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Somerset County v. Department of Corrections

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 18, 2016No. Docket Som-14-101PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHjelm, J.

[¶ 1] This case calls for us to construe legislation that bears on a financial dispute between Somerset County and the former State of Maine Board of Corrections. The County receives' income generated by boarding federal prisoners at the Somerset County Jail (SCJ), and that income is used to support the jail budget. When the County received more federal boarding revenue than anticipated during fiscal year (FY) 2013, it then — without consulting with or receiving approval from the Board — applied a portion of that surplus income to debt service for the cost to construct the SCJ facility. In…

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  5. Reva Merrill v. Maine Public Employees Retirement SystemSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014

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