JORTNER v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Docket: Cum-23-83.

293 A.3d 405 (2023)

2023 ME 25

Wayne R. JORTNER et al. v. SECRETARY OF STATE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: April 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, Paul E. Suitter , Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), and Jonathan R. Bolton , Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for appellant Secretary of State.

Sean R. Turley, Esq. , and Peter L. Murray, Esq. (orally), Murray, Plumb & Murray, Portland, for appellees Wayne R. Jortner, Richard Bennett, John Clark, and Nicole Grohoski.

Nolan L. Reichl, Esq. (orally), Pierce Atwood LLP, Portland, for amicus curiae Maine Affordable Energy Ballot Question Committee.

Paul McDonald, Esq. (orally), and Rosalie Wennberg, Esq. , Bernstein Shur, Portland, for amicus curiae Maine Energy Progress Political Action Committee.

Benjamin Gaines, Esq. (orally), Gaines Law LLC, Portland, for amicus curiae The Sierra Club.

Dissent: STANFILL, C.J.


[¶1] The Secretary of State appeals from a judgment entered by the Superior Court (Cumberland County, MG Kennedy, J.) in favor of Wayne R. Jortner, Richard Bennett, John Clark, and Nicole Grohoski (collectively, Jortner) on Jortner's petition to the Superior Court for review of the Secretary of State's decision determining...

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