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  • Li v. Travelers Insurance Co.

    634 A.2d 1267 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 7, 1993

    Overend v. Elan I Corp., 441 A.2d 311, 312-313 (Me.1982). … Brown (and later, Travelers) for this payment. If this were not the rule, then such a double recovery would frustrate the purpose of section 68. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Weeks, 404 A.2d 1006, 1013 (Me.1979).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Hatch v. Haskins

    17 Me. 391 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1840

    Marshall v. Fiske, 6 Mass. R. 31 . This title may be defeated by a subsequent conveyance first recorded. But to have this effect the record should be first, not simultaneous. … Justice Jackson, in delivering the opinion of the Court, in the case of State of Connecticut v. Bradish, 14 Mass.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Somerset County v. Department of Corrections

    133 A.3d 1006 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 18, 2016

    Skolnick v. … See Aydelott v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Dufault v. Midland-Ross of Canada, Ltd.

    380 A.2d 200 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 7, 1977

    Mullen v. Brown Homes, Inc., Me., 358 A.2d 557 (1976). The commission’s approval is, however, of decidedly limited import. The parties do thereby become bound by an enforceable decree. … In Waltz v.

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • Reva Merrill v. Maine Public Employees Retirement System

    98 A.3d 211 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 5, 2014

    Constructors, Inc. v. … Balian v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Kimberly B. Scott v. Fall Line Condominium Association

    2019 ME 50 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 4, 2019

    Burdzel v. Sobus, 2000 ME 84, ¶ 6, 750 A.2d 573. … Farrington’s Owners’ Ass’n v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Matheson v. ZONING BD. OF APP. OF CITY OF SACO

    387 A.2d 218 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 1, 1978

    On January 28, 1976, defendant Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Saco denied an application filed by plaintiff Ralph Matheson, on behalf of the Lawrence 0. … The Board granted the application, adding the specification that Section 608 of the Zoning Ordinance would control the size of the proposed sign in front of the building.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Lane Construction Corp. v. Town of Washington

    942 A.2d 1202 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 11, 2008

    v. … Co. v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Shackford & Gooch, Inc. v. B & B Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

    479 A.2d 1312 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 15, 1984

    Brown, Jr., subject to Gooch’s right-of-way. Brown received title to an adjacent tract from Shackford’s widow. On March 25, 1976, Brown conveyed the back portion of this property to his wife, Elizabeth. … McCausland v. York, 133 Me. 115, 121 , 174 A. 383, 386 (1934); Loomis v. Pingree, 43 Me. 299, 308 (1857).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State v. Cilley

    707 A.2d 79 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 18, 1998

    State v. Preble, 430 A.2d 553, 555 (Me.1981) (quoting United States v. Viegas, 639 F.2d 42, 44 (1st Cir.1981)); see United States v. … See id. at 237-38 (citing Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730, 742 , 103 S.Ct, 1535, 1543 , 75 L.Ed.2d 502 (1983) (“probable cause is a flexible, common-sense standard ...

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Aydelott v. City of Portland

    990 A.2d 1024 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 23, 2010

    See Stewart v. … LaPointe v. City of Saco, 419 A.2d 1013, 1015 (Me.1980); see also Blouin v.

    Cited 73 timesPublished
  • Mills v. Town of Eliot

    955 A.2d 258 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 28, 2008

    Boisvert v. … See Tinsman v.

    Cited 52 timesPublished
  • Bizier v. Town of Turner

    32 A.3d 1048 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 22, 2011

    Barnett, 2011 ME 21, ¶ 6 , 13 A.3d 784 (quoting Rudolph v. Golick, 2010 ME 106, ¶¶ 8-9 , 8 A.3d 684 ); Jordan v. City of Ellsworth, 2003 ME 82, ¶ 9 , 828 A.2d 768 . … See Fitanides v.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • Greeley v. Greeley

    119 Me. 264 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 9, 1920

    Bourne v. Ward, 51 Maine, 191; Small v. Clewley, 62 Maine, 156; Morrison v. Brown, 84 Maine, 82; Palmer v. Palmer, 112 Maine, 149; Palmer v. Blanchard, 113 Maine, 380. But defendant offered evidence tending otherwise. … Bank v. Curtis, 167 N. Y., 194 . A note upon consideration payee would provide maker a home as long as he lived was held valid, notwithstanding that the maker also paid a weekly sum for board.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Jones v. Bacon

    68 Me. 34 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 18, 1877

    Thompson and Sally Brown, my sister, if she be living at the time; if not, her share to go to her husband, John Brown, if he be living; and if neither the said Sally Brown nor her husband be living, the said property bo equally … In Stevens v. Winship, 1 Pick. 318 , the devise was to the wife for life with power to sell in case of need. In Field v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • State v. Turner

    394 A.2d 798 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 4, 1978

    In Brown v. … Brown v. Illinois, supra, 422 U.S. at 603 , 95 S.Ct. at 2261 . See United States v. Ceccolini, 435 U.S. 268 , 98 S.Ct. 1054 , 55 L.Ed.2d 268 (1978). The Court addressed this point in Michigan v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Carroll v. Town of Rockport

    837 A.2d 148 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 26, 2003

    Rockport Subdivision Ordinance § V, Rockport Land Use Ordinance §§ 703.3, 703.4. See also Lewis v. … In Chapel Road Associates v.

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • State v. Patten

    436 A.2d 387 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 30, 1981

    This case falls squarely within the holdings of State v. Blais, Me., 416 A.2d 1253 (1980), and State v. Hassapelis, Me., 404 A.2d 232 (1979), and is controlled thereby. … State v. Blais, supra, at 1257 . See also Robbins v. California, - U.S. -, 101 S.Ct. 2841 , 69 L.Ed.2d 744 (1981) (No. 80-148).

    Vacated by Maine v. Patten, 457 U.S. 1114 (1982)Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Peter Beckford v. Town of Clifton

    107 A.3d 1124 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 31, 2014

    See Davric Maine Corp. v. … . [¶ 12] In Carroll v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • State v. Phinney

    42 Me. 384 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1856

    State v. Sutton, 4 Grill. 494. In Kirk v. … State v. Coleman, 3 Ala. 14 ; Aubens v. State, 6 Ala. 20 ; Swinney v. State, 8 G. & M. 576.

    Cited 8 timesPublished

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