Case law

Brooks v. Town of North Berwick

712 A.2d 1050 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 10, 1998

See Geer v. … .”); ACS Enterprises, Inc. v.

Hartley v. State

249 A.2d 38 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 17, 1969

In Avellino v. … While the Parole Board is not bound by the outcome of the state court proceeding, Hogan v.

Polk v. Town of Lubec

756 A.2d 510 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 8, 2000

Halpin, 953 F.2d 689, 711 (1st Cir.1991) (quoting Wayte v. … Nason, Inc. v. Land-Ho Dev. Corp., 403 A.2d 1173, 1177 (Me.1979). We review the court’s conclusion that Polk did not adequately plead a due process claim de novo. See Bowen v.

State v. Powers

386 A.2d 721 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 18, 1978

Brown, a coastal warden for the Department of Marine Resources. … Seeing the encounter going against them, both Chief Gray and Warden Brown unhol-stered their revolvers to maintain the arrests.

Portland Firefighters Ass'n, Local 740 International Association of Firefighters v. City of Portland

478 A.2d 297 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 10, 1984

The Board’s findings are not clearly erroneous. Sanford Highway Unit of Local 481 v. Town of Sanford, 411 A.2d 1010 (Me.1980). … The Board’s factual findings are supported by the record, and we accord “considerable deference” to the Board’s construction of the statute. State v. Maine Labor Relations Board, 413 A.2d 510, 514 (Me.1980).

Town of Arundel v. Swain

374 A.2d 317 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 8, 1977

to the Board on January 25,1975. … Kennebunkport Board of Zoning Appeals, Me., 363 A.2d 1372 (1976); Emple Knitting Mills v. City of Bangor, 155 Me. 270 , 153 A.2d 118 (1959). In Blier v.

Bryant v. Ware

30 Me. 295 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1849

Groat, 6 Johns. 168 ; Babcock v. Gill, 10 Johns. 287 ; Brown v. Sax, 7 Cowen, 95; Treat v. Barber, 7 Conn. 280 ; Barron v. Cobleigh, 11 N. H. 558. … Browne’s Civil Law, 243; Ward v. Ayre, Cro. Jac. 366; 2 Black. Com. 405; 2 Kent. Com. 363, 364, where the civil law is stated differently by the learned Chancellor, page 364; Story’s Com. on Bailments, § 40; Lupton v.

Town of Eddington v. Emera Maine

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

Green v. … East Livermore v.

Ellsworth Woolen Manufacturing Co. v. Faunce

79 Me. 440 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 10, 1887

Co. v. Smith, 47 Maine. 44. The president of a manufacturing corporation,'as such, has no authority to commence an action in the name of the corporation. Ashuelot M’f’g Co. v. Marsh, 1 Cush. 507 ; Mahone v. R. R. … Charitable Association v. *445 Baldwin, 1 Met. 359 ; Cooper v. Curtis, 30 Maine, 488; Ang. & Am. Corp. § 286; Woodside v. Wagg, 71 Maine, 210. The case comes before this court on report.

IBM Credit Corp. v. City of Bath

665 A.2d 663 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 21, 1995

Central Maine Power Co. v. Town of Moscow, 649 A.2d 320, 324 (Me.1994) (citations omitted). … Shawmut Inn v. Town of Kennebunkport, 428 A.2d 384, 389-90 (Me.1981).

Bass v. Town of Wilton

512 A.2d 309 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 30, 1986

See, e.g., Chandler v. Town of Pittsfield, 496 A.2d 1058 (Me.1985); Fitanides v. Crowley, 467 A.2d 168 (Me.1983); Cope v. Town of Brunswick, 464 A.2d 223 (Me.1983); Stucki v. … Plavin, 291 A.2d 508 (Me.1972); Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Bangor, 260 A.2d 434 (Me.1970); Waterville Hotel Corp. v. Board of Zoning Appeals, 241 A.2d 50 (Me.1968).

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.

Radin v. Crowley

516 A.2d 962 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 28, 1986

Marchi v. Town of Scarborough, 511 A.2d 1071, 1072 (Me.1986). We must determine whether the decision of the Board was unlawful, arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable. Driscoll v. … Finally, we rejected analogous arguments on quite similar facts in Barnard v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Town of Yarmouth, 313 A.2d 741 (Me.1974).

Glenridge Development Co. v. City of Augusta

662 A.2d 928 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 1, 1995

We review directly the Board’s decision for an “abuse of discretion, error of law, or findings unsupported by substantial evidence in the record.” Town of Vienna v. Kokernak, 612 A.2d 870, 872 (Me.1992). … Power Co. v. Town of Moscow, 649 A.2d 320, 323 (Me.1994). “Because the taxpayer has the burden of proof, we will vacate the [Board’s] decision only if the evidence compelled [it] to grant an abatement....”

Matter of Intern. Paper Company, Etc.

363 A.2d 235 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 27, 1976

Harlow v. Pulsifer, 122 Me. 472, 473, 474 , 120 A. 621 (1923). … See: White v. Edgar, Me., 320 A.2d 668, 673 (1974) quoting from United Mine Workers v.

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.

City of Lewiston v. Marcotte Congregate Housing, Inc.

673 A.2d 209 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 5, 1996

IBM Credit Corp. v. City of Bath 665 A.2d 663, 664 (Me.1995) (citing Town of Vienna v. Kokernak, 612 A.2d 870, 872 (Me.1992)). … Inc., v. Town of Hope, 666 A.2d 108, 110 (Me.1995) (quoting Holbrook Island Sanctuary v. Town of Brooksville, 161 Me. 476, 483 , 214 A.2d 660, 664 (1965) (citations omitted)).

Two Lights Lobster Shack v. Town of Cape Elizabeth

712 A.2d 1061 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 17, 1998

The Superior Court affirmed the board’s decision and this appeal followed. 3 [¶ 5] The meaning of terms or expressions in a zoning ordinance is a question of law for the court. Oliver v. … Foley v. Adam, 638 A.2d 718, 719 (Me.1994).

Briggs v. Town of York

Superior Court of Maine · May 15, 2015

In Brown v. … This court is unable to reconcile Paradis with Brown.

Superintending School Committee v. Winslow Education Ass'n

363 A.2d 229 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 13, 1976

In Board of Education of District of Philadelphia v. … In Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 3 of the Town of Huntington v.