Case law

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.

Matter of Lappie

377 A.2d 441 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 30, 1977

See Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 , 92 S.Ct. 1361 , 31 L.Ed.2d 636 (1972); Data Processing Service v. Camp, 397 U.S. 150 , 90 S.Ct. 827 , 25 L.Ed.2d 184 (1970); Oklahoma v. … Sierra Club v. Morton, supra (appellant must show he is adversely affected); Louden Hill Farm, Inc. v.

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.

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.

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.

Farrell v. City of Auburn

3 A.3d 385 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 31, 2010

See Pepperman v. … See Herrle v.

Levesque v. Inhabitants of Town of Eliot

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

In Fletcher v. … v.

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.

Gilman v. Wills

66 Me. 273 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 31, 1877

Blaney v. Bearce, 2 Maine, 132. Brown v. Leach, 35 Maine, 39. Norton v. Webb, 35 Maine, 218. This doctrine, so well settled by repeated decisions, has been incorporated into the statutes of the state. R. S., c. 90, § 2. … There being no reservation of them in the deed, and they not being severed from the soil at the time of the delivery of the deed, they with the soil became vested in . the plaintiff (Brown v.

Sproul v. Town of Boothbay Harbor

2000 Me. 30 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 24, 2000

See Rowe v. City of South Portland, 1999 ME 81, ¶ 4 , 730 A.2d 673, 674-75 (reiterating the two-prong test for standing in zoning appeals). … Pearson v. Town of Kennebunk, 590 A.2d 535, 537 (Me.1991). [¶ 7] The threshold requirement for an abutter to have standing is minimal.

Wister v. Town of Mount Desert

974 A.2d 903 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 7, 2009

Kane v. … the board of appeals before filing an appeal in the Superior Court); Freeman v.

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).

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.

Kurlanski v. Portland Yacht Club

782 A.2d 783 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 26, 2001

Wells v. … Lentine v. Town of St.

Herrle v. Town of Waterboro

763 A.2d 1159 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 4, 2001

Pepperman v. … State v.

Leadbetter v. Ferris

485 A.2d 225 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 10, 1984

In Harrington v. … See Barnard v. Zoning Board of Appeals for the Town of Yarmouth, 313 A.2d 741, 749 (Me.1974).

Silsby v. Allen's Blueberry Freezer, Inc.

501 A.2d 1290 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 9, 1985

Kittery Water District v. Town of York, 489 A.2d 1091, 1093 (Me.1985); Lakes Environmental Ass’n. v. Town of Naples, 486 A.2d 91, 94 (Me.1984). … In Cushing v. Smith, 457 A.2d 816, 819 (Me.1983), this Court said that “30 M.R.

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).

George D. Ballard, Builder, Inc. v. City of Westbrook

502 A.2d 476 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 6, 1985

Robinson v. Board of Appeals, Town of Kennebunk, 356 A.2d 196, 198 (Me.1976); Moyer v. Board of Zoning Appeals, 233 A.2d 311, 317 (Me.1967). … Otherwise, the Ordinance would allow the Board to extend an approval that had become void. Cf. Camplin v.

Boivin v. Town of Sanford

588 A.2d 1197 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 10, 1991

Tompkins v. City of Presque Isle, 571 A.2d 235, 236 (Me.1990). A board of appeals has discretion in determining whether an activity is within the scope of a permitted, nonconforming use. Mason v. … Nyczepir v. Town of Naples, 586 A.2d 1254, 1256 (Me.1991).