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  • State v. Cloutier

    544 A.2d 1277 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 29, 1988

    See State v. Wentworth, 480 A.2d 751, 757 (Me.1984). … Superior Court, 9 Cal.3d 626 , 108 Cal.Rptr. 585, 594 , 511 P.2d 33, 42 (1973), and to reasonable times of day, again depending on the circumstances, Brown v. State, 392 So.2d 280, 284 (Fla.App.1980).

    Abrogated on other grounds by Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128 (1990)Cited 37 timesPublished
  • State v. Toppi

    275 A.2d 805 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 2, 1971

    See: Luck v. United States, 121 U.S.App.D.C. 151 , 348 F.2d 763 (1965) ; Brown v. United States, 125 U.S.App.D.C. 220 , 370 F.2d 242 (1966). See: Bustillos v. … Wisdom, J., writing in Green v. United States, 309 F.2d 852 (CCA 5). Brown, J., dissenting in Huffman v. United States, 297 F.2d 754 (CCA 5).

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Spaulding v. Adams

    32 Me. 211 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850

    Bradeen v. Brooks, 22 Maine, 463; Oakes v. Moore, 24 Maine, 214. … Picquet v. McKay, 2 Blackf. 465 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Chase v. Dwinal

    7 Me. 134 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1830

    Knibbs v. Hall, 1 Esp. 84 ; Brown v. M'Kinally, ibid. 279 ; Cartwright v. Rowley, 2 Esp. 723. These cases illustrate and enforce the legal maxim, volenti non fit injuria. … Moses v. McFarlane, 2 Burr. 1005; Smith v. Bromley, cited in Doug. 696. In Astley v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Wood v. Superintendent of Insurance

    638 A.2d 67 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 14, 1994

    International Paper Co. v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 629 A.2d 597, 599 (Me.1993). … See State v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Powers v. Patten

    71 Me. 583 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 31, 1880

    Crocker v. Pierce, 81 Maine, 177. And the defendant also relies upon the case of Blanchard v. … Wilson v. Widenham, 51 Maine, 566; Brown v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • State v. Smith

    256 A.2d 580 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 29, 1969

    See, Smith v. Speers, Opinion May 22, 1969, Me., 253 A.2d 701 . … State v. Allen, 1967, Me., 235 A.2d 529 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • LeClair v. Commercial Union Insurance

    679 A.2d 90 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1996

    McCain Foods, Inc. v. Gervais, 657 A.2d 782, 783 (Me.1995) (citing C.N. Brown Co. v. Gillen, 569 A.2d 1206, 1209 (Me.1990)). … State v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Erskine v. Plummer

    7 Me. 447 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1831

    Bufa sale of growing grass, i Crosby v. Wadsworth, 6 East 602, was held to be within the staute. In Parker v. … In New York the sale of a growing crop by parol has been held good, and the authority of Crosby v. Wadsworth questioned. Newcomb v. Ramer, 2 Johns. 421, in note. Freer v. Hardenburgh, 5 Johns. 271 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Keybank National Association v. Estate of Eula W. Quint

    176 A.3d 717 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 21, 2017

    See State v. Dilley, 2008 ME 5, ¶ 25, 938 A.2d 804; State v. … See Teel v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Eveleth v. Little

    16 Me. 374 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1839

    In the case of Heywood v. Hildreth, 9 Mass. R. 393 , it was decided, that the whole proceedings after the seizure, hare relation to the day of the seizure. And in Brown v. Maine Bank, 11 Mass. … In the case of Allen v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Thompson v. Earle W. Noyes & Sons, Inc.

    935 A.2d 663 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 20, 2007

    Holt v. S.A.D. … Ladd v. Grinnell Corp., 1999 ME 76, ¶ 7 , 728 A.2d 1275, 1277 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • State v. Chase

    490 A.2d 208 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 1, 1985

    State v. … See also State v. Brown, 479 A.2d 1317, 1319 (Me.1984); State v. Chubbuck, 406 A.2d 282, 283 (Me.1979); State v. Gervais, 394 A.2d 1183, 1186 (Me.1978); State v. Pinkham, 383 A.2d 1355, 1357-58 (Me.1978). .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Nielsen v. Burnham & Morrill, Inc.

    600 A.2d 1111 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 31, 1991

    Senty v. Board of Osteopathic Examination & Registration, 594 A.2d 1068, 1072 (Me.1991). Neither the language nor the purpose of the statute requires us to vacate the Commission’s decision. … Nielsen’s additional argument based on Ashby v. Rust Etig’g Co., 559 A.2d 774 (Me.1989), is without merit. See Clark v. Rust Eng’g Co., 595 A.2d 416 (Me.1991); see also P.L.1991, ch. 615. §§ A-20, D-25.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • State

    153 Me. 469 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 13, 1958

    Do any of the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of Legislative Document 1637 delegate legislative power to the State Board of Education and the School District Commission in violation of Section 1 of Part First of Article IV … V.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Strickland v. Parker

    54 Me. 263 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

    Luffkin v. Griffiths, 35 Barb., 62 . Riley v. … Phillips v. Brown, 7 Gray, 26 . The common case of trees severed from the freehold and converted, which are always regarded as personal property, is another illustration of the general rule.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Beal v. Beal

    388 A.2d 72 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 23, 1978

    In White v. … In Levy v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Rich v. Gilkey

    73 Me. 595 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 28, 1881

    Brunt v. Brunt, L. R. 3 Pro. and Div. 37 ; Cheese v. Lovejoy, L. R. 2 P. D. 251; Suyden v. Lord St. Leonards, L. R. 1 P. D. 154; James v. Shrimpton, L. R. 1 Pro. and D. 431; Brown v. … Brown, 8 Ell. and Bl. 876 ; Bowell v. Powell, 1 Pro. and D. (L. R.) 209. I therefore have no doubt, that a will destroyed by a person not possessing testamentary capacity, is not a revocation of such will.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Barnes v. Hathorn

    54 Me. 124 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

    Norcross v. Thoms, 51 Maine, 503, and more fully in the case of Brown v. Perkins, 12 Gray, 97 . It is unnecessary for us to repeat them here. … State v. Haines, 30 Maine, 65; Rex v. White, 1 Burr., 337; Fish v. Dodge, 4 Denio, 311 ; State v. Pierse, 4 McCord, 472 ; Catlin v. Valentine, 9 Paige, 575 ; Rex v. Neil, 2 Carr & Payne, 485.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Hann v. Merrill

    305 A.2d 545 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 24, 1973

    More than six years later, on July 29, 1969, the Secretary of the Board of Selectmen purported to amend the minutes by adding: “I, R. A. … Board of Chosen Freeholders of Essex County, 30 N.J. 381 , 153 A.2d 10 (1959); 50 Am.Jur., Statutes, § 28; 82C.J.S. Statutes § 380.

    Cited 22 timesPublished

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