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  • Town of Windham v. Portland Water District

    537 A.2d 216 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 3, 1988

    See Lyons v. Board of Directors, 503 A.2d 233, 236 (Me.1986). The Town argues that section 2483 expressly authorized its appeal to the Superi- or Court. … See Lyons, 503 A.2d at 236 ; Warchalowski v. Brown, 417 A.2d 425, 429 (Me.1980); Fletcher v. Feeney, 400 A.2d 1084, 1088 (Me.1979); 2 Field, McKusick & Wroth, Maine Civil Practice § 80B.1 (2d ed. 1970).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Gravel v. LeBlanc

    131 Me. 325 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 26, 1932

    Jewell v. Gagne, 82 Me., 430, 19 A., 917 ; Moore v. McKenney, 83 Me., 80, 21 A., 749 ; Royal v. Bar Harbor, etc., Co., 114 Me., 220, 95 A., 945 ; Weed v. Clark, 118 Me., 466, 109 A., 8 . … Brown v. European, etc., Co., 58 Me., 384; Leslie v. Lewiston, 62 Me., 468; O’Brien v. McGlinchy, 68 Me., 552; Hasty v. Cumberland County, etc., Co., 125 Me., 229, 132 A., 521. See, also, Grant v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Caribou School Department v. Caribou Teachers Ass'n

    402 A.2d 1279 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 19, 1979

    Similarly, in Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. … As is illustrated by the companion case of Caribou Board of Education v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Powers v. Hambleton

    106 Me. 217 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 9, 1909

    Chaplin v. Barker, 53 Maine, 275. … Brown v. Webber, 103 Maine, 60.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Berry v. BD. OF TRUSTEES, RETIREMENT SYS.

    663 A.2d 14 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 27, 1995

    Here, the Board does not have equitable jurisdiction to apply the doctrine of estoppel to its own decisions. See Valente v. Board of Envtl. … Furthermore, we reject the Board's contention that our decision in Families United of Washington County v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Ford Motor Company v. Darling's

    151 A.3d 507 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 29, 2016

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    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Gilman v. F. O. Bailey Carriage Co.

    127 Me. 91 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 30, 1928

    Co. v. The K. & H. … Goss v. Kilby, 112 Maine, 323; White v. Saunders, 32 Maine, 188; Crooker v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Huard v. Maine State Retirement System

    562 A.2d 694 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 8, 1989

    The $1,535 Question: The “Notice Increment” Payments Because the Superior Court here acted exclusively in an appellate role, we review the decision of the Board of Trustees directly. See State v. … Soucy v. Board of Trustees of Maine State Retirement Sys., 456 A.2d 1279, 1281 (Me.1983).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Planning Bd. of Town of Naples v. Michaud

    444 A.2d 40 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1982

    On the record, it is not clear how the campground was operated by its former owners, but the parties assume, as do we, that it was operated in the same manner as the campground at issue in Town of Arundel v. … Both parties agree that the critical case on the issue of whether the Birch Point Colony Club is a subdivision is Town of Arundel v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Maine Central Institute v. Inhabitants of Palmyra

    139 Me. 304 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 11, 1943

    L. 1905), permitting the contract to be made also “with the school board of any adjoining town,” and on March 25,1911 (see Chap. 88, P. L. 1911), Sec. 62 of Chap. 15, R. S. 1903, as amended by Chap. 48, P. … Sullivan, 71 Me., 150, 153; Staples v. Peabody, 83 Me., 207, 210, 22 A., 113 ; Thompson v. Lewis, 83 Me., 223, 226, 22 A., 104 ; Starbird v. Brown, 84 Me., 238, 240, 24 A., 824 ; Bradford v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Minot School Committee v. Minot Education Ass'n

    717 A.2d 372 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 14, 1998

    We defer to the Board’s opportunity to assess witness credibility. See State v. Coombs, 1998 ME 1, ¶ 7 , 704 A.2d 387, 390 ; see also State v. … Lane v. Board of Dir. of Maine Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 8, 447 A.2d 806, 809-10 (Me.1982).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Wing v. L. A. Bradstreet & Sons Co.

    114 Me. 481 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 10, 1916

    The plaintiff and two other carpenters boarded the elevator where Rankin was, and as they did so Brown, one of the carpenters, pushed the button twice, thereby giving two bells in the engine room, which the defendant claims … Brown testified that the elevator started when he gave two bells and before he could give the third bell.

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  • Karen Callaghan v. City of South Portland

    76 A.3d 348 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 10, 2013

    Comm’n v. … Brown v. Hartlage, 456 U.S. 45, 56 , 102 S.Ct. 1523 , 71 L.Ed.2d 732 (1982).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Camps Newfound/Owatonna Corp. v. Town of Harrison

    705 A.2d 1109 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 26, 1998

    This argument lacks merit. 4 [¶ 14] In Brown v. … (quoting Gray v.

    Cited 50 timesPublished
  • Wilson v. McCarron

    112 Me. 181 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 10, 1914

    The case of Hall v. Brown, 59 N. H., 555, cited in French v. … The court cites People v. Green, 2 Wend., 266 ; Crowell v. Lambert, 9 Minn., 283 ; People v. Burbank, 12 Cal., 378 ; People v. Townsend, 102 N. Y., 430 , and Sansburg v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • McKenzie v. Maine Employment Security Commission

    453 A.2d 505 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 8, 1982

    Amerling, 433 A.2d 388 (Me.1981); Coates v. Maine Employment Security Commission, 428 A.2d 423, 427 (Me.1981); Brown v. State, Dept. of Manpower Affairs, 426 A.2d 880, 888 (Me.1981). … Frost v. Review Board of Indiana Employment Security Division, 432 N.E.2d 459 (Ind.App.1982); Nytiaha v. Com., Unemployment Compensation Board, 56 Pa.Cmwlth. 564 , 425 A.2d 485 (1981); Cleveland v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Searles v. Ross

    134 Me. 77 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 15, 1935

    Garland v. Hewes, 101 Me., 549; Brown v. Rhoades, supra. A study of the authorities clearly indicates that except in obvious cases the determination of this issue is for the jury. … Brown v. European & North American Railway Company, 58 Me., 384; Colomb v. Portland & Brunswick Street Railway, 100 Me., 418; Morey v. Gloucester Street Railway Company, 171 Mass., 164 ; Young v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • State v. Maine State Employees Ass'n

    482 A.2d 461 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 5, 1984

    Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. … Plumbago Mining Corp. v. Sweatt, 444 A.2d 361, 368 (Me.1982); Connors v. International Harvester Co., 437 A.2d 880, 881 (Me.1981); Moffett v.

    Cited 44 timesPublished
  • Charles R. Maples v. Compass Harbor Village Condominium Association

    273 A.3d 358 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 26, 2022

    Brown v. Compass Harbor Vill. Condo. … Serv. v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Barnard v. Zoning Bd. of App. of Town of Yarmouth

    313 A.2d 741 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 3, 1974

    Id. at 547; York Harbor Village Corporation v. Libby et al., 126 Me. 537 , 140 A. 382 (1928); Toulouse et al. v. Board of Zoning Adjustment, 147 Me. 387 , 87 A.2d 670 (1952). … Lovely v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Presque Isle, supra, 259 A.2d at 670 .

    Cited 36 timesPublished

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