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  • Shadan v. Town of Skowhegan

    1997 Me. 187 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 11, 1997

    (quoting Pace v. … Morrell v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Darla J. Potter v. Great Falls Insurance Company

    243 A.3d 1188 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 29, 2020

    See Pomerleau v. … See Reed v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Baker v. Town of Woolwich

    517 A.2d 64 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1987

    Dongo v. … Bradley v. Richmond School Board, 416 U.S. 696, 711 , 94 S.Ct. 2006 , 40 L.Ed.2d 476 (1974).

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • School Committee of Winslow v. Inhabitants of Winslow

    404 A.2d 988 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 9, 1979

    Town of West Hartford, 25 Conn.Sup. 302 , 203 A.2d 152, 154 (1964); Murphy v. Berlin Board of Education, 167 Conn. 368 , 355 A.2d 265 (1974); Board of Education of Louisville v. … E. g., Board of Trustees of Calaveras Unified School Dist. v. Leach, 258 Cal.App.2d 281 , 65 Cal.Rptr. 588 (1968); State ex rel. Wasilewski v. Board of School Directors, 14 Wis.2d 243 , 111 N.W.2d 198 (1961); Tanner v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Lane Construction Corp. v. Town of Washington

    916 A.2d 973 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 20, 2007

    See DeMello v. Dep’t of Envtl. Prot, 611 A.2d 985, 986-87 (Me.1992). … See Bernier v. Data Gen.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • State v. Deschambault

    159 Me. 216 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 17, 1963

    The respondent is not charged with having pretended that he influenced the action of any Board or Committee. … State v. Paul, supra, at page 118; see State v. Perley, 86 Me. 427, 431 ; State v. Beattie, 129 Me. 229, 232 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Long v. Town of Eliot

    521 A.2d 1190 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 3, 1987

    The Longs appealed the denial and applied for a variance to the Zoning Board of Appeals. After a hearing the Board of Appeals upheld the Planning Board’s interpretation of the zoning ordinance. … Grand Beach As sociation, Inc. v. Town of Old Orchard Beach, 516 A.2d 551, 554-55 (Me.1986).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Stewart v. Smith

    98 Me. 104 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 28, 1903

    Clark v. Pishon, 31 Maine, 503; Brown v. Nourse, 55 Maine, 230, 92 Am. Dec. 583 . In Clark v. … This rule of pleading was again brought in question in Brown v. Nourse, supra. That was also an action in which the plaintiff sued as administrator.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Cavers v. HOUSTON MCLANE CO., INC.

    958 A.2d 905 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 30, 2008

    In Barile v. … Labbe v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Barbour v. City of Ellsworth

    67 Me. 294 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 22, 1876

    This case is not distinguishable in'principle from Mitchell v. Rockland, 52 Maine, 118, and the more recent cases of Brown et ux. v. Einalhaven, 65 Maine, 402, and Lynde v. Rockland, 66 Maine, 309. … Small v. Dan ville, 51 Maine, 359, 361.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Dehahn v. Innes

    356 A.2d 711 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 22, 1976

    Furthermore, viewing the agreement between the parties as an “entire” contract, the defendant, relying on Brown v. … Brown v. True, supra, 123 Me. at page 290 , 122 A. 850 .

    Cited 58 timesPublished
  • Dorr v. Bridge Construction Corp.

    750 A.2d 597 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 19, 2000

    See e.g., Lamonica v. … Section 354 has been amended to permit the Board to determine apportionment issues, P.L.1999, ch. 354, § 9. See Livingstone v. A-R Cable Servs. of Maine, 2000 ME 18, ¶ 1, n. 1 , 746 A.2d 901, 902, n. 1 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • In Re Motion to Quash Bar Counsel Subpoena

    982 A.2d 330 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 27, 2009

    Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Duncan, BAR-08-3 (July 8, 2008) (Silver, J.). … Co. v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • State v. Snow

    527 A.2d 750 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1987

    See State v. Libby, 453 A.2d 481, 484-85 (Me.1982); State v. Smith, 379 A.2d 722, 724 (Me.1977). On appeal, the trial court’s finding of probable cause will be reversed only if “clearly erroneous.” State v. … See generally State v. Fredette, 411 A.2d 65 (Me.1979).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Interstate Food Processing Corp. v. Town of Fort Fairfield

    698 A.2d 1074 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 18, 1997

    Daniels v. … See, e.g., Givertz v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Saunders v. MacBride Dunham Management

    708 A.2d 1030 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 6, 1998

    Bernard v. Cives Corp., 395 A.2d 1141, 1148 (Me.1978). … Lagasse v. Hannaford Bros. Co., 497 A.2d 1112, 1116 (Me. 1985).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Lewiston Daily Sun, Inc. v. City of Auburn

    544 A.2d 335 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 28, 1988

    See State v. Edward C., 531 A.2d 672, 673 (Me.1987); Mundy v. Simmons, 424 A.2d 135, 137 (Me.1980). … Compare McLarty v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Georgia, 231 Ga. 22 , 200 S.E.2d 117 (1973) (statute applied only to meetings “at which official actions are to be taken”); Sanders v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Madison Paper Industries v. Town of Madison

    2021 ME 35 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 6, 2021

    We review the Board’s findings for clear error. See Town of Eddington v. Emera Maine, 2017 ME 225, ¶ 14, 174 A.3d 321. … Rejecting MPI’s evidence as to the mill’s “highest and best use” was within the Board’s prerogative as fact finder. See Handrahan v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Adler v. Town of Cumberland

    623 A.2d 178 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 13, 1993

    We directly review the Board’s decision, see Hopkinson v. … Based on the CEO’s report, and the remainder of the record before the Board, the Board’s decision to uphold the CEO’s decision was supported by substantial evidence in the record and not an error of law. See Boivin v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Sanford Teachers Ass'n v. Sanford School Committee

    409 A.2d 244 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 27, 1979

    State v. Gleason, Me., 404 A.2d 573, 578 (1979). We “will not decide moot questions or abstract propositions.” Lund ex rel. Wilbur v. Pratt, Me., 308 A.2d 554, 559 (1973). … State v. Gleason, supra at 578.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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