Dupuis v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland
Held that a law that revived claims based on sex acts toward minors that were previously time-barred impairs a defendant’s vested right to be free from a claim once its statute of limitations has expired, finding that a prohibition on laws reviving expired claims “runs as a theme” throughout the text of Maine’s Constitution.
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