PARKER v. DEP'T OF INLAND FISHERIES

Docket: Ken-22-411.

314 A.3d 208 (2024)

2024 ME 22

Virginia PARKER et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 28, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Schmidt, Esq., and Pamela Lee, Esq. (orally), Borealis Law PLLC, Portland, for appellants Virginia Parker and Joel Parker.

Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General, Paul E. Suitter, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), and Mark A. Randlett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Sigmund D. Schutz, Esq., and Jonathan Mermin, Esq., Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP, Portland, for amici curiae Maine Woodland Owners, Maine Farm Bureau, and Maine Forest Products Council

Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and MEAD, HORTON, CONNORS, LAWRENCE, and DOUGLAS, JJ.


[¶1] Virginia and Joel Parker appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Cashman, J.) dismissing, pursuant to M.R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), their complaint for declaratory judgment brought under 14 M.R.S. § 5954 (2023). The Parkers' complaint alleged that Maine's longstanding Sunday hunting ban conflicts with...

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