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  • Rollins v. Clay

    33 Me. 132 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1851

    Clay, of “ Brown’s island boom and piers.” That sale, made on May 5, 1842, appears to have been regular and legal. The officer made out a bill of sale of the hoom, and delivered it to the purchaser. … Walcot v. Knight, 6 Mass. 418 ; Bailey v. March, 3 N. H. 274; Shapleigh v. Pillsbury, 1 Greenl. 271; Stanley v. Perley, 5 Greenl. 369; Green v. Watkins, 7 Wheat. 27 .

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • H.E. Sargent, Inc. v. Town of Wells

    676 A.2d 920 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 13, 1996

    without planning board site approval. … Partnership v. Town of Kittery, 663 A.2d 59, 62 (Me.1995); Singal v. City of Bangor, 440 A.2d 1048, 1052 (Me.1982).

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • State v. Horton

    561 A.2d 488 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 12, 1989

    See Baxter v. Palmigiano, 425 U.S. 308, 318 , 96 S.Ct. 1551, 1557 , 47 L.Ed.2d 810 (1976); Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Dineen, 481 A.2d 499, 503 (Me.1984). … Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Horton, No. Bar-88-15 (filed Nov. 2, 1988). .That situation should be distinguished from a case such as Board of Overseers of the Bar v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Russell v. RUSSELL'S APPLIANCE SERVICE

    766 A.2d 67 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 12, 2001

    See, e.g., Toothaker v. … Bureau v. Staffing Network, Inc., 678 A.2d 583 , 588 n. 2 (Me. 1996).

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Spain v. City of Brewer

    474 A.2d 496 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 25, 1984

    Ace Tire Company, Inc. v. … See Ullis v. Inhabitants of Town of Boothbay Harbor, 459 A.2d 153, 158-59 (Me.1983); Schwanda v. Bonney, 418 A.2d 163, 167 (Me.1980) and Roy v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Vitorino America v. Sunspray Condominium Association

    61 A.3d 1249 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 12, 2013

    II Ass’n v. … Gray v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Beaulieu v. Maine Medical Center

    675 A.2d 110 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 25, 1996

    Murray, 420 A.2d 251, 252 (Me.1980). 2 The entry is: The decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board in Beaulieu v. Maine Medical Center, WCB-95-43, is affirmed. … The decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board in Libby v. Eastland Shoe Mfg. Co., WCB-95-64; Snow v. Maine Eye Care Assocs., WCB-95-148; Fearon v. Family Dental Health, WCB-95-165; and Lucas v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Bureau of Taxation v. Town of Washburn

    490 A.2d 1182 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 1985

    Rice v. Amerling, 433 A.2d 388 , 388 n. 1 (Me.1981); see Town of Boothbay Harbor v. Russell, 410 A.2d 554, 560-61 (Me.1980). … See Sewall v. Spinney Creek Oyster Co., Inc., 421 A.2d 36, 38 (Me.1980); State v. Maine Labor *1185 Relations Board, 413 A.2d 510, 512-13 (Me.1980).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of Eden v. Inhabitants of Southwest Harbor

    108 Me. 489 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 4, 1911

    Kennebunk v. Alfred, 19 Maine, 221; Hampden v. Newburgh, 67 Maine, 370. … In short it substitutes the judgment of the board of health for the arbitrary rule of law laid down in Kennebunk v. Alfred, supra.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Ray v. Carland Construction, Inc.

    703 A.2d 648 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 23, 1997

    We vacate the decision of the Board in Ray, and affirm in part 1 the Board’s decision in Pelletier. Ray v. Carland Construction, Inc. [¶ 2] Donald P. … We conclude, therefore, that the Board erred by applying the inflation adjustment in this case. Pelletier v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Kosalka v. Town of Georgetown

    752 A.2d 183 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 1, 2000

    Waterville Hotel Corp. v. Board of Zoning Appeals, 241 A.2d 50, 53 (Me.1968); see also Cope v. … Shoe Co. v.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • State v. Maine State Employees Ass'n

    443 A.2d 948 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 6, 1982

    Thus, as we give these words of limitation their plain and ordinary meaning, see Paradis v. … See State v. Maine Labor Relations Board, Me., 413 A.2d 510, 512-13 (1980). Such participation, however, should not be routine or automatic. See id. at 513 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Thacher Hotel, Inc. v. Economos

    160 Me. 22 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 4, 1964

    The following cases in which no recovery was allowed illustrate the principle: Brown v. … Randall v. Tuell, 89 Me. 443 , 36 A. 910 (innkeeper); Black v. Mutual Life Asso., 95 Me. 35 , 49 A. 51 (insurance agent); Harding v. Hagar, 60 Me. 340 (freight).

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Burr v. Town of Rangeley

    549 A.2d 733 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 21, 1988

    On the basis of Ballard v. City of Westbrook, 502 A.2d 476, 480 (Me.1985), the Board correctly determined that it is not authorized to extend an approved plan that has become null and void. … (“[Tjhe mere fact that a municipal board zigged when it should have zagged, without more, will not serve to engage the heavy-duty machinery of the Civil Rights Acts.”); Creative Environments, Inc. v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • State v. Winslow

    571 A.2d 1198 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 16, 1990

    State v. Brown, 321 A.2d 478, 484 (Me.1974). … See also, State v. Brown, 552 A.2d 12, 15 (Me.1988) (defendant must prove proposed new evidence could not have been discovered before trial by due diligence before new trial will be ordered); State v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Leathers v. Greenacre

    53 Me. 561 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

    Hubberfield v. Browning, 4 Vesey, jr., 200, in notis; 3 Dane’s Abridgement, c. 90, art. 12, § 1; Boyd v. Boyd, 6 Grill & Johns., 25. … Reports, 294, Bowles v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Noyes v. City of Bangor

    540 A.2d 1110 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 20, 1988

    On this appeal from the Superior Court, we review the Planning Board’s decision directly. See Ray v. Town of Camden, 533 A.2d 912, 914 (Me.1987). … See Wakelin v. Town of Yarmouth, 523 A.2d at 577 ; Cope v. Town of Brunswick, 464 A.2d at 227 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Ballard v. Child

    46 Me. 152 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

    In Allen v. … Hurd v. Cushing & al., 7 Pick. 169 ; Blanchard v. Brooks, 12 Pick. *154 47 ; Adams v. Cuddy, 13 Pick. 460 ; Brown v. Jackson, 3 Wheaton, 449 ; Coe v. persons unknown, 43 Maine, 432. Judgment for the defendant.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Maine School Administrative District No. 27 v. Maine Public Employees Retirement System

    983 A.2d 391 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 5, 2009

    The party seeking to overturn the Board’s action bears the burden of persuasion on appeal. Zegel v. … Co. v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • In re Spurling

    595 A.2d 1062 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 22, 1991

    See Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Dineen, 481 A.2d 499, 502-03 (Me.1984). Accordingly, the admissibility of any portion of the record developed before the Board must be governed by the Rules of Evidence. … Harmon v. Emerson, 425 A.2d 978, 982 (Me.1981).

    Cited 7 timesPublished

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