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· 5/1/2001

Great Northern Paper, Inc. v. Penobscot Nation

Citations

  • 2001 ME 68
  • 770 A.2d 574
  • 2001 Me. LEXIS 82

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that the Penobscot Tribe qualifies as a municipal agency, and therefore that its public records are subject to disclosure pursuant to FOAA
  • holding that the Maine Freedom of Access Act does not apply, pursuant to section 6206(1), to the Tribe’s internal conduct of their government, but does apply when the Tribe communicates and interacts with other governments

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Judges: Wathen, Clifford, Rudman, Dana, Saufley, Alexander

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