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  • 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).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Goldstein v. City of South Portland

    728 A.2d 164 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 27, 1999

    Leadbetter v. … See Leadbetter, 485 A.2d at 227-28 ; see also Anderson v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Fort Fairfield Nash Co. v. Noltemier

    135 Me. 84 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1937

    .” *89 In Stewart v. Smith, supra, our Court accepted the law as enounced in Brown v. … Reason therefor was given in the following quotation from Brown v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Baker Bus Service v. Keith

    428 A.2d 55 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 6, 1981

    In Baker Bus Service v. … See Sanford Highway Unit of Local 481 v. Town of Sanford, Me., 411 A.2d 1010 (1980); Caribou School Dept. v. Caribou Teachers Ass’n, Me., 402 A.2d 1279 (1979).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Bishop v. Town of Eliot

    529 A.2d 798 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 17, 1987

    Because the Superior Court here acted as an intermediate appellate court reviewing the Board’s actions, we directly examine the record developed before the Board. Kittery Water District v. … Curtis v. Main, 482 A.2d 1253, 1257 (Me.1984).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Burgess v. Robinson

    95 Me. 120 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 1, 1901

    Libby v. Mayberry, 80 Maine, 137; Ladd v. Dickey, 84 Maine, 190. … Andrews v. Senter, 32 Maine, 394; Ladd v. Dickey, 84 Maine, 190.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Farley v. Town of Lyman

    557 A.2d 197 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 3, 1989

    On appeal we review the record before the Board of Appeals directly because the Superior Court in affirming the Board acted as an intermediate appellate tribunal. See Your Home, Inc. v. … Anderson v. Gile, 78 A. 370, 371 , 107 Me. 325, 328 (1910). The Board of Appeals, the factfinder in this case, found her evidence neither satisfactory nor convincing.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Freeport Minerals Co. v. Inhabitants of Bucksport

    437 A.2d 642 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 4, 1981

    Trust and Guaranty Co. v. Portsmouth, 59 N.H. 33, 34 (1879). … See Dead River Co. v. Assessors of Houlton, 149 Me. 349, 355 , 103 A.2d 123, 127 (1953); Perry v. Inhabitants of the Town of Lincolnville, 145 Me. 362, 365 , 75 A.2d 851, 852-53 (1950); cf. Lanford v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Lawrence v. Chase

    54 Me. 196 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

    Browne on Stat. of Frauds, §§ 508, 513 ; Cahill v. Bigelow & trustee, 18 Pick., 369 ; R. S., c. 82, § 18; Rule 9, of this Court. This view of the law disposes of the principal questions discussed in this case. … Such an agreement is undoubtedly within the ftmrth clause of the statute of frauds ; (Browne on Stat. of Frauds, § 266, and authorities there cited,) and *201 this fact, if the defendant had seasonably and in a proper manner

    Cited 8 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
  • Guiggey v. Great Northern Paper, Inc.

    704 A.2d 375 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1997

    Bureau, 678 A.2d at 589-90 ; Bowie v. … Selk v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Woodcock v. Atlass

    359 A.2d 69 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 11, 1976

    The purpose of the Appeals Board has been previously recognized to be the minimization and speedy resolution of labor disputes within the public sector. State Board of Education v. Coombs, Me., 308 A.2d 582 (1973). … See Lewiston Firefighters Association v. City of Lewiston, Me., 354 A.2d 154 (1976). To better achieve that purpose, the Legislature made mediation and arbitration before the Appeals Board mandatory.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Soucy v. Sullivan & Merritt

    722 A.2d 361 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 6, 1999

    See Seashore Performing Arts Ctr., Inc. v. Town of Old Orchard Beach, 676 A.2d 482, 485 (Me.1996). … See e.g., Wright v. Universal Maritime Serv.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Rendell v. Harriman

    75 Me. 497 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 28, 1883

    Brown, 74 Maine, 352 ; nor do we find anything inconsistent with it in Simpson v. Garland. … In Nobleboro’ v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Thompson v. Claw Island Foods

    713 A.2d 316 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 8, 1998

    In Keene v. … One important Michigan case, Bower v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Rollins v. Clay

    33 Me. 132 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1851

    Clay, of “ Brown’s island boom and piers.” That sale, made on May 5, 1842, appears to have been regular and legal. The officer made out a bill of sale of the hoom, and delivered it to the purchaser. … Walcot v. Knight, 6 Mass. 418 ; Bailey v. March, 3 N. H. 274; Shapleigh v. Pillsbury, 1 Greenl. 271; Stanley v. Perley, 5 Greenl. 369; Green v. Watkins, 7 Wheat. 27 .

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Michael A. Lee v. Town of Denmark

    2019 ME 54 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 2019

    See Holland v. … See Remmes v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Jaeger v. Sheehy

    551 A.2d 841 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 9, 1988

    As the preliminary step to establish standing to appeal the decision of the board, Jaeger must have been a party before the board. Anderson v. Swanson, 534 A.2d 1286, 1287-88 (Me.1987). … Because Jaeger’s actions did not constitute sufficient participation in the proceedings, he was not a party before the board and did not satisfy the preliminary step of the two-part test for standing. Anderson v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Estate of Robbins v. Town of Cumberland

    154 A.3d 1183 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 26, 2017

    Kittery Retail Ventures, LLC v. Town of Kittery, 2004 ME 65, ¶ 10 , 856 A.2d 1183 . B. … Corp. v. Town of Washington, 2007 ME 31, ¶ 7 , 916 A.2d 973 . “[I]f the meaning of the ... ordinance is clear, we need not look beyond the words themselves.” Wister v. Town of Mt.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Lee v. Town of Den.

    206 A.3d 907 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 2019

    Stewart-Dore v. Webber Hosp. … Galouch v. Dep't of Prof'l & Fin. Regulation , 2015 ME 44 , ¶ 12, 114 A.3d 988 (quotation marks omitted).

    Cited 5 timesPublished

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