Case law

Perreault v. Toussaint

419 A.2d 1009 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 22, 1980

Hathaway v. Rancourt, Me., 409 A.2d 209, 213 (1979); Kinney v. Central Maine Power Co., Me., 403 A.2d 346, 350 (1979); C Company v. City of Westbrook, Me., 269 A.2d 307, 309 (1970). … Hedberg v. Wallingford, Me., 379 A.2d 126, 131 (1977); May v. Labbe, 114 Me. 374, 379 , 96 A. 502, 504 (1916).

Roberts v. Portland Water District

124 Me. 63 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 23, 1924

Riche v. Water Company, 75 Maine, 91; Hamor v. Water Company, 78 Maine, 127; Mosely v. Water Company, 94 Maine, 83; Brown v. Gerald, 100 Maine, 351; Hayford v. Bangor, 102 Maine, 340; Brown v. … Some of these authorities recognize that principle and others support it; Brown v. Water District, supra; Lynch v. Forbes, 161 Mass., 302 ; Minnesota Canal, etc. Co. v. Koochiching Company, (Minn.), 107 N.

Clark ex rel. Andrews v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

116 Me. 450 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 20, 1917

But the petitioner contends that Brown v. … For the purposes of argument, assuming the facts in Brown v.

Union River Valley Teachers Ass'n v. Lamoine School Committee

748 A.2d 990 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 4, 2000

See AFSCME v. City of Portland, 675 A.2d 100, 102-03 (Me.1996); Board of Dirs. of Me. Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 33 v. Teachers’ Ass’n of Me. Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 33, 395 A.2d 461, 463 (Me.1978). … See Seppala & Aho-Spear Assocs. v.

WLH Management Corp. v. Town of Kittery

639 A.2d 108 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 31, 1994

Town of Vienna v. Kokernak, 612 A.2d 870, 872 (Me.1992). The board erred in each of its conclusions. First, the board concluded that section 8.17(d) prohibited the canopy. … Plummer Co. v. Town of Cape Elizabeth, 612 A.2d 856, 859-60 (Me.1992) (ordinance may not be applied in an arbitrary and capricious manner); see also Restivo v. Princeton Constr.

Logan v. City of Biddeford

772 A.2d 1183 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 21, 2001

In Farley v. … Remanded to the Superior Court with instructions to remand to the Zoning Board of Appeals for farther proceedings consistent with this opinion. . In Stewart v.

South Portland Associates v. City of South Portland

550 A.2d 363 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 10, 1988

The Board’s chosen procedures are entitled to the deference of the reviewing courts. See Town of Wiscasset v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 471 A.2d 1045, 1048 (Me.1984). … Sweet, Inc. v.

Estate of Joyce v. Commercial Welding Co.

55 A.3d 411 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 3, 2012

“[W]e give deference to Board rules interpreting the Act and have encouraged the Board to enact rules to fill in the ‘gray areas’ that were intentionally left in the Act.” Baker v. S.D. … However, the Court will defer to the Board only when there is no direct conflict between the Board rules and statutory language. Jasch v.

D'Alessandro v. Town of Harpswell

48 A.3d 786 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 10, 2012

Chase v. Eastman, 563 A.2d 1099 , 1101-02 n. 2 (Me.1989). Likewise, in Alexander v. … Thus, although we review the Board’s factual findings under a deferential standard of review, see Bizier, 2011 ME 116, ¶ 8 , 32 A.3d 1048 ; Rudolph v.

Baker Bus Service, Inc. v. Keith

416 A.2d 727 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 14, 1980

In Sanford Highway Unit of Local 481, AFSCME v. … See Desfosses v. Notis, Me., 333 A.2d 83, 86 (1975), quoting Restatement (Second) of Agency § 1(1) (1958).

Riley v. Bath Iron Works Corp.

639 A.2d 626 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 31, 1994

The entry is: The decree of the Workers’ Compensation Board in Riley v. … The decree of the Workers’ Compensation Board in Gagne v.

Van Houten v. Harco Construction, Inc.

655 A.2d 331 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 27, 1995

Hossler v. Barry, 403 A.2d 762, 767 (Me.1979). … Spickler v. Dube, 644 A.2d 465, 468 (Me.1994); Northeast Harbor Golf Club, Inc. v. Town of Mount Desert, 618 A.2d 225, 227 (Me.1992); Spickler v. Flynn, 494 A.2d 1369, 1373 (Me.1985).

Hopkinson v. Town of China

615 A.2d 1166 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 30, 1992

Valente v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 461 A.2d 716, 718 (Me.1983). … White v. Town of Hollis, 589 A.2d 46, 48 (Me.1991).

Jones v. Knowles

30 Me. 402 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1849

B. 1, chap. 4, § 4, 5; De Begnis v. Armistead, 10 Bing. 107; Coombs v. Emery, 14 Maine, 404; Whitman v. Freese, 23 Maine, 185; Springfield Bank v. Merrick, 14 Mass. 322 ; Wheeler v. Russell, 17 Mass. 258 ; White v. … Franklin Bank, 22 Pick. 182 ; Hallett v. Novion, 14 Johns. 290 ; Armstrong v. Toler, 11 Wheat. 258 ; Craig v. Missouri, 4 Peter’s S. C. 436; Clark v. Protection Ins. Co., 1 Story’s R. 122.

State v. Stinson Canning Company

161 Me. 320 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 9, 1965

Laughlin v. City of Portland, 111 Me. 486, 489 . *323 See Morris v. Goss, 147 Me. 89 ; Crommett v. City of Portland, 150 Me. 217 ; State v. The Fantastic Fair, et al., 158 Me. 450 . … Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14, 25 .

Peaker v. City of Biddeford

927 A.2d 1169 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 9, 2007

Malonson v. Town of Berwick, 2008 ME 148, ¶ 2 , 838 A.2d 338, 338 (alteration omitted) (quotation marks omitted). … Doggett v.

Ogunquit Sewer District v. Town of Ogunquit

691 A.2d 654 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 28, 1997

Plummer Co. v. Town of Cape Elizabeth, 612 A.2d 856 (Me.1992) (denial of zoning change request proper because in basic harmony with comprehensive plan); LaBonta v. … We conclude the Board’s decision is supported by the record as a whole and is not without reason. See Glosser v. Town of Northport, 589 A.2d 1280, 1283 (Me.1991) (quoting Mack v.

Paine v. Savage

126 Me. 121 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 17, 1927

Laughlin v. City of Portland, 111 Maine, 486; Brown v. Gerald, supra; Kennebec Water District v. Waterville, 96 Maine, 234. In Cushman v. … Ulmer v. R. R. Co., 98 Me., 579; Brown v. Gerald, supra. Courts of other states have considered similar legislation.

Cohen v. Ketchum

344 A.2d 387 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 19, 1975

Hooper v. Goodwin, 48 Me. 79 (1861); State v. … See: Inhabitants of the Town of North Berwick v. State Board of Education, Me., 227 A.2d 462 (1967).

Rosetti v. Land Reclamation

704 A.2d 312 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 26, 1997

’s decision on that petition. 4 39-A M.R.S.A § 322 (Supp.1996); Guaranty Fund Management Servs. v. … The Board has “no powers beyond those expressly granted to it by the Legislature, or such as emerge therefrom by implication as necessary and incidental to the full exercise of the powers explicitly granted.” Wood v.