MAINE GREEN PARTY v. SECRETARY OF STATE


698 A.2d 516 (1997)

1997 ME 175

MAINE GREEN PARTY v. SECRETARY OF STATE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Manetti (orally), Greenberg & Greenberg, Portland, Susan J Parcels, Portland, for plaintiff.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, H. Cabanne Howard, Asst. Atty Gen. (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, RUDMAN, and LIPEZ, JJ.


RUDMAN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Pursuant to 4 M.R.S.A. § 57 (1989) and M.R. Civ. P. 76B,1 the United States District Court for the District of Maine (Carter, J.) has certified the following question of state law to this Court:

Does 21-A M.R.S.A. § 301(1)(C) require that a political party which had qualified for official party status in Maine because its candidate for Governor received more than five percent (5%) of...

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