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ORDER O N PLAINTIFFS' M OTION FOR TENIPORARY RETRAINING O RDER A ND PRELIMINARY I NJUNCTION
TO\tVN O F FREEPORT, D efendant T he plaintiffs filed a m otion for a t emporary r etraining o rder a nd p reliminary i njunction o n 1 0/1/10. T hey a sked t he c ourt to r estrain t he T own o f F reeport f rom t ransferring i ts d ispatch s ervices to t he T own o f B runswick u ntil t he u nderlying c omplaint i s resolved. T he p laintiffs h ave failed to m ake t he n ecessary s howing t o o btain t he r elief t hey seek. T he a ffidavit of M arianne M cGettigan d oes n ot i n a ny w ay d emonstrate t hat t he p laintiffs will suffer i rreparable i njury i f t he i njunction is n ot g ranted. B angor H istoric Track. Inc. v. D ep't of Agric., 2003 ME 140,
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9, 837 A.2d 129, 132; I ngraham v. Univ. of "[P]roof of i rreparable i njury i s a
M aine a t O rono, 441 A.2d 691, 693 (Me. 1982).
p rerequisite t o t he g ranting o f injunctive relief." Bar H arbor B anking & T rust Co. v. Alexander, 411 A .2d 74, 79 (Me. 1980). E ven a ssuming f or the p urposes o f a rgument t hat t he d efendant a cted i n a m anner i nconsistent w ith t he T own C harter a nd t hat e stablishes i rreparable h arm, t he a ffidavits of D ale O lmstead, Jr. a nd G erald S chofield d emonstrate t hat t he t ransfer t ook
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p lace o n 1 0/7/10,1 t hat t he n ew s ystem is a n i mprovement, a nd t hat t he h arm to t he d efendant a nd t o t he p ublic i f t he i njunction w ere g ranted w ould e xceed a ny h arm t o t he p laintiffs. B angor H istoric T rack, T he e ntry is T he P laintiffs' M otion f or T emporary R estraining O rder a nd P reliminary I njunction i s D enied.
9I 9, 837 A.2d a t 132; I ngraham, 441 A .2d a t 693.
D ated: N ovember 17, 2010 Na M ills J ustice, S uperior C ou t
I T he a mended c omplaint, t he M cGettigan a ffidavit, a nd t he plaintiff's m emorandum d etail t he h istory o f the transfer, w hich w as a pproved b y t he T own C ouncil o n 4 /6/10. S ee Am. C ompl. 9l9I 1 4,23,40-44,48, 54-63; M cGettigan Aff. 9I9I 6, 9-11, 13-17; Pis.' M em. a t 2-6. In his affidavit, Dale O lmstead s tates t hat "[s]ince A pril o f 2010, it h as b een p ublic k nowledge t hat t he T own o f F reeport h oped t o t ransfer i ts d ispatch s ervices to t he T own o f B runswick e ffective O ctober 1, 2010, if n ot s ooner." O lmstead Aff. 'lI 4. T he p laintiffs first r equested i njunctive r elief o n 1 0/1/10.
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