Case law

Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Murphy

607 A.2d 530 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 8, 1992

We affirmed that disbarment order in February 1990, see Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Murphy, 570 A.2d 1212 (Me.1990), and today we affirm the order holding Murphy in contempt of court. … See Maine Bar Rule 7(n)(l)(F); Board of Overseers of the Bar v. MacKerron, 581 A.2d 424 (Me.1990). None of Murphy’s other contentions merit discussion. The entry is: Judgment affirmed. All concurring.

Eggert v. Board of Underground Storage Tank Installers

598 A.2d 1186 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 13, 1991

Gulick v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 452 A.2d 1202, 1207-08 (Me.1982). We will not substitute our own judgment for that of the Board merely because the record could support a different result. Id. at 1208 . … See Gulick v. *1189 Board, of Envtl Protection, 452 A.2d 1202, 1207-08 (Me.1982).

King Resources Co. v. Board of Environmental Protection

383 A.2d 383 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 13, 1978

Alabama State Milk Control Board, 265 Ala. 660, 662 , 93 So.2d 509, 511 (1957); see also Alabama Public Service Commission v. Nunis, 252 Ala. 30, 34 , 39 So.2d 409, 412 (1949); cf. Brengelmann v. … In Dubois v.

Gulf Island Pond Oxygenation Project Partnership v. Board of Environmental Protection

644 A.2d 1055 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 22, 1994

Section 656(l)(E)(l)(a); see Statler Indus., Inc. v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 333 A.2d 703, 706 (Me.1975). … Connecticut Bank & Trust Co., N.A. v.

Your Homes, Inc. v. City of Portland Board of Zoning Appeals

285 A.2d 372 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 7, 1972

be taken from any decision of the building inspector to the board of appeals, and from the board of appeal to the Superior Court.” … Associated Booking Corp. v. Liston, et al, (1965) 161 Me. 433 , 213 A.2d 829 .

State v. Hughes

343 A.2d 882 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 4, 1975

State v. Durgin, 311 A.2d 266 (Me.1973). There was no error. … Dow v. State, 275 A.2d 815 (Me. 1971).

Town of Union v. Strong

681 A.2d 14 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 31, 1996

See State v. … Board of Zoning Appeals, 233 A.2d 311, 316 (Me.1967) (statutes must be strictly construed but nevertheless should be read according to their natural and most obvious import); Violette v.

Christy's Realty Ltd. Partnership v. Town of Kittery

663 A.2d 59 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 9, 1995

Pearson v. Town of Kennebunk, 590 A.2d 535, 537 (Me.1991). See also Forester v. … Brown Co. v. Town of Kennebunk, 644 A.2d 1050, 1051 (Me.1994). Whether a proposed use falls within a given category contained in a zoning ordinance is a question of law. Id. (citing Hopkinson v.

Putnam v. Town of Hampden

495 A.2d 785 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 11, 1985

Warren v. Municipal Officers of the Town of Gorham, 431 A.2d 624, 627 (Me.1981); Barnard v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Yarmouth, 313 A.2d 741, 744 (Me.1974). … Sanborn v. Town of Eliot, 425 A.2d 629, 630 (Me.1981); Brown v. Town of Wells, 402 A.2d 57, 58 (Me.1979); see also 30 M.R.S.A. § 2411(3)(E) (1978).

Sherwood v. Town of Kennebunkport

589 A.2d 453 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 17, 1991

We review the Board’s decision only to determine whether the Board abused its discretion, committed an error of law, or made findings not supported by substantial evidence in the record. Grant’s Farm Assocs., Inc. v. … We may neither find facts independent of those found by the Board nor substitute our judgment for that of the Board. *455 Brown v. Town of Kennebunkport, 565 A.2d 324, 327 (Me.1989).

City of Biddeford Ex Rel. Board of Education v. Biddeford Teachers Ass'n

304 A.2d 387 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 30, 1973

Small v. Maine Board of Registration and Examination in Optometry, Me., 293 A.2d 786 , *399 (1972); Waterville Hotel Corp. v. … Arkansas State Council No. 38, 245 Ark. 409 , 433 S.W.2d 153 (1968) ; Norwalk Teachers’ Ass’n. v. Board of Ed., 138 Conn. 269 , 83 A.2d 482 (1951). . City of Manchester v.

Eastern Milling Company v. Flanagan

152 Me. 380 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 18, 1957

This sale was authorized at a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lumber Corporation held February 6, *382 1954. At that meeting John H. … In Clifton Heights Land Co. v. Randell ( 82 Iowa 89 ) 47 N.

Gerry v. Herrick

87 Me. 219 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 29, 1895

Caldwell v. Hawkins, 40 Maine, 526; Nowell v. Tripp, 61 Maine, 428; Norridgewock v. Walker, 71 Maine, 184; May v. Thomas, 48 Maine, 400. … R. v. Standish, 65 Maine, 68. *223 Elmer E. Brown, as such collector, distrained and sold the plaintiff ’s cow for his unpaid taxes.

Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Gary M. Prolman

2018 ME 128 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 28, 2018

BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BAR v. GARY M. … Bar v.

Seth T. Carey v. Board of Overseers of the Bar

2018 ME 119 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 16, 2018

Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Carey, BAR-16-15 (Nov. 21, 2016) (Brennan, J.). … Truman v. Browne, 2001 ME 182, ¶ 15, 788 A.2d 168 (citing Baker v. Charles, 919 F. Supp. 41, 44 (D. Me. 1996); Packard v.

F.S. Plummer Co. v. Town of Cape Elizabeth

612 A.2d 856 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 20, 1992

The Town of Cape Elizabeth appeals from a Superior Court judgment (Cumberland County, Browne, A.R.J.), in favor of Fred Plummer and F.S. Plummer Co., Inc. … See Hall v. Board of Environmental Protection, 498 A.2d 260 (Me.1985). Restricting development in wetland areas is an appropriate means of achieving those objects.

Board of Directors v. Maine School Administrative District No. 36 Teachers Ass'n

428 A.2d 419 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 16, 1981

See Board of Directors of M.S.A.D. No. 33 v. Teachers’ Ass’n of M.S.A.D. … See State v. Maine Labor Relations Board, Me., 413 A.2d 510, 514 (1980). We exclude the area of teacher hiring only because of the dictate of the statute.

Brennan v. Saco Construction, Inc.

381 A.2d 656 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 12, 1978

See Bangor Punta Operations, Inc. v. Bangor & Aroostook R. Co., 417 U.S. 703, 713 , 94 S.Ct. 2578, 2584 , 41 L.Ed.2d 418 (1974); People ex rel. Brown v. Illinois State Troop L. … Accord; Casanova Guns, Inc. v. Connally, 454 F.2d 1320 , 1323 n.2 (7th Cir. 1972). But see People ex rel. Brown v. Illinois State Troop. L. No. 41, supra.

Morton v. Schneider

612 A.2d 1285 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 25, 1992

Plaintiff John Morton appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Franklin County, Browne, A.B.J.) affirming the decision of the Town of Rangeley Board of Appeals that upheld the issuance of a conditional use permit by … Beegan v. Schmidt, 451 A.2d 642, 643-44 (Me.1982) (footnote omitted).

LaPointe v. City of Saco

419 A.2d 1013 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 10, 1980

Moyer v. Board of Zoning Appeals, Me., 233 A.2d 311 (1967). See 8A McQuillin, Municipal Corporations, Zoning §§ 25-297 (1976). … Brown v. Town of Wells, Me., 402 A.2d 57 (1979) (rationale of decision of Board of Selectmen unclear). The Board has an obligation and responsibility to decide issues properly presented to it.