before the Town and the Board because a prior court protective order provided that the documents were exempt…
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