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  • Fletcher v. Feeney

    400 A.2d 1084 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 26, 1979

    Poulin v. Poulin, Me., 241 A.2d 611, 612 (1968); Bove v. Board of Review of City of Newport, 95 R.I. 197 , 185 A.2d 751, 752 (1962); Long v. Zoning Commission, supra, 50 A.2d at 174-175 . … Fordham Manor Reformed Church v. Walsh, 244 N.Y. 280 , 155 N.E. 575 (1927). See also Girouard v. Zoning Board of Appeals, Oct. 2, 1972, York County Docket No. 2549 (Glassman, J.)

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Camp v. Town of Shapleigh

    2008 Me. 53 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 18, 2008

    Gerald v. … See Radin v.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Mick Land Development, Inc. v. Town of South Berwick

    2026 ME 53 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 2, 2026

    Newfield Sand v. … See Tarason v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Wells v. Portland Yacht Club

    771 A.2d 371 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 30, 2001

    Farley v. … V.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Shackford & Gooch, Inc. v. Town of Kennebunk

    486 A.2d 102 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 31, 1984

    The opponents appeared before the Board and as abutting landowners demonstrated they would suffer particularized injury as a result of the Board’s action. See Harrington v. … On review of an action taken by a zoning board of appeals, we may not make factual findings independent of those of the board, nor may we substitute our judgment for that of the board. Mack v.

    Cited 51 timesPublished
  • Darya I. Zappia v. Town of Old Orchard Beach

    271 A.3d 753 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 1, 2022

    Hill v. … See LaMarre, 2021 ME 45, ¶ 5, 259 A.3d 764; Gensheimer v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Daniel G. Raposa, Jr. v. Town of York

    2020 ME 72 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 19, 2020

    . § 2691(3)(E); Carroll v. … Boivin v. Sanford, 588 A.2d 1197, 1199 (Me. 1991) (alteration and quotation marks omitted); see Grant v. Town of Belgrade, 2019 ME 160, ¶ 8, 221 A.3d 112; MSR Recycling, LLC v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Ram's Head Partners, LLC v. Town of Cape Elizabeth

    834 A.2d 916 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 4, 2003

    Christian Fellowship & Renewal Ctr. v. … Because the present transcript is inadequate the Board will have to hold a new evidentiary hearing to provide a reviewable record. See Sanborn v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Levesque v. Inhabitants of Town of Eliot

    448 A.2d 876 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 4, 1982

    In Fletcher v. … v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Theresa Desfosses v. City of Saco

    128 A.3d 648 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 24, 2015

    See Fitanides v. … See, e.g., Duffy v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Mottram v. State

    232 A.2d 809 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 21, 1967

    Martin v. State Board of Parole, 1966, 350 Mass. 210 , 213 N.E.2d 925 ; Jones v. Rivers, 4th Cir., 1964, 338 F.2d 862 at page 874; Curtis v. … In Benson v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Donald R. Paradis v. Town of Peru

    115 A.3d 610 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 7, 2015

    Dubois Livestock, Inc. v. Town of Arundel, 2014 ME 122, ¶ 9, 103 A.3d 556; see Eliot Shores, LLC v. Town of Eliot, 2010 ME 129, ¶¶ 5-10, 9 A.3d 806; Farrell v. City of Auburn, 2010 ME 88, ¶¶ 6-18, 3 A.3d 385. … of the merits of the matter.5 See Hopkinson v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Thornton v. Lothridge

    447 A.2d 473 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 3, 1982

    The powers of that board of appeals are delimited by statutory standards. Stucki v. Plavin, Me., 291 A.2d 508, 510 (1972). … Driscoll v. Gheewalla, supra at 1029; Lovely v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Presque Isle, Me., 259 A.2d 666, 670 (1969).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Anderson v. Swanson

    534 A.2d 1286 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 16, 1987

    Article V. sec. 4 (Aug. 24, 1976) (emphasis added). … Driscoll v. Gheewalla, 441 A.2d 1023, 1027 (Me.1982). Because the Board granted the variance, it is implicit that the Board found the applicant met all the statutory requirements.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Daniel G. Raposa, Jr. v. Town of York

    2020 ME 72 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 19, 2020

    . § 2691(3)(E); Carroll v. … Boivin v. Sanford, 588 A.2d 1197, 1199 (Me. 1991) (alteration and quotation marks omitted); see Grant v. Town of Belgrade, 2019 ME 160, ¶ 8, 221 A.3d 112; MSR Recycling, LLC v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Sultan Corporation v. Department of Environmental Protection

    2022 ME 21 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 2022

    Gashgai v. Bd. of Registration in Med., 390 A.2d 1080, 1085 (Me. 1978). “[W]e will not substitute our judgment for the Board’s.” Rossignol v. Me. Pub. Emps. Ret. … Once the Board addresses the availability of the defense and adequately sets forth the basis for its decision, see Palian v. Dep’t. of Health & Hum.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Stein v. Maine Criminal Justice Academy

    95 A.3d 612 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 24, 2014

    Fund v. Superintendent of Ins., 2009 ME 5, ¶ 8 , 962 A.2d 968 . When reviewing an agency’s factual findings, we will not substitute our own judgment for that of the Board. Duffy v. … Sager v. Town of Bowdoinham, 2004 ME 40, ¶ 11 , 845 A.2d 567 . [¶ 24] Stein has not demonstrated that the one-year suspension exceeded the bounds of reasonable choices available to the Board.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Stucki v. Plavin

    291 A.2d 508 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 7, 1972

    In Sundeen v. … Fox v. Zoning Board of Appeals, 146 Conn. 70 , 147 A.2d 472 (1958).

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • City of Biddeford v. Adams

    1999 Me. 49 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 15, 1999

    Sargent, Inc. v. Town of Wells, 676 A.2d 920, 923 (Me.1996). … first finding overvaluation and cites City ofWaterville v.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • James Hartwell v. Town of Ogunquit

    115 A.3d 81 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 5, 2015

    v. TOWN OF OGUNQUIT et al. … See Carroll v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished

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