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  • Patten v. Kimball

    73 Me. 497 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 29, 1882

    Smith v. Brown, 61 Maine, 70. If it was sufficient to serve it upon the attorney of record, it was competent for him to waive any illegality in the service. Lord v. Skinner, 9 Allen, 376 . The case finds that Mr.

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  • Hatch v. Globe Laundry Co.

    132 Me. 379 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 12, 1934

    This wheel, which turned easily, was located on the steering post, and, with the left side of the truck toward the side of the street, was readily accessible to anyone who might step on the running board from the sidewalk … Nugent v. Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad, 80 Me., 62; Brown v. Rhoades, 126 Me., 186.

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  • State of Maine v. Melanie S. Mourino

    104 A.3d 893 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 25, 2014

    State v. Lewis, 406 A.2d 886, 888 (Me. 1979); see also State v. Haskell, 492 A.2d 1265, 1266 (Me. 1985). … State 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).

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  • Richardson v. Clark

    15 Me. 421 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1839

    Duffe v. Mason, 8 Cowen, 25 ; Farrar v. Stackpole, 6 Greenl. 154. … And Justice Butter observed, that where losses have been settled, the provisions on board the vessel when she sailed have been considered part of the ship, Brough v. Whittmore, 4 Term Rep. 206. In Haskins v.

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  • Burrill v. City of Augusta

    78 Me. 118 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 30, 1886

    Mitchell v. Rockland, 52 Maine, 118; Brown v. Vinalhaven, 65 Maine, 402; Woodcock v. Calais, 66 Maine, 234; Hill v. Boston, 122 Mass. 344 ; Gordon v. … Boston, 104 Mass. 87 ; Hafford v. New Bedford, 16 Gray, 297 ; Shearman and Redfield on Negligence, § 139; Dillon on Municipal Corporations, (3d ed.) § 976.

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  • Frye v. Inhabitants of Town of Cumberland

    464 A.2d 195 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 15, 1983

    Gashgai v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 390 A.2d 1080 , 1082 n. 1 (Me.1978). … Meanwhile, the Board commenced proceedings, and Dr. Sullivan signed the complaint in his capacity as Secretary of the Board. Dr.

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  • Farris v. SHINSEKI

    762 F. Supp. 2d 141 · District Court, D. Maine · Jan 11, 2011

    Welcome Ctr. v. Brown, 466 U.S. 147, 151 , 104 S.Ct. 1723 , 80 L.Ed.2d 196 (1984)) (brackets in First Circuit opinion). … That she was unfamiliar with Board regulations, in and of itself, is not an excuse for failure to comply with section 10(b)’s requirements. Id. (citations omitted) (NLRB case). Similarly, in Lopez v.

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  • Arndt v. Maine State Retirement System

    602 A.2d 1167 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 12, 1992

    See Robinson v. Board of Trustees of Maine State Retirement Sys., 523 A.2d 1376, 1378 (Me.1987). II. … See Town of Falmouth v. Long, 578 A.2d 1168 (Me.1990); Shackford & Gooch, Inc. v. Town of Kennebunk, 486 A.2d 102 (Me.1984).

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  • Warren v. Cochrane

    235 F. Supp. 2d 1 · District Court, D. Maine · Dec 23, 2002

    “[I]nformal or unauthorized modification of pension plans is impermissible under ERISA[J” Dall v. … Chinet Co., 33 F.Supp.2d 26, 42 (D.Me.1998), aff'd, 201 F.3d 426 (1st Cir.1999) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted); see also, e.g., Curtiss-Wright Corp. v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State Tax Assessor v. Fifth Generation, Inc.

    2026 ME 30 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 2, 2026

    Goggin v. … See Granholm v.

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  • Crane v. Commissioner of Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources

    602 F. Supp. 280 · District Court, D. Maine · Oct 25, 1985

    Allen v. McCurry, 449 U.S. 90, 95-96 , 101 S.Ct. 411, 415-416 , 66 L.Ed.2d 308 (1980). See also Brown v. Felsen, 442 U.S. 127, 131 , 99 S.Ct. 2205, 2209 , 60 L.Ed.2d 767 (1979). … Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education, _ U.S. _, 104 S.Ct. 892, 896 , 79 L.Ed.2d 56 (1984). See Kremer v.

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  • Buzzell v. Fogg

    120 Me. 158 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 6, 1921

    Angie Brown who died testate on the 19th day of January, 1920. The defendant is the duly appointed and qualified executrix of the will. … The legal questions involved here have been so recently and so fully discussed in Haskell v. Staples, 116 Maine, 103, and in the somewhat recent case of Fitzsimmons v.

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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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  • Summerwind Cottage, LLC v. Town of Scarborough

    61 A.3d 698 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 5, 2013

    Toomey v. Town of Frye Island, 2008 ME 44, ¶ 11, 943 A.2d 563 (quotation marks omitted). “A court will not substitute its judgment for that of a board.” Id. … Camp v.

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  • Soderstrom v. Maine Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 61

    Superior Court of Maine · Jul 18, 2001

    The 5-day suspension was extended by Superintendent Candace Brown to ten school days pursuant to a letter dated December 15, 2000. … See Gregory v. City of Calais, 2001 ME 82, { 6, 771 A.2d 383, 386; Nichols v. City of Eastport, 585 A.2d 827, 829 (Me. 1991).

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  • Waukeag Ferry Ass'n v. Arey

    128 Me. 108 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 1929

    Dom., Sec. 214; Snidow v. Board of Supervisors, 96 S. E., 810 (Va.); Larson v. South Dakota, U. S. Sup. Court, Oct. Term, 1928. … Mason v. Harpers Ferry Bridge Co., 17 W. Va., 396, 419 ; Piscataqua Bridge v. N. H. Bridge, 7 N. H., 35, 59; Snidow v. Board of Supervisors, supra.

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  • Bangs v. Beacham

    68 Me. 425 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 24, 1878

    Keyes v. Rebecca J. Parker, certain personal property, which he placed in the defendant’s hands for safe keeping and for which he took his receipt. … Drew v. Livermore, 40 Maine, 266. He cannot impeach it for fraud. Brown v. Atwell, 31 Maine, 351. Nor for irregularity. Clifford v. Plumer, 45 N. H. 269.

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  • State v. McCarthy

    355 A.2d 923 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 22, 1976

    An examination of the box then revealed a “brown envelope containing a pair of brown woolen leather-faced gloves.” Appellant promptly filed a motion for a mistrial on which a hearing was held. … State v. Hachey, 278 A.2d 397 (Me.1971).

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  • State v. Inhabitants of Oxford

    65 Me. 210 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 15, 1876

    This is undoubtedly a sound legal proposition if that board had jurisdiction. But if otherwise their judgment is a mere nullity and must be so treated. Small v. Pennell, 31 Maine, 267. … Jones v. Oxford County, 45 Maine, 419. Sanger v. Commissioners of Kennebec, 25 Maine, 291. The case therefore shows no reason why the warrant should not issue as ordered, and the entry must be Exceptions overruled.

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