WHITE v. EDGAR


320 A.2d 668 (1974)

John Joseph WHITE, Jr., et al. v. Joseph T. EDGAR, Secretary of State, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neville Woodruff, Portland, Donald F. Fontaine, Presque Isle, for plaintiffs.

John W. Benoit, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Courtland Perry, William Kelleher, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, Hugh Calkins, Portland, for defendants.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD and DELAHANTY, JJ.


WERNICK, Justice.

The District Court of the United States, District of Maine, convened as a three-judge Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2281, has "certified" two questions to us for our "instructions" concerning the law of Maine.1

In the certificate

". . . the nature of the case and the circumstances out of which . . . questions of law of the State of Maine arise"

are described as follows.

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