Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John J. Aromando, Esq. (orally), James R. Erwin, Esq. , Joshua D. Dunlap, Esq. , and Sara A. Murphy, Esq. , Pierce Atwood LLP, Portland, for appellants Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce; Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services, Maine; Slab, LLC; Nosh, LLC; Gritty McDuff s; and Play It Again Sports.
Shelby H. Leighton, Esq. (orally), Valerie Z. Wicks, Esq. , and David G. Webbert, Esq. , Johnson, Webbert & Garvan, LLP, Augusta, for cross-appellants Caleb Horton and Mario Roberge-Reyes.
Dawn M. Harmon, Esq. , and Jason Caron, Esq. (orally), Perkins Thompson, P.A., Portland, for appellees City of Portland and Jon Jennings.
Kasia S. Park, Esq. , Jeana M. McCormick, Esq. , and Sara P. Cressey, Esq. , Drummond Woodsum, Portland, for amicus curiae Maine Association for Community Service Providers.
Benjamin K. Grant, Esq. , McTeague Higbee, Topsham, for amici curiae Maine AFL-CIO, Maine Center for Economic Policy, The Proper Cup, Maine State Building & Construction Trades Council, Southern Maine Workers' Center, People First Portland, Maine Small Business Coalition, and Portland Hunt and Alpine Club.
John R. Brautigam, Esq. , John R. Brautigam, Esq., LLC, Falmouth; Benjamin Gaines, Esq. , Gaines Law, LLC, Portland; and Zachary L. Heiden, Esq. , and Emma E. Bond, Esq. , American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation, Portland, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation and League of Women Voters of Maine.
Gerald F. Petruccelli, Esq. , Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow, LLP, Portland, for amicus curie Maine State Chamber of Commerce.
Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, JJ., and CLIFFORD, ARJ.
MEAD, J.
[¶1] Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and other entities1 (collectively, the Chamber) appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Warren, J.) granting summary judgment against the Chamber on its claims that voter-initiated legislation establishing an emergency minimum wage...
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