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  • Wright v. Saco School Department

    610 A.2d 257 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1992

    Palmer v. Bath Iron Works, 559 A.2d 340, 342 (Me.1989); Trull Nursing Home v. Department of Human Servs., 461 A.2d 490, 496 (Me.1983). … See Board of Educ. v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 , 102 S.Ct. 3034 , 73 L.Ed.2d 690 (1982). The entry is: Judgment affirmed. All concurring. 1 .

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  • State v. Dean

    645 A.2d 634 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 5, 1994

    See Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47, 52 , 99 S.Ct. 2637, 2641 , 61 L.Ed.2d 357 (1979); 3 Wayne R. … .”); United States v.

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  • Strout v. Lord

    103 Me. 410 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 10, 1908

    It was so expressly held in Hemmenway v. Lynde, 79 Maine, 299. See, also, Bird v. Keller, 77 Maine, 270. … Hawes v. Williams, 92 Maine, 483.

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  • Estey v. Boardman

    61 Me. 595 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1873

    The plaintiffs first got possession of the vessel, and, as there was a dispute about the ownership between the parties, put her upon a beach where she remained out of use and with no one on board of her. … As the facts in this case fall short of showing an absolute completed sale, the verdict cannot be. sustained upon the rule nor upon the reason of the rule as stated in the cases of Dain v.

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  • State v. Varney

    641 A.2d 185 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 3, 1994

    The Superior Court (Browne, AR.J.) denied the motion. Varney later filed a motion in limine to exclude evidence of any uncharged sexual acts, which the Superior Court (Perkins, J.) also denied. … State v. Gagne, 554 A.2d 795, 797 (Me.1989); see also State v. Marr, 536 A.2d 1108, 1109 (Me.1988).

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  • Cayton v. National Sea Products

    373 A.2d 1229 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 9, 1977

    Kidder v. Coastal Construction Co., Me., 309 A.2d 119, 122 (1973). The commission’s decree is critically deficient. The commission accepted Dr. … Johnson v. Kostis Fruit Co., Me., 281 A.2d 318, 320 (1971); see Clark v. State Employees Appeals Board, Me., 363 A.2d 735, 737-39 (1976).

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  • State v. Karmil Merchandising Corp.

    186 A.2d 352 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 30, 1962

    Ct. 1135 , 6 L.Ed.2d 551 ; Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Mass., 366 U.S. 617 , 81 S.Ct. 1122 , 6 L.Ed.2d 536 ; Braunfeld et al. v. Brown, 366 U.S. 599 , 81 S.Ct. 1144 , 6 L.Ed.2d 563 . … Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Com'rs, 330 U.S. 552 , 67 S.Ct. 910, 912 , 91 L.Ed. 1093 (1947); Williamson v.

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  • Atlantic Oceanic Kampgrounds, Inc. v. Camden National Bank

    473 A.2d 884 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 1984

    Brown (orally), Bangor, for defendant. Before McKUSICK, C.J., ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J. WATHEN, Justice. … See, e.g., Soucy v. Board of Trustees of the Maine State Retirement System, 456 A.2d 1279, 1281 (Me.1983); Opinion of the Justices, 460 A.2d 1341, 1345 (Me.1982); Coffin v. Rich, 45 Me. 507, 511 (1858).

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  • Murray v. Cumberland County Power & Light Co.

    117 Me. 165 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 11, 1918

    Duchemin v. Springfield St. Ry. Co., 186 Mass., 353 ; Payne v. … To the same effect is Hines v. Boston Elevated Ry. Co., 198 Mass., 346 ; Benston v. Same, 202 Mass., 577 The nonsuit was properly ordered. Exceptions overruled.

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  • Jordan v. Portland Coach Co.

    150 Me. 149 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 13, 1954

    In Raymond v. … Plaintiff boarded defendant’s bus on a midwinter evening and rode for some distance along city streets as a passenger.

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  • State v. Beck

    389 A.2d 844 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 8, 1978

    Vachon v. Inhabitants of Town of Lisbon, Me., 295 A.2d 255, 259 (1972). Beck, as Third-Party plaintiff, failed to demonstrate that the disputed portion had been established as a town way by any of these methods. … MacKenna v. Inhabitants of the Town of Searsmont, Me., 349 A.2d 760 , 762 n. 3 (1976); 14 M.R.S.A. § 812. There was no evidence that Kenni-ston Street had even been in use for that length of time.

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  • State v. Dall

    305 A.2d 270 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 31, 1973

    Joy went to the door on the driver’s side of the vehicle, bent over and observed a brown paper bag protruding from under the seat on the passenger’s side. … Payne v. State (1968-Okla.Cr.), 435 P.2d 424 ; Carter v. State (1966), 82 Nev. 246 , 415 P.2d 325 ; Bowers v. State (1925), 196 Ind. 4 , 146 N.E. 818 ; Wertheimer v. State (1929), 201 Ind. 572 , 169 N.E. 40 ; State v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Maine Farmers Exchange v. McGillicuddy

    697 A.2d 1266 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 18, 1997

    Sargent, Inc. v. … Greenstreet v. Brown, 623 A.2d 1270, 1272 (Me.1993) (citation omitted). II. [¶ 10] The McGillicuddys next contend that the court erred by finding the McGillicuddys jointly and severally liable.

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  • Patrons Oxford Mutual Insurance v. Marois

    573 A.2d 16 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 2, 1990

    The Maroises, however, pursued their appeal to the Board of Environmental Protection. The Board ordered the Maroises to give Lathe Fuel access to their premises so that Lathe Fuel could comply with the consent order. … Accord, Boeing Co. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 113 Wash.2d 869 , 872 n. 1, 784 P.2d 507 , 510 n. 1 (1990); Broadwell Realty Services, Inc. v. Fidelity & Cas.

    Cited 69 timesPublished
  • Russell v. Richards

    10 Me. 429 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1833

    On these facts, according to the case of Wells v. Bannister & trustee, 4 Mass. 514 ; Osgood v Howard, 6 Greenl. 452, and Van Ness v. … It was a building erected for the purposes of trade and the manufacture of boards and other lumber; the manufacture and sale of which articles constitute the principal business of that section of the country.

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  • Maine v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    123 Me. 48 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 21, 1923

    This construction is in entire harmony with the opinion of this court in State v. Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 100 Maine, 202. … Railroad v. Mayor & Aldermen of Portsmouth, 71 N.

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  • Depositors Trust Co. v. Herold

    458 A.2d 430 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 14, 1983

    Haskell v. Planning Board of Town of Yarmouth, 388 A.2d 100, 102-03 (Me.1978); Field, McKusick, & Wroth, Maine Civil Practice § 56.4 (Supp.1981). … Herold relies upon our opinion in Wallingford v.

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  • Sylvain v. Masonite Corp.

    471 A.2d 1039 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 23, 1984

    Depositors Trust Co. v. Farm Family Life Insurance Co., 445 A.2d 1014 (Me.1982); London v. Smart, 127 Me. 377 , 143 A. 466 (1928). … See Blackman v. Jackson, 458 A.2d 755, 756 (Me.1983); Zamore v. Whitten, 395 A.2d 435, 439 (Me.1978).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Arundel Valley, LLC v. Branch River Plastics, Inc.

    151 A.3d 938 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 1, 2016

    But you’ll notice that the skins, the [oriented strand board] skins, are in tight contact. … Seabury-Peterson v. Jhamb, 2011 ME 35, ¶ 14, 15 A.3d 746; see State v.

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  • Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court

    401 A.2d 135 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 30, 1979

    The precise question here presented was addressed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 , 97 S.Ct. 1782 , 52 L.Ed.2d 261 (1977). … See Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, supra; Railway-Clerks v. Allen, 373 U.S. 113 , 97 S.Ct. 1782 , 52 L.Ed.2d 261 (1963).

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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