University of Maine School of Law University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons Uniform Maine Citations Law School Publications 9-17-2020 Uniform Maine Citations, 2020 - 2021 Edition (Superseded) Michael D. Seitzinger Charles K. Leadbetter Sara T.S. Wolff University of Maine School of Law, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/uniform-maine-citations Part of the Law Commons This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Publications at University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Uniform Maine Citations by an authorized administrator of University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. UNIFORM MAINE CITATIONS 2020-2021 Edition Charles K. Leadbetter Michael D. Seitzinger Sara T.S. Wolff University of Maine School of Law UNIFORM MAINE CITATIONS (2020-2021 ed.) Copyright 2020 by the University of Maine School of Law. Uniform Maine Citations, 2020-2021 Edition, is available online from the University of Maine School of Law website at https://mainelaw.maine.edu/academics/journals/uniform-maine- citations/ and on the University Maine School of Law Digital Commons at https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/uniform-maine-citations. Communications and comments should be sent to: Sara Wolff University of Maine School of Law 246 Deering Avenue Portland, ME 04102 [email protected] ii | P a g e TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................1 Introduction: Location and Citation of Research Materials A. Locating Research Materials .........................................................................................3 B. Citation Practices 1. Purpose of this Guide and General References .......................................................4 2. References to Website Sources ...............................................................................5 3. Abbreviations ..........................................................................................................7 PRIMARY SOURCES I. Constitutions ......................................................................................................................9 A. United States Constitution ............................................................................................9 B. Maine Constitution ........................................................................................................9 C. Debates and Journal of the Maine Constitutional Convention ...................................10 D. Constitutional Commissions .......................................................................................10 1. Constitutional Commission of 1875 .....................................................................10 2. Constitutional Commission of 1963 .....................................................................10 II. Statutes and Ordinances .................................................................................................11 A. Maine Revised Statutes ...............................................................................................11 1. West’s Maine Revised Statutes, Compact Edition..................................................11 2. Maine Revised Statutes Annotated..........................................................................15 3. Citing to Maine Revised Statutes in Commercial Electronic Databases...............19 B. Maine Revised Statutes: 1841 to 1954 ........................................................................19 C. Commentary ................................................................................................................20 D. Session Laws ...............................................................................................................21 E. Revisor’s Report .........................................................................................................22 F. Bills and Amendments to Bills ...................................................................................22 1. Legislative Documents ..........................................................................................22 2. Amendments .........................................................................................................23 G. Legislative Debate ......................................................................................................23 H. Testimony Before the State Legislature ..................................................................... 24 I. Journals of the Senate and House ...............................................................................24 J. Reports of Joint Standing Committees and Joint Select Committees of the Legislature ...................................................................................................................24 K. Reports and Documents of Legislative and Gubernatorial Commissions ..................25 L. Municipal Ordinances .................................................................................................25 III. Court Opinions and Documents ....................................................................................27 A. Federal Court Decisions ..............................................................................................27 1. Supreme Court of the United States ......................................................................27 2. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit .............................................29 i | P a g e 3. United States District Court for the District of Maine ..........................................30 4. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine ....................................32 B. Maine Supreme Judicial Court Decisions ...................................................................33 1. Supreme Judicial Court Sitting as the Law Court .................................................34 2. Sentence Review for Propriety .............................................................................39 3. Supreme Judicial Court Sitting Other Than as the Law Court .............................40 4. Ceremonial Proceedings .......................................................................................42 5. Oral Argument Recordings, Transcripts, and Summaries ....................................42 C. Maine Trial Court Decisions ........................................................................................43 1. Superior Court .......................................................................................................43 2. District Court ........................................................................................................44 3. Unified Criminal Dockets .................................................................................... 45 4. Specialized Courts ................................................................................................46 5. Business and Consumer Court ..............................................................................46 6. Probate Court ........................................................................................................46 D. Court Documents, Transcripts, and Records ..............................................................47 IV. Maine Court Rules and Administrative Orders ..........................................................50 A. Location and Citation of Maine Court Rules and Advisory Notes .............................50 B. Maine Rules of Civil Procedure ..................................................................................52 C. Maine Rules of Business and Consumer Docket Procedure [Abrogated] ................. 53 D. Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure ..............................................................53 E. Uniform Criminal Docket Local Rules of Procedure [Abrogated] ............................ 54 F. Maine Rules of Evidence ............................................................................................55 G. Maine Rules of Electronic Court Systems...................................................................56 H. Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure ..........................................................................56 I. Maine Rules of Probate Procedure .............................................................................57 J. Rules for the Family Division of the Maine District Court [Abrogated] ....................57 K. Maine Rules for Guardians Ad Litem .........................................................................58 L. Maine Rules of Small Claims Procedure ....................................................................58 M. Maine Administrative Court Rules [Abrogated] .........................................................59 N. Administrative Orders of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ....................................60 O. Maine Code of Judicial Conduct .................................................................................60 P. Maine Rules of the Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability .................61 Q. Maine Bar Rules .........................................................................................................61 R. Maine Rules of Professional Conduct .........................................................................62 S. Maine Rules for