PARENT v. ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF PORTLAND


436 A.2d 888 (1981)

Lawrence PARENT, et al., Trustees of the Fabrique du Paroisse de Notre Dame de Mont Carmel v. ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF PORTLAND et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided November 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Smith, VanBuren (orally), Joel R. LeBlanc, Madawaska, for plaintiffs.

Robinson & Kriger, Robert C. Robinson (orally), Portland, Solman, Page & Hunter, P. A., Richard N. Solman, Caribou, for Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN, and CARTER, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A. R. J.


GODFREY, Justice.

Plaintiffs, Lawrence Parent and others, trustees of a religious association in the Roman Catholic parish of Lille, appeal from a summary judgment for the Roman Catholic bishop of Portland entered by the Superior Court. The bishop is a party to this action in his capacity as head and pastor of the Roman Catholic diocese of Portland, which includes the parish of Lille, and as a corporation sole created by special act of the Maine Legislature, Me.Priv...

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