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VOORHEES v. SAGADAHOC COUNTY

900 A.2d 733 (2006)

2006 ME 79

John W. VOORHEES v. SAGADAHOC COUNTY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: June 28, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Webbert, Esq. (orally), Johnson & Webbert, LLP, Augusta, for plaintiff.

Geoffrey H. Hole, Esq. (orally), Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A., Portland, for defendant.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, LEVY, and SILVER, JJ.

SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] The question presented by this case is whether the constitutional prohibition against the reduction of compensation of Maine judges during their "continuance in office" applies to a sitting judge who begins a new term of office without interruption. Probate Judge John W. Voorhees appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Marden, J.), in which the court concluded that a new term interrupts the "continuance in office...

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