CRAFTS v. QUINN


482 A.2d 825 (1984)

Jeffrey H. CRAFTS et al. v. Rodney S. QUINN, Secretary of State.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mittel & Hefferan, Robert Edmond Mittel (orally), Portland, for plaintiffs.

Peter Brann (orally), Robert S. Frank, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

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