Case law

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.

Witham v. Board of Trustees for the Maine Criminal Justice Academy

Superior Court of Maine · May 24, 2021

Witham argues that the "legal counsel" who advised the Board was also the same attorney prosecuting the case before the Board which created an appearance of "confirmation bias." (Pet'r's Br. 15 (citing Howitt v. … Cf Opp Cotton Mills, Inc. v.

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.

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.

Toomey v. Town of Frye Island

2008 Me. 44 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 11, 2008

Yates v. Town of Southwest Harbor, 2001 ME 2, ¶ 10 , 763 A.2d 1168, 1171 . A court will not substitute its judgment for that of a board. Greenberg v. DiBiase, 637 A.2d 1177, 1178 (Me.1994). … Boards have inherent authority to revisit their own decisions. Cardinali v. Town of Berwick, 550 A.2d 921, 921 (Me.1988).

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).

Thurston v. Nutter

125 Me. 411 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 24, 1926

He and his wife treated the defendant kindly, gave her good board and care and the relations were harmonious until the last of the following June. … Prior to the plaintiff’s coming to the farm the defendant wrote down on a piece of brown paper some terms for agreement, as she testified “as it come to me.”

Springfield Terminal Co. v. United Transportation Union

688 F. Supp. 68 · District Court, D. Maine · Jul 14, 1988

Stanton by Stanton v. Brunswick School Department, 577 F.Supp. 1560 (D.Me.1984) (quoting UV Industries, Inc. v. Posner, 466 F.Supp. 1251, 1255 (D.Me.1979)). … For example, in Mitchell v.

State v. Patten

457 A.2d 806 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 8, 1983

See State v. Dunlap, 395 A.2d 821, 824 (Me.1978). … In Dunlap itself, this court, citing United States v.

Mills v. Town of Eliot

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

Boisvert v. … See Tinsman v.

Maranacook Area School Assn v. R.S.U. No. 38 School Board

Superior Court of Maine · Dec 11, 2014

the parties' expired collective bargaining agreement in arbitration under 26 M.R.S.A. § 964-A(2) was precluded by the Law Court's holding in Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System v. … The undersigned finds no denial of due process by the Board's process. See City of Augusta v. Local 1650, 2012 WL 5450584 (Me. Super. Oct. 12, 2012). Ill.

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.

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.)

Worster v. Gauvreau (In Re Gauvreau)

375 B.R. 14 · United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · Aug 28, 2007

In re Brown, 108 F.3d 1290, 1292 (10th Cir.1997). A discharge will be awarded to the “honest but unfortunate debtor,” Martin v. Bajgar (In re Bajgar), 104 F.3d 495, 501 (1st Cir.1997) (quoting Local Loan Co. v. … Burrell-Richardson v. Mass. Board of Higher Educ. (In re Burrell-Richardson), 356 B.R. 797, 801 (1st Cir. BAP 2006) (quoting Jarosz v. Palmer, 436 Mass. 526 , 766 N.E.2d 482 , 488 n. 3 (2002)); see also Iannochino v.

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.

Estate of Wilson

828 A.2d 784 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 18, 2003

The will ended with paragraph LASTLY, which expressed the hope that Francis Brown would be retained as legal counsel by the executor. … Lord v. Soc’y for the Pres. of New England Antiquities, Inc., 639 A.2d 623, 624 (Me.1994). A court may resort to extrinsic evidence to discern the intention of the testator if the will is ambiguous. Maietta v.

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.

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.

Mark Tomasino v. Town of Casco

237 A.3d 175 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 7, 2020

whose action or nonaction may be appealed to the board.”); Casco, Me., Code § 215-9.36(G)(1) (stating that the Board has the power to decide only “[a]dministrative appeals” and “[v]ariance appeals”); Cope v. … 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.