Case law

Inhabitants of Durham

117 Me. 131 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 21, 1918

Jones v. Oxford, 45 Maine, 428. … Jones v. Oxford, supra. The joint board is not a permanent court having records of its own, requiring its proceedings to be recorded in a County Court. The statutes, R.

Gorham v. Androscoggin County

21 A.3d 115 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 31, 2011

Town of Rockport, 2003 ME 135, ¶ 23 , 837 A.2d 148, 155 (holding that the time for taking an administrative appeal was triggered by a board’s final vote rather than a preliminary vote); Herrle v. … Town of Waterboro, 2001 ME 1, ¶ 9 , 763 A.2d 1159, 1161 (stating that a decision by a zoning board of appeals interpreting an ordinance is advisory and not subject to judicial review); Sawin v.

State of Maine v. Stephen J. Tucker Sr.

117 A.3d 595 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 19, 2015

State v. … Co. v.

State v. Williams

52 A.3d 911 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 3, 2012

See State v. … At the July proceeding, George again described the three assailants as wearing a brown jersey, a blue t-shirt, and a burgundy t-shirt; however, George stated that the brown jersey was similar to a football jersey with writing

Smith v. Great Northern Paper, Inc.

636 A.2d 438 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 19, 1994

We review a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board only for support by competent evidence. Dorey v. Forster Mfg. Co., 591 A.2d 240, 241-42 (Me.1991). The decree may be vacated if it is “without rational basis.” Id. … See also Grant v. Dolan Transp., 609 A.2d 725, 726 (Me.1992) (section 71 determination reviewed for support by competent evidence).

Morey v. Maine Central Railroad

125 Me. 272 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 29, 1926

Ashton v. B. & M. R. R., supra. Murch v. … Ashton v. B. & M. R. R., supra. P. & R. Ry. v. Marland, supra. Cin., N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Thompson, 236 Fed. 1 .

Inhabitants of Norway v. Willis

105 Me. 54 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 30, 1908

Ellsworth v. Brown, 53 Maine, 519, 522. See Martin v. Portland, 81 Maine, 293, 297. … Watson, 98 Maine, 379, 383; Creamer v. Bremen, 91 Maine, 508, 513; Ellsworth v. Brown, 53 Maine, 519, 521, 523. In accordance with the agreement of the parties, there must be, Judgment for defendant..

In re 1983 Legislative Apportionment of House, Senate, and Congressional Districts

469 A.2d 819 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 9, 1983

Brown v. Thomson, — U.S. at —, 103 S.Ct. at 2695-96 , 77 L.Ed.2d at 221 -22 (quoting Gaffney v. Cummings, 412 U.S. at 745 , 93 S.Ct. at 2327 ). … Brown v. Thomson, — U.S. at —, 103 S.Ct. at 2696 , 77 L.Ed.2d at 222 (quoting Mahan v. Howell, 410 U.S. at 328 , 93 S.Ct. at 987 ).

City of Portland v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.

103 Me. 240 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 6, 1907

It is true that in Paris v. … In Telephone, Co. v.

Carter v. City of Augusta

84 Me. 418 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 31, 1892

Linneus v. Sidney, 70 Maine, 114; Smithfield v. Waterville, 64 Maine, 412. *422 The child was five years of age. The doctrine of Lamson v. Newburyport, 14 Allen, 80 , relied upon by defendant does not apply. … So in Knight v.

State v. Hinds

485 A.2d 231 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 11, 1984

State v. Hebert, 480 A.2d 742, 746 (Me.1984); see State v. Brown, 479 A.2d 1317, 1318 (Me.1984). … Brown, 479 A.2d at 1318 ; see State v. Mahaney, 437 A.2d 613, 621 (Me.1981).

Logan v. City of Biddeford

2006 Me. 102 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 17, 2006

Logan appealed the Planning Board’s decision to the ZBA, and the ZBA affirmed. … V, § 6[A], tables B, C.

Plaisted v. Boston & Kennebec Steam Navigation Co.

27 Me. 132 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1847

Best, in Riley v. … McArthur & al. v. Sears, 21 Wend. 190 . In the case of Smith v.

Town of Kittery v. White

435 A.2d 405 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 2, 1981

Helms v. City of Charlotte, 255 N.C. 647, 653 , 122 S.E.2d 817, 822 (1961). See Banks v. City of Bethany, 541 P.2d 178 (Okl.1975); Moss v. Town of Winchester, 365 Mass. 297 , 311 N.E.2d 555 (1974); Nusser v. … Board of Adjustment of City of Newark, 134 N.J.L. 174 , 46 A.2d 657 (1946).

Kevin J. Hill v. Town of Wells

254 A.3d 1161 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 13, 2021

Toomey v. Town of Frye Island, 2008 ME 44, ¶ 11, 943 A.2d 563. In doing so, we will not “substitute [our] judgment for that of a board.” Id. … “[T]he party bearing the burden of proof before the Board . . . must show on appeal that the evidence compelled the Board to grant him a variance.” Twigg v. Town of Kennebunk, 662 A.2d 914, 916 (Me. 1995). B.

MC ASSOCIATES v. Town of Cape Elizabeth

773 A.2d 439 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 2001

Lucas v. … Wyer v. Bd. of Envtl. Prot., 2000 ME 45, ¶1 , 747 A.2d 192 ; Lucas v.

State v. Dunn

370 A.2d 1099 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 2, 1977

A similar result was reached in State v. … See State v.

Kidson v. City of Bangor

99 Me. 139 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 9, 1904

Estes v. China, 56 Maine, 407; Darling v. Bangor, 68 Maine, 108; Bulger v. Eden, 82 Maine, 352, 9 L. R. A. 205. 2nd. … Rep. 12 ; Mayhew v. District of Gay Head, 13 Allen, 129 ; Morrison, Admx. v. City of Lawrence, 98 Mass. 219 ; Jordan v. School District No. 3, 38 Maine, 164; Moor v. Newfield, 4 Greenl. 44; Methodist Chapel Corp. v.

City of Auburn v. Desgrosseilliers

578 A.2d 712 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 16, 1990

In Shackforth & Gooch, Inc. v. … Leadbetter v. Morse, 510 A.2d 524, 526 (Me.1986); Dunning v. Dunning, 495 A.2d 821, 823 (Me.1985); Harmon v. Emerson, 425 A.2d 978, 981-82 (Me.1981).

Williams v. E.S. Boulos Co.

2000 Me. 40 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 1, 2000

See, e.g., Ibbitson v. Sheridan Corp., 422 A.2d 1005, 1008-11 (Me.1980). … See P.L.1987, ch. 559, § 17; see generally Adams v. Mt. Blue Health Ctr., 1999 ME 105, ¶ 11 , 735 A.2d 478, 480-81 .