STATE v. FISHING VESSEL, FLYING YANKEE


589 A.2d 461 (1991)

STATE of Maine v. FISHING VESSEL, FLYING YANKEE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Carpenter, Atty. Gen. and Thomas A. Harnett, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, for appellant.

William N. Ferm (orally), Ferm & McSweeney, Ellsworth, for appellee.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and BRODY, JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

The State appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Hancock County, Beaulieu, J.) affirming a decision of the District Court (Ellsworth, Russell, J.) that the Department of Marine Resources improperly seized Eugene Eaton's fishing vessel, Flying Yankee, pursuant to the former 12 M.R.S.A. § 6207 (1981).1 Because our construction of section 6207 permits the State to seize Eaton's fishing vessel and...

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