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  • May v. Labbe

    114 Me. 374 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 31, 1916

    Brown v. Webber, 103 Maine, 60. But the controversy is limited to the part not disclaimed. … Moody v. Nichols, supra.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Mendall v. Pleasant Mountain Ski Development, Inc.

    159 Me. 285 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 14, 1963

    In Jensen v. M. E. & E. … In Nelson v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Hilly v. City of Portland

    582 A.2d 1213 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 29, 1990

    See State v. Brown, 571 A.2d 816, 817 (Me.1990). Rather, it is subject to reasonable regulation consistent with the State’s police power to promote public health, welfare, safety, and morality. Id. at 820 . … See Carson v. State, 241 Ga. 622, 628 , 247 S.E.2d 68, 73 (1978); Matthews v. State, 237 Ind. 677, 686-87 , 148 N.E.2d 334, 338 (1958); State v. LaChapelle, 234 Neb. 458 , 451 N.W.2d 689, 691 (1990).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Myrick v. James

    444 A.2d 987 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 4, 1982

    See also Brown v. State, Dept. of Manpower Affairs, Me., 426 A.2d 880, 884 (1981); State v. Fixaris, Me., 327 A.2d 850, 853 (1974). … See Pride’s Corner Concerned Citizens Association v. Westbrook Board of Zoning Appeals, Me., 398 A.2d 415, 417 (1979).

    Superseded by statute, as recognized in Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. State Tax AssessorCited 99 timesPublished
  • Scott Paper Co. v. Johnson

    156 Me. 19 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 7, 1960

    Roberts v. Glander, 156 Ohio St. 247 , 102 N. E. (2nd) 242 concerns itself with definition and meaning of “price” as used in its Sales Tax Law. … Donnelly Garment Co. v. National Labor Relation Board, 123 F. (2nd) 215.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Collins v. Trius, Inc.

    663 A.2d 570 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 15, 1995

    We abandoned the rigid lex loci delicti choice of law rule with respect to an action for a personal injury in Beaulieu v. Beaulieu, 265 A.2d 610 (Me.1970). In Adams v. … Teno, 2 S.C.R. 287 (1978); Thornton v. Board of Sch. Trustees of Sch. Dist. No. 57 (Prince George), 2 S.C.R. 267 (1978). The “Trilogy” cap is adjusted for inflation. See Sivret v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • State v. Huntley

    681 A.2d 10 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 30, 1996

    In Chapman v. … Delaware v. Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673 , 106 S.Ct. 1431 , 89 L.Ed.2d 674 (1986). See also Brown v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Chamberlain v. Harriman

    165 A.3d 351 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 22, 2017

    Collins v. … See Brown v. Habrle, 2010 ME 72, ¶ 20 , 1 A.3d 401 (holding that a spouse became a judgment debtor as, of the date that a post-judgment grace period for a property disposition payment expired); Raymond v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Ferry Beach Park Ass'n of Universalists v. City of Saco

    127 Me. 136 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 11, 1928

    In Foxcroft v. … In Foxcroft v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Knight v. Penobscot Bay Medical Center

    420 A.2d 915 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 6, 1980

    Plaintiffs claim to find support for the position they urge in language appearing in People v. Brown, 88 Cal.App.3d 283 , 151 Cal.Rptr. 749 (1979). … Demay v. Roberts, 46 Mich. 160 [ 9 N.W. 146 ] (1881).” 4 . The language was from the case of DeMay v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Snell v. Libby

    137 Me. 62 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 29, 1940

    First National Bank of Salem v. Redman, 57 Me., 405; Brown v. Williams, 31 Me., 404; Nason v. Grant, 21 Me., 160; 23 C. J., 511; R. S., Chap. 90, Sec. 31. … Jewett v. Whitney, 43 Me., 242; Willbanks v. Untriner, 98 Ga., 801 , 25 S. E., 841 ; Wheatley v. Tutt, 4 Kan., 166 ; Reigle v. Seiger, 2 P. & W. (Penna.), 340; McGl auflin v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • In Re Hannaford Bros. Co. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation

    4 A.3d 492 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 21, 2010

    Picher v. … These include nuisance, see Brown v. Watson, 47 Me. 161, 163 (1859); see also Eaton v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • State v. Fagone

    462 A.2d 493 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 14, 1983

    State v. Brown, 321 A.2d 478, 483 (Me.1974). The majority of courts that have considered this issue are in accord and we do not now retreat from that holding. … In Washington v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Hale v. Petit

    438 A.2d 226 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 9, 1981

    Mathews v. … See Gashgai v. Board of Registration in Medicine, Me., 390 A.2d 1080 (1978).

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Belfast v. Bath

    137 Me. 91 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 17, 1940

    He serves as clerk for the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts and the Board of County Commissioners in connection with their work and jurisdiction in such county. He is essentially a county officer. … Inconsistency is not to be presumed because of somewhat loose or ambiguous phraseology, but must be clearly and definitely shown. ' In discussing the interpretation of statutes, the court in Smith v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Coffin v. Rich

    45 Me. 507 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

    Providence Bank v. Billings, 4 Peters, 514 ; Commonwealth v. Eastern Bank, 10 Barr. 442 ; and they are subject, generally, to remedial legislation, like individuals. Brown v. Pen. Bank, 8 Mass. 445 . … Andover v. Flint, 3 Met. 539 . “Such liability,” says C. J. Shaw, in the case of Gray v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Husten v. Richards

    44 Me. 182 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1857

    The defendant, by himself and agent, had been on board the schooner, and had a full opportunity to examine her and ascertain her capacity before the agreement was executed. … The case of Beecher and al. v. Becktel, decided by Nelson, J., in the Admiralty Court of New York, cited from the New York Tribune, September 24, 1853, is in point, and is sustained by sound reasoning.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Levesque v. Fraser Paper Limited

    159 Me. 131 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 26, 1963

    Creighton, 95 Me. 154 , 49 A. 663 ; and Wilbur v. … Cases on point are found in Brown v. Trustees, Leland Stanford University, 182 P. 316, 319 (under headnote 5) (Cal., District Court of Appeal, 1919) Owner’s duty to notify contractor or employee; Calvert v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • State v. Melvin

    390 A.2d 1024 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 3, 1978

    Roberts, the only witness as to the cause of death, was not a competent witness for that purpose because he was not certified by a Board of Forensic Pathologists and was not acquainted with the factual circumstances of the … Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board, 367 U.S. 1 , 81 S.Ct. 1357 , 6 L.Ed.2d 625 (1961); Rogers v. United States, 340 U.S. 367 , 71 S.Ct. 438 , 95 L.Ed. 344 (1951); Hale v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Maine Taxpayers Action Network v. Secretary of State

    795 A.2d 75 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 17, 2002

    MTAN relies on the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Buckley v. … Id. at 192 , 119 S.Ct. 636 (quoting Storer v. Brown, 415 U.S. 724, 730 , 94 S.Ct. 1274 , 39 L.Ed.2d 714 (1974)).

    Cited 21 timesPublished

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