Case law

Camplin v. Town of York

471 A.2d 1035 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 22, 1984

Singal v. City of Bangor, 440 A.2d 1048, 1050 (Me.1982), citing LaPointe v. City of Saco, 419 A.2d 1013, 1015 (Me.1980); Moyer v. Board of Zoning Appeals, 233 A.2d 311, 318 (Me.1967). … LaPointe, 419 A.2d at 1015 ; Robinson v. Board of Appeals of the Town of Kennebunk, 356 A.2d 196, 198 (Me.1976); Moyer, 233 A.2d at 317 .

City of Lewiston v. Salvation Army

710 A.2d 914 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 4, 1998

The factual findings of the Board stand “unless the findings are clearly erroneous because they are not supported by competent evidence in the record.” Town of Poland v. … The City relies heavily on our decision in City of Lewiston v.

Husvar v. Engineered Products, Inc.

2000 Me. 132 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 10, 2000

The Board found insufficient evidence that the employee’s injury “resulted from” his intoxication. We defer to factual findings of the Board when they are supported by competent evidence. See Dufour v. Internal Med. … In Comeau v.

Fox Islands Wind Neighbors v. Maine Dep't of Envtl. Protection

Superior Court of Maine · Mar 10, 2014

The Court rejected the Respondents' reliance upon Great Hill Fill & Gravel v. Board of Environmental Protection, 641 A.2D 184 (Me. 1994) and relied instead upon the Law Court's decision in Friends of Lincoln Lakes v. … Anderson v.

United States v. Prince

310 F. Supp. 1161 · District Court, D. Maine · Mar 31, 1970

United States, 247 F.2d 615, 619 (4th Cir.1957); the courts are not to act as “super draft boards,” Witmer v. … Since United States v.

August Realty, Inc. v. Inhabitants of Town of York

431 A.2d 1289 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 2, 1981

Merrill Trust Co. v. State, Me., 417 A.2d 435, 439 (1980); Timberlands, Inc. v. Maine State Highway Comm., Me., 284 A.2d 894, 897-98 (1971). … See Merrill Trust Co. v. State, Me., 417 A.2d 435, 440 (1980); cf. Jordan v. Town of Canton, Me., 265 A.2d 96, 98 (1970) (“The right of access to a public way is a property right in the nature of an.easement.”)

Nichols v. City of Eastport

585 A.2d 827 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 6, 1991

Article V of the Ordinance specifically provides that a permit from the Board is required for a commercial structure in the SGD District of Eastport. … Pursuant to Article V, the CEO properly referred Kly-ver’s application to construct a commercial building at 1 High Street to the Board.

Ferguson v. National Shoemakers

108 Me. 189 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 4, 1911

Boardman v. Creighton, 93 Maine, 17. In McGraw v. … In Laporte v. Cook, 20 R.

Morrissette v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.

837 A.2d 123 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 4, 2003

Rutter v. Allstate Auto. Ins., 655 A.2d 1258, 1259 (Me.1996); Danforth v. L.L. Bean, Inc., 624 A.2d 1231, 1232 (Me.1993); Harvie v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 561 A.2d 1023, 1025 (Me.1989); Dobson v. … Id.; see also Elramly v.

Still v. State

256 A.2d 670 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 29, 1969

Kurzynski v. Hunt, 25 F.Supp. 647 (D.C.1938); United States ex rel. Kelley v. Martin, 108 F.Supp. 672 (D.C.1952), aff’d, C.A.2d Cir., 200 F.2d 336 ; Commonwealth ex rel. Wall v. … In Greenfield v.

State v. Wagner

61 Me. 178 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1873

Foster Elam v. Neilson, 2 Pet. 254 ; State v. Dunnell, 3 R. I. 127. … The case of Evans v.

DeRice v. S.D. Warren Co.

694 A.2d 450 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 29, 1997

Dumond v. Aroostook Van Lines, 670 A.2d 939 , 941 n. 1 (Me.1996); Marchand v. Eastern Welding Co., 641 A.2d 190, 191, n. 1 (Me.1994). … Burbank v. H.D. Goodall Hosp., 656 A.2d 1209, 1211 (Me.1995); Nielsen v. Burnham & Morrill, Inc., 600 A.2d 1111, 1112 (Me.1991).

Hodgdon v. Campbell

411 A.2d 667 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 20, 1980

Co. v. Greenough, 88 N.H. 391, 392-93 , 190 A. 129, 130-31 (1937); cf. Board of Regents v. … Parker, 97 Me. 461, 466 , 54 A. 1115, 1117 (1903); see Whitmore v. Brown, 100 Me. 410, 414 , 61 A. 985, 987 (1905).

Ketchum v. Moores

122 Me. 166 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 27, 1922

Russell v. … Brown v. Webber, 103 Maine, 60. The parties, however, in their briefs urge the court to enter the domain of construing the meaning of. the disclaimer. . But such suggestion presents only a moot question.

Libby v. Boise Cascade Corp.

709 A.2d 737 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 30, 1998

In Lamson v. … See Tripp v. Philips Elmet Corp., 676 A.2d 927, 930-31 (Me.1996). We therefore cannot conclude that the statute plainly compels a contrary conclusion to that reached by the Board in this case. See Nielsen v.

Dehahn v. Innes

356 A.2d 711 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 22, 1976

Furthermore, viewing the agreement between the parties as an “entire” contract, the defendant, relying on Brown v. … Brown v. True, supra, 123 Me. at page 290 , 122 A. 850 .

Teamsters Union Local 340 v. Portland Water District

651 A.2d 339 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 19, 1994

attacking the decision of the Board or simply affirming the Board’s decision.” … No. 43 Teachers Ass’n v. M.S.A.D. No. 43 Bd. of Directors, 432 A.2d 395, 398, n. 6 (Me.1981). A recent decision of the United States Supreme Court confirms our ruling in Lane. In Litton Fin. Printing Div. v.

Munro v. Barton

95 Me. 262 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 19, 1901

Fiske, 2 Pick. 540 , and Putnam v. Putnam, 13 Pick. 129 , a construction which has been uniformly followed by this court ever since the enactment of the statute in this State. Roby v. Skinner, 34 Maine, 270; Brown v. … Brown v. Snell, supra. Whitehouse Eq. Practice, § 71. The bill in this case was filed March, 1894.

Pendexter v. Tilcon of Maine, Inc.

1999 Me. 34 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 17, 1999

See e.g., Cesare v. Great N. Paper Co., Inc., 1997 ME 170, ¶ 5 , 697 A.2d 1325, 1327 ; Bowie, 661 A.2d at 1131 ; see also Miles v. Russell Memorial Hosp., 202 Mich. App. 6 , 507 N.W.2d 784, 785 (1993); Dezwaan v. … App. 575 , 473 N.W.2d 788, 790 (1991); Frasier v. Model Coverall Serv. Inc., 182 Mich.

Sanford Properties, Inc. v. Town of Sanford

609 A.2d 287 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 28, 1992

We review directly the zoning board’s action and the burden of persuasion falls upon the party seeking to overturn the zoning board’s decision. See Waltman v. Town of Yarmouth, 592 A.2d 1079, 1080 (Me.1991), and Mack v. … See LaPointe v. City of Saco, 419 A.2d 1013, 1015 (Me. 1980). Therefore, the owner argues, because mobile home parks are not an expressly prohibited use, they must be a permitted use. See Your Home, Inc. v.