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  • Pease v. Burrowes

    86 Me. 153 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 23, 1893

    Woodroffe v. Jones, 88 Maine, 21; Royal v. Chandler, 81 Maine, 118. … Browne on Insanity, § 451.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Guardianship of Sebastien Chamberlain

    118 A.3d 229 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 18, 2015

    See, e.g., Shelby Cnty., Ala. v. Holder, 133 S. Ct. 2612, 2631 (2013); Brown v. Entm’t Merchs. Ass’n, 131 S. Ct. 2729, 2733, 2742 (2011); United States v. Stevens, 559 U.S. 460, 467, 482 (2010). … Grogan v.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Mitchell v. Mitchell

    136 Me. 406 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 23, 1940

    Matthews v. Bliss, supra; Patten v. Field, supra; Ayer v. Harris, 125 Me., 249, 132 A., 742 ; Bond v. Bond, 127 Me., 117, 141 A., 833 ; Ayer v. … Brown & Bros. Mercantile Co. v. Sherrod et al., 53 Wash., 132 , 101 P., 481 ; Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 267 Mass., 501, 518 , 167 N. E., 235 ; Ashapa v. Reed, 280 Mass., 514 , 182 N.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Beal v. Bryant

    99 Me. 112 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 7, 1904

    In Adasken v. … In Colton v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Lindsley v. Lindsley

    374 A.2d 311 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 6, 1977

    We find the purposes of § 61.14 not served by the across-the-board distinction here urged by Mr. Lindsley. … In Cordrey v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Hines

    119 Me. 442 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 18, 1920

    Boldt v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 245 U. S. 441 , and cases cited. Monk v. Power Co. 112 Maine, 492. In Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. v. De Atley, 241 U. … Co. v. Hall, 232 U. S. 94, 101 , Seaboard, Air Line v. Horton, 233 U. S. 492, 494 ; See Jacobs v. Southern Ry. Co., 241, U. S. 229; Dutrey v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co., Penn. Sup.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court

    157 Me. 187 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 21, 1961

    V. Mentally ill individual. “Mentally ill individual” means an individual having a psychiatric or other disease which substantially impairs his mental health. … Stuart v. Smith, 101 Me. 397 . The writ of habeas corpus must remain available at all times to any person hospitalized under an Act such as L. D. 1496.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Susan R. Snow v. Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.

    176 A.3d 729 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 21, 2017

    DiCentes v. … Peaslee v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Pineo v. State

    908 A.2d 632 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 23, 2006

    In Strickland v. … In United States v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Durepo v. Fishman

    533 A.2d 264 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 28, 1987

    Weitl v. Moes, 311 N.W.2d at 270 (1981); Ueland v. … Des Moines School Dist., 393 U.S. 503 , 89 S.Ct. 733 , 21 L.Ed.2d 731 (1969); Board of Educ. v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 , 63 S.Ct. 1178 , 87 L.Ed. 1628 (1943).

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Sawyer v. Hopkins

    22 Me. 268 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1843

    In Bishop v. … In Hilton v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Maine Water Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

    388 A.2d 493 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 26, 1978

    See Continental Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, 173 U.S.App.D.C. 1 , 522 F.2d 107 (1974). … Co. v. Pub. Utils.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Graybar Electric Co. v. Sawyer

    485 A.2d 1384 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 3, 1985

    State v. Thornton, 485 A.2d 952, 953 (Me.1984); State v. Desjardins, 401 A.2d 165, 169 (Me.1979); Harrington v. Town of Garland, 381 A.2d 639, 642-43 (Me.1978). … In Starkey v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • State v. Goyette

    407 A.2d 1104 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 9, 1979

    State v. Brown, Me., 321 A.2d 478, 482 (1974). And, the mere fact that the proffered evidence tended to prove the commission of another crime is not per se a sufficient reason for its exclusion. … In State v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • State v. Boilard

    488 A.2d 1380 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 15, 1985

    See Payton v. … See State v. Benson, 155 Me. 115, 120 , 151 A.2d 266, 269 (1959); State v. Brown, 302 A.2d 322 (Me.1973).

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • State of Maine v. Jessica A. Williams

    2024 ME 37 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 16, 2024

    State v. … State v. Brown, 2017 ME 59, ¶ 9, 158 A.2d 501 (quotation marks omitted); State v. Cheney, 2012 ME 119, ¶ 42, 55 A.3d 473; see also State v. Moores, 2009 ME 102, ¶ 10, 982 A.2d 318; State v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Reynolds v. W. H. Hinman Co.

    145 Me. 343 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 9, 1950

    In Nadeau v. Fogg, and Watier v. … While it has been criticised in Swett v. Cutts, 50 N. H. 437; Brown v. Collins, 53 N. H. 442; and utterly denied in Losee v. Buchanan, 51 N. Y. 476, 486 .

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • In Re William B. Blaisdell IV

    2024 ME 71 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 17, 2024

    See Bd. of Overseers of the Bar v. … of Overseers of the Bar v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Hazeltine v. Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad

    79 Me. 411 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 6, 1887

    R Co. v. … One is Karnes v. Rochester Railway Co. 4 Abb. Pr. N. S. 107. That case shows that two sets of railroad directors were chosen, and a controversy was going on between them as to which was the legitimate board.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Dolan v. Dolan

    259 A.2d 32 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 25, 1969

    We refer to Tibbetts v. Dr. D. P. Ordway Plaster Company, 1918, 117 Me. 423, 425 , 104 A. 809 , and Picard v. … Preston v. Reed, 1945, 141 Me. 386, 392 , 44 A.2d 685 ; Simpson v. Simpson, 1920, 119 Me. 14, 15 , 109 A. 254 ; Belanger v. Belanger, 1968, Me., 240 A.2d 743 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished

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