Case law

Opinions from 1658 to today.

FiltersME

9,550 results

3.08s

  • D'Alessandro v. Town of Harpswell

    48 A.3d 786 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 10, 2012

    Chase v. Eastman, 563 A.2d 1099 , 1101-02 n. 2 (Me.1989). Likewise, in Alexander v. … Thus, although we review the Board’s factual findings under a deferential standard of review, see Bizier, 2011 ME 116, ¶ 8 , 32 A.3d 1048 ; Rudolph v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Weeks v. Allen & Coles Moving Systems

    704 A.2d 320 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 21, 1997

    Wood v. Cives Constr. Corp., 438 A.2d 905, 908 (Me.1981). … Riley v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 639 A.2d 626, 628 (1994).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • McCullough v. Town of Sanford

    687 A.2d 629 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 27, 1996

    Wesson v. Town of Bremen, 667 A.2d 596, 598 (Me.1995). At the outset of the hearing in this case, the Chairman of the Board stated to Mr. … Recently, in Weekley v. Town of Scarborough, we held that a Board of Assessment Review erred in not granting the taxpayers’ request for an abatement.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Mary E. Campbell v. City of South Portland

    123 A.3d 994 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 10, 2015

    Because we will not substitute our judgment for the Board’s, Campbell’s challenge to those findings is not persuasive, see Toomey v. … Fitanides v. City of Saco, 2015 ME 32, ¶ 8, 113 A.3d 1088. Here, the parties agree that the operative decision is the Board’s.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Bushey v. Town of China

    645 A.2d 615 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 3, 1994

    See City of Auburn v. Desgrosseilliers, 578 A.2d 712, 714 (Me.1990). We now turn to the Busheys’ challenge to the board’s factual findings. … We will not overturn the factual findings of a board unless they are unsupported by substantial evidence in the record. Sanford Properties v. Town of Sanford, 609 A.2d 287, 288 (Me.1992); Gulick v. Board of Envtl.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Dumond v. Aroostook Van Lines

    670 A.2d 939 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 5, 1996

    Id. at 1009-10 ; Poitras v. *942 RE. … Delorge v. NKL Tanning, Inc., 578 A.2d 1173, 1174 (Me.1990); Bean v. H.E. Sargent Inc., 541 A.2d 944, 946 (Me.1988); Campbell v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Sara J.T. Behr v. Maine Public Employees Retirement System

    142 A.3d 581 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 14, 2016

    On appeal, Behr only challenges the denial of benefits as to her fibromyalgia. [¶3] We review directly the Board’s decision. Kelley v. Me. Pub. Emps. Ret. Sys., 2009 ME 27, ¶ 16, 967 A.2d 676. … Because the medical board’s reports are a proper part of the evidentiary record, the record does not compel a contrary finding. See Anderson v. Me. Pub. Emps. Ret.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Melgar v. Barr

    379 F. Supp. 3d 783 · District Court, D. Maine · Apr 2, 2019

    Ct. 2480 , 2489, 192 L.Ed.2d 483 (2015) (quoting F.D.A. v. Brown Williamson Tobacco Corp. , 529 U.S. 120 , 133, 120 S.Ct. 1291 , 146 L.Ed.2d 121 (2000) ). … See, e.g. , Ramirez v. Brown , 852 F.3d 954 , 960 (9th Cir. 2017) ("Under the immigration laws, an alien who has obtained lawful status as a nonimmigrant has necessarily been "admitted."); Flores v. U.S.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Standard Oil Co. of New York v. Standard Oil Co. of Maine, Inc.

    38 F.2d 677 · District Court, D. Maine · Mar 10, 1930

    C.) 17 F.(2d) 196, 199 ; Lynn Shoe Co. v. Auburn-Lynn Shoe Co., 100 Me. 461 , 62 A. 499 , 4 L. R. A. (N. S.) 960; Globe-Wernicke Co. v. Brown (C. C.) 121 F. 185 ; Richmond Remedies Co. v. Dr. Miles Medical Co. (C. C. … There has been neither organization by the stockholders nor the election or creation of a board of directors, nor has there been an election of officers, and, further, there has been no attempt in any manner to transact business

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Bureau of Employee Relations v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 93

    614 A.2d 74 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 10, 1992

    Our prior decisions make the Board’s analysis of doubtful validity. See, e.g., Maine School Admin. Dist. No. 61 Bd. of Directors v. Lake Region Teachers Ass’n, 567 A.2d 77 (Me.1989); Washburn v. … State, 432 A.2d 1237 (Me.1981); Board of Directors of Maine School Admin. Dist. No. 36 v. Maine School Admin. Dist.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Oliver v. City of Rockland

    710 A.2d 905 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 30, 1998

    Berry v. Maine State Retirement Sys. Bd. of Trustees, 663 A.2d 14, 18-19 (Me.1995). … Ballard, Builder, Inc. v. City of Westbrook, 502 A.2d 476, 480 (Me.1985).

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Thiboutot v. State

    405 A.2d 230 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 31, 1979

    E. g., Brown v. Pitchess, 13 Cal.3d 518 , 119 Cal.Rptr. 204 , 531 P.2d 772 (1975); Terry v. Kolski, 78 Wis.2d 475 , 254 N.W.2d 704 (1977). Contra, Chamberlain v. Brown, 223 Tenn. 25 , 442 S.W.2d 248 (1969). … Tobeluk v. Lind, Alaska, 589 P.2d 873 (1979) (upholding a discretionary denial of fees under § 1988); Board of Trustees v.

    Cited 51 timesPublished
  • Waste Disposal Inc. v. Town of Porter

    563 A.2d 779 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 11, 1989

    Maine Isle Corp. v. Town of St. George, 499 A.2d 149, 152 (Me.1985); Littlefield v. Inhabitants of Town of Lyman, 447 A.2d 1231, 1235 (Me.1982). … Portland v. Fisherman’s Wharf Assocs., 541 A.2d 160, 164 (Me.1988); Thomas v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of City of Bangor, 381 A.2d 643, 646-47 (Me.1978).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Town of Eddington v. Emera Maine

    2017 ME 225 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 7, 2017

    Green v. … East Livermore v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Harden v. Gordon

    11 F. Cas. 480 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · Oct 15, 1823

    What those prohibitions are, we have all learned from .the reports; and one can scarcely read the case of Howe v. Nappier (4 Burrows, 1944; and see, also, Buggin v. … Shipp, p. 2, c. 4, § 14; 2 Brown, Adm. 182 -184.

    Cited 151 timesPublished
  • In Re Will of Edwards

    161 Me. 141 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 7, 1965

    Brown in equal shares.” The precise details of the remainder are of no moment. The testatrix in the November 1952 codicil, gave the homestead to Beatrice V. … In May 1954, by her codicil the testatrix gave her Packard automobile to Beatrice V. Brown, her Plymouth automobile to Olive Hannaford, and “wearing apparel and paintings” in four boxes to “Doris M. Frost, Marion H.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Ingerson v. State

    491 A.2d 1176 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 1, 1985

    In State v. … V.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Manson v. Gardiner

    5 Me. 108 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1827

    It is true, as the court observe in the case of Brown & al. v. Anderson & al. 13. … We have before cited the case of Dawes v. Shed to shew that such a promise could not avoid the special statute of limitations, and again bind the estate; and to the same point we again cite the case of Brown v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Friends of Mere Point v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection

    Superior Court of Maine · Mar 21, 2006

    See Kroeger v. Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 2005 ME 50, 9 16, 870 A.2d 566, 571, Isis Development, LLC v. Town of Wells, 2003 ME 149, ¶ 3, fn. 4, 836 A.2d 1285, 1286, fn.4. … The Board of Environmental Protection's August 11, 2005 order is affirmed.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Nekich v. Wis. Cent. Ltd.

    290 F. Supp. 3d 890 · District Court, D. Maine · Nov 17, 2017

    See McKay v. U.S. … See Hanebrink v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished

Ask Donna

Ask Donna

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.