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HAWKES TV. v. ME. BUR. OF CONS. CRED. PROT.

462 A.2d 1167 (1983)

HAWKES TELEVISION, INC. v. MAINE BUREAU OF CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION and Barbara Reid Alexander.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Levandoski (orally), Portland, Terry Snow, Cumberland Center, for plaintiff.

Peter B. Bickerman (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Richard P. Hackett, William Kayatta, Portland, amicus curiae.

Before GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.

GODFREY, Justice.

The plaintiff Hawkes Television, Inc. ("Hawkes") appeals from a judgment in Superior Court, Cumberland County, holding that the company's "rent to own" program violates the Maine Consumer Credit Code. Hawkes also moves to dissolve an injunction issued by the Superior Court pending appeal. We reverse the judgment of the Superior Court and grant the motion to dissolve the injunction.

In August, 1981, the defendant Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit...

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