Case law

Portland Firefighters Ass'n, Local 740 International Association of Firefighters v. City of Portland

478 A.2d 297 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 10, 1984

The Board’s findings are not clearly erroneous. Sanford Highway Unit of Local 481 v. Town of Sanford, 411 A.2d 1010 (Me.1980). … The Board’s factual findings are supported by the record, and we accord “considerable deference” to the Board’s construction of the statute. State v. Maine Labor Relations Board, 413 A.2d 510, 514 (Me.1980).

Power v. Town of Shapleigh

606 A.2d 1048 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1992

To prevail on appeal, the Powers must show that the record before the Board compels a contrary finding. See Grant’s Farm Associates, Inc. v. Town of Kittery, 554 A.2d at 801 (citing Luce Co. v. … Hoefler, 464 A.2d 213, 215 (Me.1983)); see also Fichter v. Board of Environ. Prot., 604 A.2d 433, 438 (Me.1992).

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.

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.

Town of Boothbay v. Jenness

822 A.2d 1169 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 5, 2003

Maines v. … See, e.g., Stewart v.

Hrouda v. Town of Hollis

568 A.2d 824 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 8, 1990

Ballard, Builder, Inc. v. City of Westbrook, 502 A.2d 476, 480 (Me.1985). Section 18 allows “gas stations, machinery and vehicle sales, service, washing, repair facilities.” … (quoting Edison Co. v. Labor Board, 305 U.S. 197, 229 , 59 S.Ct. 206, 217 , 83 L.Ed. 126 (1938)). Where substantial evidence supports the result reached by an administrative agency, a court will not disturb the result.

Ellsworth Woolen Manufacturing Co. v. Faunce

79 Me. 440 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 10, 1887

Co. v. Smith, 47 Maine. 44. The president of a manufacturing corporation,'as such, has no authority to commence an action in the name of the corporation. Ashuelot M’f’g Co. v. Marsh, 1 Cush. 507 ; Mahone v. R. R. … Charitable Association v. *445 Baldwin, 1 Met. 359 ; Cooper v. Curtis, 30 Maine, 488; Ang. & Am. Corp. § 286; Woodside v. Wagg, 71 Maine, 210. The case comes before this court on report.

Brickley v. Horton

951 A.2d 801 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 3, 2008

See Viles v. … Carroll v. Town of Rockport, 2003 ME 135, ¶ 16 , 837 A.2d 148, 154 .

Dyer v. Town of Cumberland

632 A.2d 145 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 21, 1993

Pine Tree Telephone and Telegraph v. Town of Gray, 631 A.2d 55, 56 (Me.1993). *148 In the present case, the Planning Board erred as a matter of law in granting the permit. … See Pitcher v. Town of Wayne, 599 A.2d 1155, 1156 (Me.1991).

Glenridge Development Co. v. City of Augusta

662 A.2d 928 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 1, 1995

We review directly the Board’s decision for an “abuse of discretion, error of law, or findings unsupported by substantial evidence in the record.” Town of Vienna v. Kokernak, 612 A.2d 870, 872 (Me.1992). … Power Co. v. Town of Moscow, 649 A.2d 320, 323 (Me.1994). “Because the taxpayer has the burden of proof, we will vacate the [Board’s] decision only if the evidence compelled [it] to grant an abatement....”

State v. Larrabee

377 A.2d 463 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 8, 1977

State v. Brown, Me., 321 A.2d 478, 482 (1974). … In State v. Brown, Me., 321 A.2d 478 (1974), an accomplice entered into a plea bargaining agreement with the State.

State v. Freeman

487 A.2d 1175 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 12, 1985

See Brown, 570 P.2d at 59 , cited in Anton, 463 A.2d at 708 . … I, § 6; State v. Sklar, 317 A.2d 160, 165 (Me.1974); State v. Anton, 463 A.2d at 705 . Were it not a part of a larger statutory scheme, we might simply remand this case for a jury trial. See Brown v. Multnomah Co.

Baker v. S.D. Warren Co.

3 A.3d 380 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 26, 2010

. [¶ 11] We previously noted that the coordination of benefits statute was “silent on the treatment of lump sum amounts and the Board ha[d] not promulgated a rule to cover this statutory vacuum.” Foley v. … See, e.g., Lydon v.

Freeport Minerals Co. v. Inhabitants of Bucksport

437 A.2d 642 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 4, 1981

Trust and Guaranty Co. v. Portsmouth, 59 N.H. 33, 34 (1879). … See Dead River Co. v. Assessors of Houlton, 149 Me. 349, 355 , 103 A.2d 123, 127 (1953); Perry v. Inhabitants of the Town of Lincolnville, 145 Me. 362, 365 , 75 A.2d 851, 852-53 (1950); cf. Lanford v.

Golder v. City of Saco

45 A.3d 697 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 12, 2012

Inc. v. Carter, 2011 ME 77, ¶6 , 25 A.3d 96 . … See Adelman v. Town of Baldwin, 2000 ME 91, ¶¶ 22-24 , 750 A.2d 577 (discussing the plaintiffs burden to prove inconsistency); Vella v.

Bud's Red & White Super Markets v. Halperin

351 A.2d 114 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 30, 1976

Foster v. … Such claim rests on an improper overreading of Farrar Brown Company v. Johnson, supra.

Lebel v. Cyr

140 Me. 98 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 18, 1943

Brown, supra, on page 158. … Hearne v. Brown, supra, on page 158. In Clark v.

Soucy v. Sullivan & Merritt

722 A.2d 361 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 6, 1999

See Seashore Performing Arts Ctr., Inc. v. Town of Old Orchard Beach, 676 A.2d 482, 485 (Me.1996). … See e.g., Wright v. Universal Maritime Serv.

In re Estate of Brown

383 A.2d 1359 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 30, 1978

In Harris Baking Company v. … See Harris Baking Company v. Mazzeo, Me., 294 A.2d 445 (1972).

MAINE ISLE CORP. INC. v. Town of St. George

499 A.2d 149 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 15, 1985

This Court addressed and rejected a similar argument in Littlefield v. Inhabitants of Town of Lyman, 447 A.2d 1231 (Me.1982). … Littlefield v. Inhabitants of Town of Lyman, 447 A.2d 1231, 1233 (Me.1982); Cardinali v. Planning Board of Lebanon, 373 A.2d 251, 253 (Me.1977). 4 .