Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Donald J. Trump v. Secretary of State

January 24, 20242024 ME 5

Summary

The court dismissed the appeal as interlocutory because the Superior Court had remanded the matter to the Secretary of State and had not entered a final judgment. It held that the election statute did not expressly authorize an interlocutory appeal and that neither the judicial-economy nor death-knell exception to the final-judgment rule applied. Requiring further agency proceedings would avoid an advisory opinion and permit review after the matter became final.