Talk:Maine Supreme Judicial Court: Difference between revisions

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The article states that the court is “known as the Law Court when sitting as an appellate court.” That implies that the court has some other functions as well. If that is so they should be described in the article. If it is not so the quoted sentence should be clarified. I’d fix it but I’m in New York and don’t know much about Maine procedure. Thanks. Newyorkbrad 14:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes they should. These would be the issuing of advisory opinions, the regulation of the bar, the issuing of rules of procedure, and other administrative functions of the Court. To make sure they’re right though I’ll need to take a look at the Maine Constitution again, so that will be for another day or another person.–Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 22:27, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Drafts have been seeded for the following missing Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court:

Any improvements to these would be appreciated. Cheers! BD2412 T 00:10, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]