2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 4: JUDICIARY
Chapter 1: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
4 §6-A. Active Retired Justice of Supreme Judicial Court to sit in Superior Court
Subchapter 1: CONSTITUTION AND GENERAL JURISDICTION
§6-A. Active Retired Justice of Supreme Judicial Court to sit in Superior Court
An Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to sit in the Superior Court in any county, and when so directed he shall have authority and jurisdiction therein as if he were a regular Justice of the Superior Court; and, whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court so directs, he may hear all matters and issue all orders, notices, decrees and judgments that any Justice of the Superior Court is authorized to hear and issue. [1979, c. 12, §1 (NEW).]
The order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court directing an Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to sit in the Superior Court shall be filed with the Executive Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, but need not be docketed or otherwise recorded in any case heard by him. [1979, c. 12, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
1979, c. 12, §1 (NEW).
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