· 5/7/1990
Wellman v. Department of Human Services
Citations
- 574 A.2d 879
- 1990 Me. LEXIS 134
How courts have described this case
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- holding that sovereign immunity barred retroactive recovery of any previously made payments
- \The prohibition against denial of equal protection of the law to any person is implicated only when action by the state results in treatment of that person different than that given similarly situated individuals.\
- precluding, on grounds of sovereign immunity, anything but prospective relief
- precluding, on grounds of sovereign immunity, anything but prospective relief
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Judges: Wathen, Glassman, Clifford, Hornby, Collins
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