VARNEY v. LOOK


377 A.2d 81 (1977)

Bradley VARNEY, Peter Angis, Gene Libby, and the Maine Depuration Clam Diggers Association v. Vinal O. LOOK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

August 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dunlap, Wood & O'Brien by Gary C. Wood, Portland, for plaintiffs.

Edward F. Bradley, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

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


DELAHANTY, Justice.

Defendant, Vinal O. Look,1 the Commissioner of Marine Resources, (the Commissioner) received from the presiding Justice a summary judgment in his favor and plaintiffs have appealed. We dismiss the appeal for lack of standing.

Since 1957, Maine has had a statute prohibiting the taking or digging of clams "except by devices or instruments operated solely by hand power...

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