Case law

LaBay v. Town of Paris

659 A.2d 263 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 16, 1995

Benjamin v. … V, XIV; Me. Const, art. I, § 6-A.

St. Mary's Regional Medical Center v. Bath Iron Works

977 A.2d 431 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 18, 2009

We defer to the Board’s interpretations of law to the extent that they fall within the Board’s special expertise, which is limited to interpretations of our Workers’ Compensation Act. LeBlanc v. … Id.; see also Stockford v.

McCallum v. City of Biddeford

551 A.2d 452 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 13, 1988

Serpico, an abutting landowner, filed an appeal to the Board from the issuance of the building permit. … Maine Real Estate Comm’n v. Kelby, 360 A.2d 528, 531 (Me.1976). Similarly, we reject plaintiffs’ argument that the record fails to support the Board’s finding of good cause.

Getchell v. Boyd

44 Me. 482 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

Haywood v. Chesterry, 12 Wend. R., 495. Any defect, though in form only, is fatal on general demurrer. Cla rke v. Brown, 6 N. H. R., 435. … J., in Clarke v. Brown, 6 N. H. R., 435, “ be himself correct in form.” Neither in such case is the scriptural injunction inapplicable — “ Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”

Soucy v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF STATE RET. SYSTEM

456 A.2d 1279 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 8, 1983

See Mundy v. Simmons, 424 A.2d 135, 137 (Me.1980); New England Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Public Utilities Commission, 376 A.2d 448, 453 (Me.1977); Finks v. Maine State Highway Commission, 328 A.2d 791, 797 (Me.1974). … See, e.g., Betts v. Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, 21 Cal.3d 859 , 148 Cal.Rptr. 158 , 582 P.2d 614 (1978).

Inhabitants of Bethel v. Mason

55 Me. 501 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1867

Brown, who testified that " he was treasurer of Bethel in 1863. Mighill Mason accounted to me, as treasurer, for 15295,33. He settled with me, March 2, 1864. I asked him why he did not pay the balance. … This principle is enunciated in Kellar v. Savage, 20 Maine, 199, and Tremont v. Clark, 33 Maine, 482, to which -cases we refer as an answer to the defendants’ objections. Defendants defaulted. Appleton, C.

Charette v. St. John Valley Soil & Water Conservation Dist.

332 F. Supp. 3d 316 · District Court, D. Maine · Aug 17, 2018

In Tang v. … Enica v.

Lydon v. Sprinkler Services

841 A.2d 793 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 12, 2004

See Jordan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 651 A.2d 358, 360 (Me.1994). … To the extent that it was intended as a substantive change, however, it contradicts the language of the statute and therefore exceeds the authority of the Board. See Beaulieu v. Me. Med.

State v. Franzen

461 A.2d 1068 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1983

Christian v. … See State v. Brown, 410 A.2d 1033, 1037 (Me.1980). Besides, Franzen did admit on the stand that his memory was affected by the amount of liquor he had had to drink.

Conley v. Consolidation Coastwise Co.

242 F. 591 · District Court, D. Maine · May 1, 1917

Dwyer v. National S. S. Co. (C. C.) 4 Fed. 493 ; The Willowdene (D. C.) 103 Fed. 678 ; The J. W. Taylor (D. C.) 92 Fed. 192 ; The Santiago, 137 Fed. 323 , 69 C. C. A. 653 ; The Saranac (D. C.) 132 Fed. 936 ; Anderson v. … A. 673 ; Frederick Leyland Co. v. Holmes, 153 Fed. 557 , 82 C. C. A. 511 ; Pioneer Steamship Co. v. McCann, 170 Fed. 873 , 96 C. C. A. 49 . [2] The libelant was not in the employ of the barge.

Curtis v. National Sea Products

657 A.2d 320 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 1995

Decisions of the Board interpreting the Workers’ Compensation Act are “entitled to great deference and will be upheld on appeal unless the statute plainly compels a different result.” Nielsen v. … The entry is: Decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirmed. All concurring. 1 . Initially we stayed their petitions pending our decision in Riley v. Bath Iron Works, 639 A.2d 626, 627 (Me.1994).

Jackson v. Town of Kennebunk

530 A.2d 717 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 8, 1987

Civ.P. 80B, appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, York County, affirming the decision of the Kennebunk Planning Board (Board) to approve a subdivision. … Town of Wiscasset v. Board of Environmental Protection, 471 A.2d 1045, 1048 (Me.1984).

O'NEAL v. City of Augusta

1998 Me. 48 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 9, 1998

See Tripp v. … We granted the petition and summarily vacated the earlier Board’s decision in accordance with Beaulieu v. Maine Med. Ctr., 675 A.2d 110 (Me.1996). This appeal arises from the Board's decision on remand. 2 .

Babb v. Rand

345 A.2d 496 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 8, 1975

Whitmore v. Church of the Holy Cross, 121 Me. 391 , 117 A. 469 (1922). The Justice of the Supreme Court of Probate may have relied upon our recent decision in Browne v. … The facts in Browne , are distinguishable from the present situation. In Browne , the first paragraph standing alone was a classic devise of an estate in fee simple absolute.

Pratt v. Philbrook

33 Me. 17 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1851

Daniel v. … Ev. 471, 472; Medina v. Stoughton, 1 Salk. 210; Morley v. Atlenborough, 3 Welsby, Harlstone & Gordon, 499.

St. Clair v. Estate of Edwards

210 A.2d 17 · 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.

Franklin Bank v. Blossom

23 Me. 546 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1844

Crehore v. Gibson, 5 Pick. 146 . … White v. Bond, 16 Mass. R. 400 .

Taylor v. Hill

464 A.2d 938 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 26, 1983

Doctors Brown and Chamberlain assisted with the surgery. During the appendectomy, Dr. Hill observed a growth on Mrs. Taylor’s right ovary. … Friedman was a general surgeon and a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist.

Oeste v. Town of Camden

534 A.2d 683 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 22, 1987

Ray v. Town of Camden, 533 A.2d 912 (Me.1987); see Spain v. City of Brewer, 474 A.2d 496, 499 (Me.1984); Cope v. Town of Brunswick, 464 A.2d 223, 225 (Me.1988). … Article V, Section I of the Camden Zoning Ordinance provides, in part: Section 1.

Doe v. Littlefield

99 Me. 317 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 5, 1904

Brown v. Snell, 46 Maine, 490; Munro v. Barton, 95 Maine, 262. … Brown v. Snell, 46 Maine, supra; Dinsmore v. Savage, 68 Maine, 191; Monro v. Barton, 95 Maine, supra.