BLACK v. BUREAU OF PARKS AND LANDS

Docket: BCD-21-257.

288 A.3d 346 (2022)

2022 ME 58

Russell BLACK et al., v. BUREAU OF PARKS AND LANDS et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: November 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, Lauren E. Parker , Asst. Atty. Gen., (orally), Scott W. Boak , Asst. Atty. Gen., and Laura E. Jensen , Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for appellant Bureau of Parks and Lands.

Nolan L. Reichl, Esq. , (orally), Jared S. des Rosiers, Esq. , and Kyle M. Noonan, Esq. , Pierce Atwood LLP, Portland, for appellants and cross-appellees Central Maine Power Company and NECEC Transmission LLC.

James T. Kilbreth, Esq . (orally), David M. Kallin, Esq. , Jeana M. McCormick, Esq. , and Sara P. Cressey, Esq. , Drummond Woodsum, Portland, for appellees and cross-appellants Russell Black, Richard A. Bennett, Thomas B. Saviello, Kent Ackley, Seth Berry, Chad Grignon, Denise Harlow, Margaret O'Neil, William Pluecker, Edwin Buzzell, Greg Caruso, Charlene Cummings, Robert Haynes o/b/o Old Canada Road National Scenic Byway, Cathy Johnson, Ron Joseph, John R. Nicholas Jr., George A. Smith, Clifford Stevens, Todd Towle, and the Natural Resources Council of Maine.

Timothy C. Woodcock, Esq. , and Jonathan A. Pottle, Esq. , Eaton Peabody, Bangor, for amicus curiae Maine Forest Products Council.

Orlando E. Delogu, amicus curiae pro se.

P. Andrew Hamilton, Esq. , and Casey M. Olesen, Esq. , Eaton Peabody, Bangor, for amicus curiae H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc.

Sigmund D. Schutz, Esq. , Anthony W. Buxton, Esq. , and Jonathan Mermin, Esq. , Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP, Portland, for amicus curiae Joshua Reynolds.

James G. Monteleone, Esq. , Bernstein Shur, Portland, for amici curiae Troy Jackson, Ben Chipman, Eloise Vitelli, Craig Hickman, Chloe Maxmin, Scott Cyrway, Paul Davis, Patrick Corey, and Jennifer Poirier.

Panel: STANFILL, C.J., JABAR and HORTON, JJ., CLIFFORD, A.R.J. and HUMPHREY, A.R.J.


[¶1] NECEC Transmission LLC, Central Maine Power Co. (collectively, CMP1), and the Bureau of Parks and Lands appeal from a judgment of the Business and Consumer Docket (Murphy, J.) entered in favor of the plaintiffs2 (collectively Black), vacating the Bureau's lease of public...

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