STATE v. PATTEN CORPORATION


617 A.2d 210 (1992)

STATE of Maine v. PATTEN CORPORATION, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Carpenter, Atty. Gen., Amy M. Homans, Asst. Atty. Gen., Consumer & Antitrust Div., Augusta, for appellant.

Stephen Langsdorf, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Augusta, for appellees.

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


ROBERTS, Justice.

The single issue presented by the State's appeal requires us to determine the appropriate standard for an award of attorney fees to the State pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. § 1522(1) (Supp.1991). Following a finding that Patten Corporation and its Maine affiliates engaged in unfair and deceptive practices in the sale of land in violation of a consent decree entered under the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act...

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