CITY OF ELLSWORTH v. McALPINE


590 A.2d 545 (1991)

CITY OF ELLSWORTH v. Bruce McALPINE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne R. Foote, Bangor, for plaintiff.

Bruce McAlpine, pro se.

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


ROBERTS, Justice.

Without opposition from the defendant, we are asked to determine whether 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452 (Pamph.1990) authorized the District Court (Ellsworth, Staples, J.) to award reasonable attorney fees incurred in a disclosure proceeding initiated by the City of Ellsworth for collection of a civil penalty imposed for maintaining an illegal automobile junkyard in violation of an Ellsworth ordinance. Because we conclude that statutory authority...

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