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  • Bellevue v. Town of Scarborough

    589 A.2d 49 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 1991

    We review the decision of the Board of Appeals directly. Mason v. Crooker-Mulligan, 570 A.2d 1217, 1220 (Me.1990). … That there is evidence in the record that might have led the Board to reach a different conclusion does not permit us to substitute our judgment on the facts for that of the Board of Appeals. Driscoll v.

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  • McCullough v. Visiting Nurse Service of Southern Maine, Inc.

    691 A.2d 1201 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 31, 1997

    See Bakal v. … Gautschi v. Maisel, 565 A.2d 1009, 1011 (Me.1989.)

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  • Cleveland v. City of Bangor

    87 Me. 259 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 1, 1895

    So in Brown v. … But as Rhode Island was one of the three states in which the error of Brown v. Wooten, supra, had been followed (see Hunt v. Bates, 7 R. I. 217; S. C. 82 Am.

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  • Struck v. Hackett

    668 A.2d 411 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 27, 1995

    See Swank v. … As we stated in Larrabee v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • State v. Downs

    916 A.2d 210 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 2, 2007

    In State v. Brown, 1998 ME 129 , 712 A.2d 513 , we affirmed a fifty-nine-year sentence for a crime spree that involved nineteen separate criminal episodes over a seven-month period. … But the Brown sentence was different.

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  • Hastings v. Union Boiler Co.

    636 F. Supp. 837 · District Court, D. Maine · Jun 12, 1986

    See *839 Lowe v. C.N. Brown Co., No. CV-86-51 (Me.Super.Ct., Cum.Cty., Apr. 29, 1986). … See Lowe v. C.N. Brown Co., supra, Complaint for Declaratory Judgment, 1HI 20, 24.

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  • Jordan v. Hopkins

    85 Me. 159 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 12, 1892

    But the plaintiff contends that, although Bemick was not sworn as an assessor, the original board were legally sworn as assessors, and that two of such board could legally assess the taxes. … The plaintiff further argues that the case of Williamsburg v.

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  • Adams v. Merrill

    145 Me. 181 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 12, 1950

    necessary number of board feet paid for by the plaintiff. … Raymond v. Eldred, 127 Me. 11, 17 ; Ritchie v. Perry, 129 Me. 440 .

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  • State v. Davis

    155 Me. 430 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 23, 1959

    Booth Brothers & Hurricane Island Granite Company v. Smith, 115 Me. 89, 93 ; 97 A. 826 ; Brown v. McCaffrey, et al., 143 Me. *432 221, 226; 60 A. 2d. 792; Labbe v. Cyr, 150 Me. 342, 349 ; 111 A. 2d. 330.

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  • Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.

    727 F. Supp. 31 · District Court, D. Maine · Dec 22, 1989

    See Unocal v. Mesa Petroleum, 493 A.2d 946, 955 (Del.1985). … Although the Business Judgment Rule may be the more appropriate standard, see id; Rosenthal v. Rosenthal, 543 A.2d 348, 353 (Me.1988); Moran v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Skene v. Graham

    114 Me. 229 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 14, 1915

    Neal v. Randall, 98 Maine, 69. … Larrabee v. Sewall, 66 Maine, 376, and cases cited. It is the opinion of the court that the verdict is so manifestly against the weight of the evidence that it should not be permitted to stand.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Forbes v. Wells Beach Casino, Inc.

    307 A.2d 210 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 28, 1973

    The Board of three appraisers shall act by majority vote. 2. … In Zuhak v.

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  • Ware v. State

    436 A.2d 384 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 30, 1981

    The regulations that the Board was found not to have complied with were promulgated by the Board itself after the United States Supreme Court decided Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U. … The “Statement of Purpose” which prefaces the Board’s regulations reads as follows: These procedures are designed to comply with the letter and spirit of Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.

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  • Preble v. City of Portland

    45 Me. 241 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

    Harlow v. Pike, 3 Greenl. 438. … Mann v. Marston, 3 Fair. 32.

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  • Caron v. City of Auburn

    567 A.2d 66 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 6, 1989

    . § 2411(3)(F) (1978) and M.R.Civ.P. 80B, challenges the issuance of a variance by the Auburn Zoning Board of Appeals (“ZBA”). … Lane v. Williams, 521 A.2d 706, 708 (Me.1987); Sevigny v. City of Biddeford, 344 A.2d 34, 38 (Me.1975).

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  • State v. Littlefield

    389 A.2d 16 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 11, 1978

    Paul Brown testified that the appellant said if anything went wrong he would be the first one shot. … State v. Eaton, Me., 309 A.2d 334, 339 (1973); State v. Smith, Me., 277 A.2d 481 (1971).

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  • Bates v. Butler

    46 Me. 387 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1859

    Smith v. Kendall, 8 Term R., 123; Rex v. … She is not liable for the amount of the notes, which was for her board. But she would be liable in a suit properly instituted, for the balance, upon the facts agreed in the case. Plaintiff nonsuit.

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  • Pratt v. Philbrook

    41 Me. 132 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1856

    Pratt & al. v. Philbrook, 33 Maine, 17. Upon leave to amend, granted by the Court, the bill has been essentially changed, an answer has been filed, and proofs taken by both parties. … V.

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  • Campbell v. School Administrative District No. 59

    658 A.2d 1094 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 30, 1995

    Lucas v. E.A. Buschmann, Inc., 656 A.2d 1193, 1195 (Me.1995); Gordon v. Maine Reduction Co., 358 A.2d 544, 551 (Me.1976). … We accord deference to decisions of the Board interpreting the Workers’ Compensation Act. Curtis v. National Sea Prods., 657 A.2d 320, 322 (Me.1995).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Heald v. Cooper

    8 Me. 32 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1831

    . — But it- is alleged, on the part of the plaintiff, that this contract was entered into in reference to a usage or custom prevailing among log dealers on the Kennebec river, to ascertain the quantity of boards which may … Williams v. Gilman, 3 Greenl. 267; 2 Stark. Ev. 453.

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