Case law

Taylor's Case

127 Me. 207 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 11, 1928

Brown’s Case, supra. Our court has therefore held that a strain or exertion of a laborer while at his work, which caused a cerebral hemorrhage, Patrick v. … In Patrick v. Ham, supra; Brown’s Case, supra; and Hull’s Case, supra, the workman was engaged in ordinary work and there was no evidence of any unusual, undesigned, unexpected or sudden occurrence in the course of it.

Sheldon v. White

35 Me. 233 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1853

The boards appear to have been sawed from logs cut on a tract of land in Canada by the written permission of Andrew T. Galt to J. W. Larry. … Brown does not appear to have claimed any interest in the logs after he retired, and was succeeded by Eldridge. The bill of sale states, that Eldridge was the successor to Brown.

State v. Donovan

89 Me. 448 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 6, 1897

Andrews v. King, 77 Maine, 224; Ham v. Boston Board of Police, 142 Mass. 90 . No action has ever been taken by the mayor and aldermen upon the question of removal of the relator. … But, in accordance with tbe rule of construction stated in Brown v.

Young v. Board of Trustees of Maine State Retirement System

601 A.2d 86 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 2, 1992

Robinson v. Board of Trustees of Maine State Retirement Sys., 523 A.2d 1376, 1378 (Me.1987). … Gulick v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 452 A.2d 1202, 1208 (Me.1982). The evidence must be such that a reasonable mind would accept it as adequate to support the conclusion. Id. at 1209 .

National Fibre Board Co. v. Lewiston & Auburn Electric Light Co.

95 Me. 318 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 26, 1901

Blanchard v. Baker, 8 Maine, 253; Heath v. Williams, 25 Maine, 209 ; Wood v. Kelley, 30 Maine, 57; Pitman v. Poor, 38 Maine, 237; Lincoln v. Chadbourne, 56 Maine, 197; Dingley v. Gardiner, 73 Maine, 63 ; Graham v. … In Simmons v. Brown, 5 R. I. 299, the defendant, by raising his dam tortiously, caused the water to flow back upon the plaintiff’s wheels in his cotton mill above.

Tinsman v. Town of Falmouth

840 A.2d 100 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 6, 2004

P. 80B, we review directly the decision made by the Planning Board. Conservation Law Found. v. Lincolnville, 2001 ME 175, ¶ 6 , 786 A.2d 616, 618-19 . … State v. Nile, 557 A.2d 950, 953-54 (Me.1989).

Tompkins v. City of Presque Isle

571 A.2d 235 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 9, 1990

Shackford & Gooch, Inc. v. Town of Kennebunk, 486 A.2d 102, 104 (Me.1984); Mack v. Town of Cape Elizabeth, 463 A.2d 717, 719 (Me.1983). … We may not make findings independent of those explicitly or implicitly found by the Board or substitute our judgment for that of the Board. Brown v. Town of Kennebunkport, 565 A.2d 324, 327 (Me.1989).

Wingate v. Smith

20 Me. 287 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1841

Lee, 5 Johns. 349 ; Brown v. Sax, 7 Cowen, 95. In the case of Ryder v. … Facquire v. Kynaston, 2 Ld. Raym. 1249.

Whitmore v. Gilley

102 Me. 47 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 25, 1906

Com. v. Charlestown, 1 Pick. 180 ; Com. v. Alger, 7 Cush. 53 ; Low v. Knowlton, 26 Maine, 128; State v. Wilson, 42 Maine, 9. … It may be that an individual actually obstructed by an unauthorized structure while in the actual exercise of the public right may maintain an action for damages resulting, as was held in Brown v.

State v. Libby

44 Me. 469 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

Libby;” “ that they occupied one bed-chamber;” “ that he had three daughters;” and in one case he said he “wanted board for his wife and youngest child;” that “he boarded at the house of the witness with his supposed wife … This question again arose in State v.

Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of Scarborough

688 A.2d 914 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 23, 1997

Brown Co., Inc. v. Town of Kennebunk, 644 A.2d 1050, 1051 (Me.1994). Whether the proposed use falls within a particular use category in a zoning ordinance is a question of law. … The Board properly interpreted the terms and provisions of the ordinance by reading the ordinance as a whole and by giving effect to obvious legislative intent. Singal v.

Great Hill Fill & Gravel, Inc. v. Board of Environmental Protection

641 A.2d 184 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 3, 1994

Corp. v. Haworth, 300 U.S. 227, 240-41 , 57 S.Ct. 461 , 81 L.Ed. 617, 621 (1937). Great Hill’s legal rights and responsibilities were unchanged by the Board’s decision. … Ricci v. Superintendent, Bureau of Banking, 485 A.2d 645, 647 (Me.1984); Heald v. School Admin. Dist. No. 74, 387 A.2d 1, 3 (Me.1978); In re Lappie, 377 A.2d 441, 443 (Me.1977). The entry is: Judgment vacated.

Clifford Lippitt v. Board of Certification for Geologists and Soil Scientists

88 A.3d 154 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 11, 2014

CLIFFORD LIPPITT v. … Forest Ecology Network v.

Thomas v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Bangor

381 A.2d 643 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 12, 1978

See Paliotto v. Dickerson, 22 A.D.2d 929 , 256 N.Y.S.2d 55 (1964); Crecca v. Nucera, 52 N.J.Super. 279 , 145 A.2d 477 (1958); Caputo v. Board of Appeals, supra. … Boutet v. Planning Board of the City of Saco, Me., 253 A.2d 53 (1969).

Bourke v. City of South Portland

806 A.2d 1255 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 24, 2002

and Board of Appeals. … E.g., Lussier v. Oxford Dev. Assocs., 1997 ME 117, ¶ 5 , 695 A.2d 1188, 1189-90 .

Roche v. Egan

433 A.2d 757 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 12, 1981

A jury in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) found that defendants Robert and Geraldine Egan, Frederick and Sandra Brown, and Frank and Josephine Fulhan committed a libel against plaintiff Thomas S. … Cabin v. Community Newspapers, Inc., 27 A.D.2d 543 , 275 N.Y.S.2d 396 (1966) (defamatory charge that school board member prevailed upon teacher to upgrade the marks of member’s son). 6 .

Pride's Corner Concerned Citizens Ass'n v. Westbrook Board of Zoning Appeals

398 A.2d 415 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 6, 1979

See Town of Arundel v. Swain, Me., 374 A.2d 317 (1977); Davis v. State, Me., 306 A.2d 127 (1973). … Swan had standing to appeal, we may now examine the record in its totality to determine if the Board acted properly in granting the application of the District. Sierra Club v.

Maine Education Ass'n v. Maine Community College System Board of Trustees

923 A.2d 914 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 31, 2007

Norton v. Town of Long Island, 2005 ME 109, ¶ 17 , 883 A.2d 889, 895 ; Dep’t of Human Servs. v. … . [¶ 17] In New Hampshire v.

Robinson v. Board of Trustees of the Maine State Retirement System

523 A.2d 1376 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 1987

See also Shackford & Gooch, Inc. v. Town of Kennebunk, 486 A.2d 102, 104 (Me.1984) (appeal of zoning *1379 board decision). … See Soucy v. Board of Trustees of Maine State Retirement System, 456 A.2d 1279, 1281 (Me.1983).

Workers' Compensation Board Abuse Investigation Unit v. Nate Holyoke Builders, Inc.

121 A.3d 801 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 4, 2015

Co. v. Workers’ Comp. Bd., 1997 ME 104, ¶ 10 , 695 A.2d 556 (describing those procedures); Mathieu v. … See Keene v. Fairchild Co., 593 A.2d 655, 658 (Me.1991); Lagasse v. Hannaford Bros. Co., 497 A.2d 1112, 1119 (Me.1985) B.