M.R. App. P. 12

(a) Constitution of the Law Court; Concurrence Required.

(1) When sitting as the Law Court to determine questions of law

arising in any civil or criminal action or proceeding, the Supreme Judicial Court

shall be composed of those Justices then available to sit and qualified to act.

When an appeal is in order for conference or oral argument and fewer than

three of the Justices are then available and qualified to act, the matter shall

stand continued to such time as the Court shall determine.

(2) The Court shall hear and determine such questions of law by the

concurrence of a majority of the Justices sitting and qualified to act. A qualified

Justice may participate in a decision even though not present at oral argument.

(b) Sessions of the Law Court. The Supreme Judicial Court sitting as

the Law Court shall hold sessions each year at such times and places as shall be

determined by the Chief Justice.

(c) Decisions of the Law Court. Decisions of the Law Court may be

reported by several methods, including a signed opinion, a per curiam opinion,

or a memorandum of decision. A memorandum of decision decides an appeal

but does not establish precedent and will not be published as an opinion of the

Court in the Maine Reporter.