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Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, et al. v. Central Maine Power Company
Paid petition · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, No. BCD-21-43 · judgment January 11, 2022
Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the issuance of a non-binding “No Hazard Determination” by the Federal Aviation Administration preempts the application of state law, despite the Determination’s text stating it “does not relieve” an entity from compliance with state law.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William B. Most
Most & Associates
For respondent
Joshua Dale Dunlap
Pierce Atwood LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 03 2022Petition DENIED.
- Jun 22 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
- Jun 20 2022Reply of petitioners Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 08 2022Brief of respondent Central Maine Power Company in opposition filed.
- Apr 13 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 10, 2022.
- Apr 12 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 12, 2022 to June 10, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 08 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 12, 2022)