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  • Chase v. Scolnik

    116 Me. 374 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 24, 1917

    Starbird v. Brown, 84 Maine, 238; Jumper v. Moore, 110 Maine, 159. … But as was said by this court in Starbird v. Brown, 84 Maine, 238, where the application of that rule was contended for by counsel and State v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • State v. Bean

    159 Me. 455 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 21, 1963

    Reaching a like result upon the same reasoning Savoid v. District of Columbia, (1961) 288 F. (2nd) 851, 110 U. S. App. D. C. 39; Auditor General v. Olezniczak, (1942) 302 Mich. 336 , 4 N. … S. 1871, Ch. 1, Sec. 3) the court in Maine v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Rioux v. Portland Water District

    132 Me. 307 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 17, 1934

    State v. Brown, 129 Me., 169, 151 A., 9 ; Ellis v. Emerson, 128 Me., 379, 147 A., 761 ; Bean v. Camden Lumber Co., 125 Me., 260, 132 A., 892 . … State v. Brown, supra; Ellis v. Emerson, supra; Bean v. Fuel Company, supra.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Mutton Hill Estates, Inc. v. Town of Oakland

    488 A.2d 151 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 21, 1985

    See Mutton Hill Estates, Inc. v. Town of Oakland, 468 A.2d 989 (Me.1983) (“Mutton Hill I”). … Boetsch v. Rockland Jaycees, 288 A.2d 102, 104 (Me.1972), quoted in Packard v. Central Maine Power Co., 477 A.2d 264, 267 (Me.1984).

    Cited 1 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
  • Boehm v. American Falcon Corp.

    726 A.2d 692 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 26, 1999

    See id..; Campbell v. … See Clark v. International Paper Co., 638 A.2d 65, 67 (Me.1994).

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  • 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
  • Cohen v. Maine School Administrative District No. 71

    393 A.2d 547 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 10, 1978

    See Cohen v. Maine School Administrative District No. 71, Me., 369 A.2d 624 (1977); Cohen v. Ketchum, Me., 344 A.2d 387 (1975). Mr. … See Creaghe v. Iowa Home Mutual Casualty Co., 323 F.2d 981 (10th Cir. 1963); Gyro Brass Mfg. Corp. v. United Auto. A. & A. Imp.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Prescott v. State Tax Assessor

    721 A.2d 169 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 25, 1998

    Applying a broad interpretation of responsibility, it is immaterial whether Prescott was taking directions from the chair of the board, see Brounstein v. … See Vinick v.

    Cited 78 timesPublished
  • State v. Allen

    235 A.2d 529 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 22, 1967

    As defined in Graffam v. Cobb, 98 Me. 200, 206 , 56 A. 645 ; State By Information of Hancock ex rel. Banks v. Elwell, 156 Me. 193, 203 , 163 A.2d 342 , quoting 27 C.J.S. Discretion at page 294; and Marshall v. … When case is continued for sentence and probation granted, see Mempa v. Rhay, Walkling v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles, U. S. Supreme Court November 13, 1967, 389 U.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Green v. Lawrence

    877 A.2d 1079 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 18, 2005

    The Planning Board approved this plan. … See id.; Lange v.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Walsh v. Town of Orono

    585 A.2d 829 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 8, 1991

    Littlefield v. Inhabitants of Town of Lyman, 447 A.2d 1231, 1235 (Me.1982); see also Maine Isle Corp., Inc. v. Town of St. George, 499 A.2d 149, 151 (Me.1985). … Waste Disposal Inc. v. Town of Porter, 563 A.2d 779, 781 (Me.1989).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Smedberg v. Moxie Dam Co.

    148 Me. 302 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 18, 1952

    American Woolen Co. v. Kennebec Water District, 102 Me. 153 , 66 A. 316 ; Conant v. Jordan, 107 Me. 227 , 77 A. 938 ; Opinion of Justices, 118 Me. 503 , 106 A. 865 ; Brown v. DeNormandie, 123 Me. 535 , 124 A. *305 697. … It may be that an individual actually obstructed by an unauthorized structure while in the actual exercise of the public right may maintain an action for damages resulting, as was held in Brown v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Bossie v. School Administrative District No. 24

    1997 Me. 233 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1997

    Pierre v. St Regis Paper Co., 386 A.2d 714, 719-20 (Me.1978). … Frank v. Manpower Temp. Servs., 687 A.2d 623, 625 (Me.1996).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Littlefield v. Newell

    85 Me. 246 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 2, 1893

    Williams, Pet’r, v. Co. Com. 35 Maine, 346 ; Carpenter v. Co. Com. 21 Pick. 258 ; Moses on Mand. 104-147 ; High, Ex. Leg. Item. § 323 ; Dillon’s Mun. Corp. 675 ; Att’y Gen’l v. … City Council of Lawrence, 111 Mass. 90 ; Lyon v. Rice, 41 Conn. 248 ; Lamb v. Lyon, 44 Penn. 336 . In Att’y Gen’l v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Morgan-Leland v. University of Maine

    632 A.2d 748 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 22, 1993

    Deborah Morgan-Leland appeals from a decision of the Maine Workers’ Compensation Board dismissing her petition for reinstatement. … See, e.g., Norton v. C.P. Blouin, Inc., 511 A.2d 1056, 1061 (Me.1986) (allowing application of asbestos statute to injuries incurred before effective date where legislature clearly intended that application).

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Buckley v. S.D. Warren Co.

    997 A.2d 747 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 24, 2010

    Harvey v. H.C. Price Co., 2008 ME 161, ¶ 11 , 957 A.2d 960, 964 (quotation marks omitted). D. … S-623, Summary (“This amendment overrides the court decision in Kotch v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Desmond v. Persina

    381 A.2d 633 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 5, 1978

    Board of County Commissioners, 230 Md. 494 , 187 A.2d 851 (1963); Moses v. Wilkinson, 90 R.I. 253 , 157 A.2d 478 (1960); 5 C.J.S. Appeal & Error § 1218, page 37, note 98, and cases cited. … See Brown and Appleton v. Strickland, 32 Me. 174 (1850). An administrator, as such, is not interested in the real estate of the deceased in an intestate estate; it is the heir who has a vested interest therein.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • City of Auburn v. Paul

    113 Me. 207 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 18, 1915

    In Bradley v. Greenwich Board of Works, L. R., 3 Q. B. D., 384, 388, where a similar question arose under the Metropolis Management Act, 1862, Sec. 53; it is said (Cockbum, C. J.) … See Auburn v. Paul, ubi supra. See also Pierce v. Bangor, 105 Maine, 413. Plaintiff nonsuit.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Roque Island Gardner Homestead Corp. v. Town of Jonesport

    167 A.3d 564 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 11, 2017

    Delogu v. … See Roberts v.

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