Maine § 5 §4613 Procedure in Superior Court

Maine Statutes

§ 5 §4613 — Procedure in Superior Court

Maine·Title 5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES·Part 12 HUMAN RIGHTS·Ch. 337 HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

1.Actions filed by commission. Any such action filed by the commission shall be heard by the Superior Court and may be advanced on the docket and receive priority over other civil cases where the court shall determine that the interests of justice so require. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the court shall hear the case and grant relief as in other civil actions for injunctions. Any such action shall be brought in the name of the commission for the use of the victim of the alleged discrimination or of a described class, and the commission shall furnish counsel for the prosecution thereof. Any person aggrieved by the alleged discrimination may intervene in such an action. In no such action brought by the commission shall any injunction bond be required, nor shall damages be a

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1.
Actions filed by commission.
Any such action filed by the commission shall be heard by the Superior Court and may be advanced on the docket and receive priority over other civil cases where the court shall determine that the interests of justice so require. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the court shall hear the case and grant relief as in other civil actions for injunctions. Any such action shall be brought in the name of the commission for the use of the victim of the alleged discrimination or of a described class, and the commission shall furnish counsel for the prosecution thereof. Any person aggrieved by the alleged discrimination may intervene in such an action. In no such action brought by the commission shall any injunction bond be required, nor shall damages be assessed for the wrongful issuance of an injunction.
2.
All actions under this Act.
In any action filed under this Act by the commission or by any other person:

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Legislative History

PL 1971, c. 501, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 357, §2 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 541, §A40 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 255, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 470, §A7 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 38 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 99 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 474, §1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 474, §3 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 393, §29 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 400, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 243, §8 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 457, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 695, Pt. A, §7 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 235, §3 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 613, §21 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 613, §29 (AFF). PL 2023, c. 263, §1 (AMD).