Legal Opinion
Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting v. Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 14, 2016No. Docket Cum-15-200PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, C.J.
[¶ 1] In September 2014, Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting and Katie Hansberry filed a complaint in the Superior Court contending that the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s campaign activities in opposition to a question scheduled to appear oh the 2014 referendum election ballot constituted an ultra vires expenditure of public funds. In November 2014, Maine voters defeated the ballot question. In March 2015, the court (Cumberland County, Wheeler, J.) dismissed the complaint as moot. MFBH appealed. We affirm the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting is a Maine…
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