BEAULIEU v. CITY OF LEWISTON


440 A.2d 334 (1982)

Rita BEAULIEU v. CITY OF LEWISTON et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen B. Herold, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. (orally), Lewiston, for plaintiff.

John B. Cole, Asst. City Atty. (orally), Frederick G. Taintor, City Atty., Fredda Wolf, Stephen Filler, Corp. Counsel, Lewiston, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

The plaintiff, Rita Beaulieu, appeals from an order of summary judgment issued by the Superior Court (Androscoggin County) dismissing her action which challenged, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as unconstitutional, a provision of the Lewiston General Assistance Ordinance. Plaintiff additionally challenges, under 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5951-5963, the ordinance as illegal because it conflicts with the statutory mandate set forth in 22 M.R.S.A. ch. 1251...

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