DISTRICT ATTORNEY v. CITY OF BREWER


543 A.2d 837 (1988)

The DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR the FIFTH PROSECUTORIAL DISTRICT OF MAINE v. CITY OF BREWER, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Christopher Almy, Dist. Atty., Philip C. Worden (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Dover-Foxcroft, for plaintiff.

George Z. Singal (orally), Steven J. Mogul, Gross, Minsky, Mogul & Singal, for City of Brewer.

Susan R. Kominsky, Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky, Bangor, for amicus curiae, Bangor Publishing Co.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.


WATHEN, Justice.

Plaintiff District Attorney appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Penobscot County) dismissing his four-count complaint for declaratory relief against the City of Brewer and various officials of the City. Rather than seeking coercive relief as authorized by statute, plaintiff sought a declaration that certain past meetings, executive sessions, and other actions by defendants violated the freedom of...

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