HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE v. ME. COMM'RS ASS'N

Docket: Ken-22-420.

301 A.3d 782 (2023)

2023 ME 56

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER v. MAINE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION SELF-FUNDED RISK MANAGEMENT POOL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Edwards, Esq. (orally), Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP, Portland, for appellant Maine County Commissioners Association Self-Funded Risk Management Pool.

Carol J. Garvan, Esq. (orally), Zachary L. Heiden, Esq. , and Anahita D. Sotoohi, Esq. , American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation, Portland; and Loree Stark, Esq. , Human Rights Defense Center, Boynton Beach, Florida, for appellee Human Rights Defense Center.

Shelby Leighton, Esq. , and Jaqueline Aranda Osorno, Esq. , Public Justice, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Maine Freedom of Information Coalition, Maine Press Association, New England First Amendment Coalition, and Public Justice.

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


[¶1] The Maine County Commissioners Association Self-Funded Risk Management Pool (Risk Pool) appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Billings, J.) awarding attorney fees to the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), based on the court's ruling after an evidentiary hearing that the Risk Pool had refused...

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