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· 12/18/1975

State Ex Rel. Brennan v. RD Realty Corporation

Citations

  • 349 A.2d 201
  • 1975 Me. LEXIS 337

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that agency \expertise [is] the controlling consideration\ in \rationaliz[ing] the application of\ the primary jurisdiction doctrine
  • explaining that, although the concepts are somewhat different, that doctrines of '\[p]rimary jurisdiction' and 'exhaustion of administrative remedies' are both closely allied in basic function and concept\
  • explaining that the doctrine of primary jurisdiction is \a matter of judicial policy\
  • applying the doctrine because it is “clear that the statutory scheme envisions that ordinarily the [agency] will make the determination that a development is or is not exempt from regulation by the [agency]”
  • “As a matter of judicial policy we will generally not decide an issue concerning which an administrative agency has decision capacity until after the agency has considered the issue.”
  • \We recognize that the 'doctrine of primary jurisdiction' is - 37 - somewhat different from the 'doctrine of exhaustion of administrative remedies' . . . .\

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Judges: Archibald, Delahanty, Dufresne, Pomeroy, Wea-Therbee, Wernick

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