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PORTLAND, Maine -- OccupyMaine members followed through with their promise to take their case to court Monday, filing a lawsuit against the city of Portland to argue their eviction from Lincoln Park would be unconstitutional.
The group's attorney, John Branson, held a news conference on the steps of the Cumberland County Courthouse on Monday afternoon, kicking off a legal battle that became all-but-inevitable when the City Council voted Dec. 7 to deny OccupyMaine's petition request to keep its tent community up for at least another six months.See the full content of this document
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Occupymaine Takes Tussle with Portland to Court
Portland City Manager Mark Rees told the protesters in a letter that if they did not file a lawsuit by noontime Monday, the city would require them to take down their tents and move out of th...
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