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  • Horace Mann Insurance v. Maine Teachers Ass'n

    449 A.2d 358 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 16, 1982

    Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Inhabitants of Topsham, Me., 441 A.2d 1012, 1015 (1982) (emphasis added). Accord Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Dingwell, Me., 414 A.2d 220, 226 (1980); Marston v. … See American Policyholders’ Insurance Co. v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Gaffny v. Reid

    628 A.2d 155 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 14, 1993

    The Board of Directors, however, had not adopted any *157 rules or regulations pursuant to the bylaws. … McGehee, Maine Civil Remedies § 5.3-2 (1991) (citing Town of Shapleigh v. Shikles, 427 A.2d 460, 464 (Me.1981)).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Kenaston v. School Administrative District 40

    317 A.2d 7 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 20, 1974

    As this Court said in Hopkins v. … Crosby v. Plummer, 111 Me. 355 , 89 A. 145 (1913); Isenman v. Burnell, 125 Me. 57 , 130 A. 868 (1925); Martin v. Board of Education of Lincoln County, 120 W.Va. 621 , 199 S.E. 887 (1938).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Hobbs v. Payson

    85 Me. 498 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 6, 1893

    Maker v. Lazell, 83 Maine, 562. They are useful where the description is imperfect and where it is aided rather than controlled by them. Hathorn v. Hinds, 69 Maine, 326 ; Brunswick Savings Institution v. … Crossman, 76 Maine, 577; Brown v. Heard, ante, 294. *500 The court is of opinion that the quitclaim deed, upon which the plaintiff relies, conveys the land demanded. Exceptions overruled. Peters, C.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • American Legion, Field Allen Post 148 v. Town of Windham

    502 A.2d 484 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1985

    The plaintiff, American Legion, Field Allen Post # 148, appeals from a Superior Court (Cumberland County) order affirming a decision of the Windham Zoning Board of Appeals (“the Board”) that denied plaintiff’s application … The issue before this Court is whether the Board’s denial of the permit request is supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole. Bruk v. Town of Georgetown, 436 A.2d 894, 898 (Me.1981).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Harding v. Skolfield

    125 Me. 438 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 7, 1926

    Waterhouse as a representative of said Board were approved and confirmed by said Board of Trustees acting as a board as aforesaid.” It appears in the case that the alleged settlement was made by Mr. … Keniston v. Rowe, 16 Maine, 38. Wheelwright v. Greer, 10 Allen, 389 . The statute, indeed, authorizes the mother, although a minor,, to make the complaint, and in Low v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Eric v. Warnquist v. State Tax Assessor

    201 A.3d 602 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 29, 2019

    See BCN Telecom, Inc. v. … The Assessor denied the petition. [¶9] The Warnquists then appealed to the Board of Tax Appeals (the Board). 36 M.R.S. § 151(2)(F)(1) (2017).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Farnsworth v. Jackson

    32 Me. 419 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1851

    In the case of Crocker & ux. v. … In the case of Cutts v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Elizabeth T. Jalbert v. Maine Public Employees Retirement System

    2017 ME 69 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 2017

    See Rossignol v. Me. Pub. Emps. Ret. … Antler’s Inn & Rest., LLC v. Dep’t of Pub.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Robbins v. Bates Fabrics, Inc.

    412 A.2d 374 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 5, 1980

    Pottle v. Brown, supra, at 1013 ; Willette v. Statler Tissue Corp., Me., 331 A.2d 365, 367 (1975); Poole v. Statler Tissue Corp., Me., 400 A.2d 1067 (1979). … Pottle v. Brown, supra; Richardson v. Robbins Lumber, Inc., Me., 379 A.2d 380 (1977); Dunkin Donuts of America, Inc. v. Watson, supra. See also Moreau v. Zayre Corporation, Me., 408 A.2d 1289 (1979), n. 4.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Waugh v. Prince

    121 Me. 67 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 23, 1921

    L., Page 807; Brown v. *71 Vinalhaven, 65 Maine, 402. … In Brown v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of Newcastle v. County Commissioners

    87 Me. 227 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 15, 1895

    Goodwin v. Co. Com. 60 Maine, 328; Brown v. Co. Com. 68 Maine, 537. The petition to the county commissioners in the case now under consideration fails to state many of the facts essential to give them jurisdiction. … The court so held in the case last cited, Brown v. Co. Com. 68 Maine, 537.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Mitchell v. City of Rockland

    45 Me. 496 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

    By section 18, vessels arriving “at any port,” having infected persons on board, are required to anchor “below the town of such port,” and no person or thing on board “ shall be suffered to be brought on shore until the selectmen … J., in delivering the opinion of the Court, in Mitchell v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Dow v. Caribou Chamber of Commerce & Industry

    884 A.2d 667 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 3, 2005

    Champagne v. Mid-Me. Med. Ctr., 1998 ME 87, ¶ 5 , 711 A.2d 842, 844 ; M.R. Civ. P. 56. … Newspapers, Inc. v. State, 2005 ME 56, ¶ 10 , 871 A.2d 523, 527 . [¶ 9] “The purpose of FOAA is to open public proceedings and require that public actions and records be available to the public.” Tom of Burlington v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Darby v. Hayford

    56 Me. 246 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1868

    It is not perceived that the instructions actually given materially differ from those which were approved in Hovey v. Chase, 52 Maine, 304, and Hovey v. Hobson, 55 Maine, 256. … Brown, as bearing upon the transaction of August 18th, 1860.” A refusal to comply with such a request is not a subject of exceptions.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Estabrook v. Town of Bowdoin

    568 A.2d 1098 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 16, 1990

    Aucella v. Town of Winslow, 564 A.2d 68, 69 (Me. 1989). … Brown to the north, land of Albert Burgoin to the east, and land of Peter Baker to the south, exactly as listed in the lien notice and inventory.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Comeau v. Maine Coastal Services

    449 A.2d 362 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 17, 1982

    Similarly, in Brown v. … See Blackman v. Harris Baking Co., Me., 407 A.2d 21 (1979); Gilbert v. Maheux, supra; Brown v.

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • State v. Bickford

    582 A.2d 250 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 2, 1990

    In Colorado v. … Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730 , 103 S.Ct. 1535 , 75 L.Ed.2d 502 (1982), (quoting, Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 176 , 69 S.Ct. 1302, 1311 , 93 L.Ed. 1879 (1949)).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State v. Prescott

    129 Me. 239 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 26, 1930

    S., Chap. 136, Sec. 27; State v. Maher, 49 Me., 569; State v. Bohemier, 96 Me., 257; State v. Robb, 100 Me., 180; State v. Hahnel, 118 Me., 452; State v. Mallett, 123 Me., 220; State v. Small, 126 Me., 235. … Wyeth v. Board of Health, 200 Mass., 474, 481 . However, since the legislation of 1919, the plans to which the earlier statute refers must have the approval of the State Department of Health.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • City of Bath v. Inhabitants of Harpswell

    110 Me. 391 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 1913

    , and shall, without fee or reward, deliver such body or bodies to said board, or its duly authorized officer or agent, and permit and suffer the said board or its agents, or the physicians and surgeons from time to time … Veazie v. Howland, 53 Maine, 38; Fayette v. Livermore, 62 Maine, 229; Rockport v. Searsmont, 103 Maine, 495.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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