Case law

District Court for District IX v. Williams

268 A.2d 812 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 20, 1970

In Bowden v. … In Gray v.

Hammatt v. Emerson

27 Me. 308 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1847

Brown, 8 Bing. 33, were decided. … In the case of Corbett v. Brown, 8 Bing. 33, a new trial was granted on the principle, that *329 fraud or intentional deceit must be inferred from a representation known to be false, by him who made it.

Petition of Edwin R. Jonas III for Reinstatement to the Bar of the State of Maine

2017 ME 48 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 16, 2017

See State v. … See Conary v. Perkins, 464 A.2d 972, 975-76 (Me. 1983); Reed v. Tracy, 435 A.2d 745, 746 (Me. 1981).

Frederick Olson v. Town of Yarmouth

2018 ME 27 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 22, 2018

v. TOWN OF YARMOUTH et al. … Bizier v. Town of Turner, 2011 ME 116, ¶ 8, 32 A.3d 1048 (quotation marks omitted).

R. Bruce Montgomery v. Eaton Peabody, LLP

135 A.3d 106 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 29, 2016

Metcalf and William V. … Nadeau v. Frydrych, 2014 ME 154, ¶ 5, 108 A.3d 1254 (quotation marks omitted); see also Ramsey v.

Cope v. Inhabitants of Town of Brunswick

464 A.2d 223 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 31, 1983

In Stucki v. … Community School, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Camden, 369 A.2d 1146, 1149 (Me.1977).

21 Seabran, LLC v. Town of Naples

153 A.3d 113 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 5, 2017

Rudolph v. … Fitanides v. City of Saco, 2004 ME 32, ¶ 23 , 843 A.2d 8 (quotation marks omitted). 21 Seabran bears the burden of persuasion on appeal because it seeks to overturn the Board’s decision. See Bizier v.

Norris Family Associates, LLC v. Town of Phippsburg

879 A.2d 1007 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 25, 2005

State v. … Davric Maine Corp. v. Bangor Historic Track, Inc., 2000 ME 102, ¶ 6 , 751 A.2d 1024, 1028 (quoting Hodgdon v. United States, 919 F.Supp. 37, 38 (D.Me.1996)); see also York v.

Adelman v. Town of Baldwin

750 A.2d 577 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 17, 2000

v. … See Sprout, ¶ 8, 746 A.2d at 372 (quoting Veilleux v. City of Augusta, 684 A.2d 413, 415 (Me.1996)). We will not substitute our own judgment for the Planning Board’s judgment. See Twigg v.

Viles v. Town of Embden

2006 Me. 107 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 31, 2006

Id. ¶¶ 18-21, 24, 831 A.2d at 428-29 . [¶ 16] In Gagne v. … Because it is not a nonconforming lot of record, the building permit should not have been issued, and the Board’s decision to rescind it was appropriate. The entry is: Judgment affirmed. . In Brackett v.

Angell Family 2012 Prouts Neck Trusts v. Town of Scarborough Kenyon C. Bolton III v. Town of Scarborough

149 A.3d 271 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 13, 2016

v. … Light Co. v.

Geoffrey S. Stiff v. Town of Belgrade

2024 ME 68 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 20, 2024

We review a local board’s indings of fact with deference. [¶11] We defer to a local board’s findings of fact unless they are clearly erroneous. Tominsky v. Town of Ogunquit, 2023 ME 30, ¶ 21, 294 A.3d 142. … We defer to a local board’s characterization of a use if it is greatly informed by the board’s factual indings. [¶13] In Jordan v.

FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC v. Department of Environmental Protection

926 A.2d 1197 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 26, 2007

Town of Jay v. … Stewart v. Town of Sedgwick, 2000 ME 157, ¶ 4 , 757 A.2d 773, 775 ; see also Aviation Oil Co. v. Dep’t of Envtl.

Mahaney v. State

610 A.2d 738 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1992

See Giberson v. Quinn, 445 A.2d 1007, 1008 (Me.1982). … See Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 , 96 S.Ct. 893 , 47 L.Ed.2d 18 (1976). IY. As a state agency the parole board’s policies and decisions are subject to the commands of the equal protection clause. See Avery v.

Stephen Doane v. Department of Health and Human Services

250 A.3d 1101 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 13, 2021

See Kovack v. … See Fitanides v.

Forbes v. Town of Southwest Harbor

763 A.2d 1183 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 16, 2001

. [¶ 15] In City of Calais v. … City of Calais v.

Daniels v. Daniels

593 A.2d 658 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 16, 1991

Brown v. Corriveau, 576 A.2d 200, 201 (Me.1990). … Brown was correctly decided and clearly governs this case.

Newfield Sand v. Town of Newfield

2025 ME 45 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 3, 2025

Town of Boothbay v. … Warren Co. v.

Chapel Road Associates, L.L.C. v. Town of Wells

2001 Me. 178 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 27, 2001

(quoting Maine AFL-CIO v. Superintendent of Ins., 595 A.2d 424, 428 (Me.1991)); see also Harrington v. … from stated conclusory facts, see Wells v.

Friends of Lincoln Lakes v. Town of Lincoln

2 A.3d 284 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 12, 2010

Norris Family Assocs., LLC v. Town of Phippsburg, 2005 ME 102, ¶ 11 , 879 A.2d 1007, 1012 . We review the issue of a party’s standing to bring an 80B appeal de *288 novo. Id. … In evaluating the town’s actions, “we review directly the decision of the tribunal of original jurisdiction,” which in this case is the Board because it conducted fact-finding on the standing issue. Nergaard v.