DESMOND v. HACHEY

Civ. A. Nos. 11-73, 11-82.

315 F.Supp. 328 (1970)

Ralph E. DESMOND et al., Plaintiffs, v. George H. HACHEY et al., Defendants. Andrew T. LEEMAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. Walter HIGGINS, Sr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine, S. D.

July 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Fontaine, Robert E. Mittel, Portland, Me., Stephen P. Beale, Lewiston, Me., Michael J. Gentile, Skowhegan, Me., for all plaintiffs.

Sidney H. Geller, Roger A. Welch, Waterville, Me., Foahd J. Saliem, Oakland, Me., for defendants George H. Hachey, and others.

Carl R. Trynor, Merle C. Rideout, Jr., Portland, Me., Charles T. Small, Bath, Me., Robert T. Coffin, Brunswick, Me., A. MacNichol, So. Portland, Me., for defendants Walter Higgins, Sr., and others.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, and GIGNOUX and GARRITY, District Judges.


OPINION

GIGNOUX, District Judge.

These are consolidated class actions brought by certain judgment debtors against the sheriffs, two deputy sheriffs and two disclosure commissioners of Cumberland and Kennebec Counties, Maine, and the respective judgment creditors. Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief.1 Jurisdiction is properly invoked under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and 28 U.S.C. §...

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