OLIVER v. PETIT


432 A.2d 428 (1981)

Josephine OLIVER v. Michael PETIT, Commissioner of Department of Human Services of the State of Maine and City of Augusta.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Kim M. Vandermeulen (orally), Richard M. Goldman, Augusta, for plaintiff.

Richard S. Cohen, William C. Nugent (orally), Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for Petit.

Sanborn, Moreshead, Schade & Dawson, Charles E. Moreshead (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

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


CARTER, Justice.

The plaintiff, Josephine Oliver, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County) affirming a fair hearing decision of the Department of Human Services.1 We affirm the judgment below.

From January 1 to March 22, 1979, the City of Augusta provided Oliver with municipal general assistance through the program established pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. §§ 4450-4508.2 When...

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