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351 A.2d 125 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1976
The commitment order bore the signature of the chairman of the Lubec Board of Selectmen. At that time Lloyd Leighton was a member of such Board of Selectmen. … Leighton was no longer a member of the Board of Selectmen. .
Cited 2 timesPublished88 Me. 302 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 10, 1896
The presiding judge instructed the jury that " an express wagon is commonly known by us all as a four-wheeled vehicle, with a straight body, commonly hung on springs, with a foot-board, a movable seat and a dumping tail-board … Smith v. Chase, 71 Maine, 166. The defendant is a farmer.
Cited 1 timesPublished33 Me. 446 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1851
Hammond's case, 2 Greenl. 33; Richardson v. Newcomb, 21 Pick. 315 . … Brown v. Littlefield, 29 Maine, 302. The refusal of the Judge to give the instruction first requested, was correct.
Cited 7 timesPublishedEric v. Warnquist v. State Tax Assessor
2019 ME 19 · 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 0 timesPublished10 A.3d 1159 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 4, 2011
Irish v. … Arel v.
Cited 10 timesPublished92 Me. 211 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 2, 1898
Upham v. Bradley, 17 Maine, 423; Trustees, Ministerial & School Fund in Dutton v. Kendrick, 12 Maine, 381; Abbott v. Chase, 75 Maine, 83. … Pillsbury v. Brown, 82 Maine, 450. There is no merit in- the defense.
Cited 4 timesPublished138 Me. 242 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 14, 1942
I think, however, an examination of these cases shows that in only three of them, namely, State v. Brown, 118 Me., 164, 106 A., 429 ; State v. Mulkern, 118 Me., 477, 105 A., 177 , and State v. … O’Donnell, supra, a recent case succeeding the Brown, Mulkern, and Rogers cases, supra.
Cited 29 timesPublishedMcCarthy v. City of South Portland
571 A.2d 833 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 16, 1990
See Leadbetter v. Morse, 510 A.2d 524, 526 (Me.1986). … See Waste Disposal, Inc. v. Town of Porter, 563 A.2d 779, 781-82 (Me.1989) and Larrivee v. Timmons, 549 A.2d 744, 746-47 (Me.1988). The entry is: Judgment affirmed.
Cited 1 timesPublished434 A.2d 509 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 8, 1981
See State v. Brown, Me., 410 A.2d 1033, 1036-37 (1980). We find here no obvious error affecting substantial rights. … See State v. Butts, Me., 372 A.2d 1041, 1042 (1977). State v. Brown, 410 A.2d at 1037 . As for the prosecutor’s comment as a whole, there is evidence which supports that characterization of the defendant’s conduct.
Cited 33 timesPublishedState of Maine v. Eric M. Martin
120 A.3d 113 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 23, 2015
Brown, No. 05-70-P-S, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1628, at *4, *20 (D. Me. Jan. 17, 2006) (Cohen, M.) … (citing Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 373 (2003))), aff’d by United States v. Brown, 500 F.3d 48 (1st Cir. 2007); United States v. Almeida, No. 04-56-P-H, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15543, at *19 (D. Me.
Cited 18 timesPublishedDahms v. Osteopathic Hospital of Maine
782 A.2d 774 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 22, 2001
In Wallace v. S.D. … Similarly, in Joyce v. S.D.
Cited 2 timesPublishedDelano v. City of South Portland
405 A.2d 222 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 27, 1979
See Brown v. Palmer Construction Company, Inc., Me., 295 A.2d 263, 264-265 (1972); Bartley v. Couture, 143 Me. 69, 78 , 55 A.2d 438, 443 (1947); MacDonald v. … People v. Kezerian, 63 Ill.App.3d 610 , 20 Ill.Dec. 178, 181 , 379 N.E.2d 1246, 1249 (1978); Washington v. St. Charles Parish School *227 Board, La., 288 So.2d 321 (1974); County of Nevada v.
Cited 32 timesPublishedGroton v. Inhabitants of Waldoborough
11 Me. 306 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1834
These distinctions are stated by Lord Mansfield in Smith v. Bromley, cited in 2 Douglas, 696, and in Browning v. … Thus in Morgan v.
Cited 2 timesPublished120 Me. 491 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 15, 1921
Party of the first part agrees to saw and deliver at mill, to party of the second part, sufficient board sticks to stick all lumber, Party of the first part to saw at his own expense boards for covering in mill, but to leave … Liberty v. Harris, 103 Maine, 191.
Cited 6 timesPublishedCelentano v. Department of Corrections
887 A.2d 512 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 22, 2005
. [¶ 1] The State of Maine Department of Corrections appeals from a decision of a hearing officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Elwin> HO) awarding benefits to Michael Celentano. … We will not overturn a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer “unless it can be said that; the Board lacks a rational basis for its application of law to the facts.” Longtin v.
Cited 2 timesPublished124 Me. 378 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 24, 1925
house, on Main Street, where such laborers were lodged and boarded. … State v. Lambert, 97 Maine, 51; State v. Albanes, 109 Maine, 199;. State v. Mulkerrin, 112 Maine, 544; State v. Priest, 117 Maine, 223; State v. Pietrantonio, 119 Maine, 18, and State v. Dodge, 124 Maine, 243.
Cited 2 timesPublished78 Me. 504 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 20, 1886
Bugbee v. Sargent, 23 Maine, 269; Merrill v. Bickford, 65 Maine, 118; Birdsall v. Hewlett, 1 Paige, Ch. 32; Pom. Eq. § 1246, note 2. … Earl, J., in Brown v. Knapp, 79 N. Y. 143 .
Cited 3 timesPublished21 Me. 494 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1842
Pierce v. Butler, 14 Mass. R. 303 ; Greenl. Ev. § 401; Hubbly v. Brown, 16 Johns. R. 70. The question then, is, was Bailey duly released, and was there competent proof of it. … Cocking v. Jarrard, 1 Camp. 37; Hobart v. Bartlett, 17 Maine R. 429.
Cited 2 timesPublishedMullen v. Lewiston Evening Journal
86 A.2d 164 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 6, 1952
The decision of this Court in Brown v. Guy Gannett Publishing Co., 147 Me. 3 , 82 A.2d 797 , is entirely controlling of the instant case. … Newspapers are not entitled, in commenting upon court proceedings, to publish false statements with complete lack of good faith, and with motives of personal malice, and on the record, the principle declared in Brown v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedDrummond v. Maine Employment Security Commission
157 Me. 404 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 16, 1961
Asmer v. Livingston, et al., 82 S. E. (2nd) 456, 466 (S. C.). An Indiana case, Culbertson v. Board of Commissioners of Fayette County, 194 N. … See also Board of Commissioners v. Milliken, et als., 190 N. E. 185 (Ind.). Under the circumstances of this case, the plaintiffs have no right to a refund except by virtue of the statute.
Cited 3 timesPublished
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