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  • Kirkpatrick v. City of Bangor

    728 A.2d 1268 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 13, 1999

    Fichter v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 604 A.2d 433, 437 (Me.1992) (quoting Secure Env’ts, Inc. v. Town of Norridgewock, 544 A.2d 319, 324-25 (Me.1988)). … Balian v. Board of Licensure in Medicine, 1999 ME 8, ¶ 10 , 722 A.2d 364, 367 (quoting Mathews v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of St. George v. Inhabitants of Deer Isle

    3 Me. 390 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1825

    To this point see Freetown v. Taunton 16 Mass. 52, and Plymouth v. Freetown 1 Pick. 197 . … Freto v. Brown 4 Mass. 675 . Commonwealth v. Hamilton 6 Mass. 273.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Cotton v. Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroad

    98 Me. 511 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 25, 1904

    Second, it may be of rails, timber, boards, iron or wire. But how shall it be put together? How many rails, how many timbers, how many "wires ? Upon these details the statute is silent. … The interpretation given to section 36 by the court in Gould v. Bangor & Piscataquis R. R., 82 Maine, 126, sustains this view.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Pierce v. Faunce

    53 Me. 351 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1865

    Adams v. Brown, 7 Cush., 220 . 1. … J., in Reed v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Good v. Berrie

    123 Me. 266 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 30, 1923

    Schulte v. Halliday, 54 Mich., 73 . The last named case holds that the finding of the jury is conclusive. Note to Richie v. Walker, 63 Conn., 155 . In Richie v. … Brown v. Copley, 7 Mann. & Granger, 566; E. C. L., 566, by Caswell, J. Stickney v. Munroe, 44 Maine, 195; Goddard v. Grand Trunk Railway, 57 Maine, 202, and cases cited; Young v. Maine Central R. R. Co., 113 Maine, 118.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Moody v. Town of Wells

    490 A.2d 1196 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 1985

    , inter alia, that the board erred in its interpretation of section 11(D)(5) of the Wells Zoning Ordinance (merger of lots in common ownership). … Moody’s basic argument is that the proper interpretation of the merger provision is controlled by our decision in LaPointe v. City of Saco, 419 A.2d 1013 (Me.1980).

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  • Keyes v. State

    121 Me. 306 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1922

    Treat v. Orono, 26 Maine, 216; Packard v. New Limerick, 34 Maine, 266; Arnold v. Augusta, 118 Maine, 399; Lynde v. Melrose, 10 Allen, 49 . … Treat v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Pearson v. Rolfe

    76 Me. 380 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 4, 1884

    Wadsworth v. Smith, 11 Maine, 278 ; Brown v. Chadbourne, 31 Maine, 9; Treat v. Lord, 42 Maine, 552; Wood; Nuis. (2d ed.) § 463, and cases. … Dwinel v. Veazie, 44 Maine, 167. A log-owner is liable if he unnecessarily encumbers the pond of a mill-owner with his logs. The log-owner’s general right is that of passage, not of rest. Brown v. Black, 43 Maine, 443.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • United States v. Clark

    695 F. Supp. 1257 · District Court, D. Maine · Oct 7, 1988

    United States v. Choate, 576 F.2d 165, 177 (9th Cir.1978); see also United States v. … Defendant also cites Oliver v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Corey v. Greene

    51 Me. 114 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1863

    Hartshorn v. Eames, 31 Maine, 93. This case, therefore, did not need to be " reconciled” with that of Webster v. Clark, previously cited, as was attempted in Dana v. Haskell, 41 Maine, 25. In Webster v. … Pritchard v. Brown, 4 N. H., 397. But we have derived our laws relating to this subject from Massachusetts; and the construction given to them by the courts of that State is entitled to great weight.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Lear v. Manser

    114 Me. 342 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 3, 1916

    For example, in Howard v. Am. … Cutter v. Burrows, 100 Maine, 379. This case therefore is plainly distinguishable from *347 that of Murdock v. Bridges. For a case very similar to the one at bar, see Dennis v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Leighton v. S.D. Warren Co.

    883 A.2d 906 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 20, 2005

    Klimas, 582 A.2d at 259 (stating “Klimas need only prove that [the employer] had the contemporaneous notice required by Pottle.”)', Lister v. … Because we are directed by statute to refrain from reviewing factual findings of Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officers, 39-A M.R.S.A. §§ 318, 322(3) (2001), 4 we decline to do so.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • TD Banknorth, N.A. v. Hawkins

    5 A.3d 1042 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 19, 2010

    Brown v. … Comm’n v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Mills v. Apfel

    84 F. Supp. 2d 146 · District Court, D. Maine · Feb 1, 2000

    v. … See Banta v. Sullivan, 925 F.2d 343, 345 (9th Cir.1991) (citing cases); Browning v. Sullivan, 958 F.2d 817, 822 (8th Cir.1992).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Yankee Construction Corp.

    625 A.2d 904 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 28, 1993

    In Diamond Int’l Corp. v. … Id. at 1048 (quoting Brown v. Prime Constr. Co., Inc., 102 Wash.2d 235 , 684 P.2d 73, 75 (1984)).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Veitkunas v. Morrison

    114 Me. 256 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 14, 1915

    “The test of repeal by implication,” said the court in Starbird v. … Seiders v. Creamer, 22 Maine, 558; In re Penobscot Lumbering Asso., 93 Maine, 391. The letter may be departed from in order to reach the spirit and intent of the act. Holmes v. Paris, 75 Maine, 559.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Forbes v. Wells Beach Casino, Inc.

    219 A.2d 542 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 11, 1966

    Co. v. Barnes & Reinecke, Inc., 15 N.Y.2d 443 , 261 N.Y.S.2d 8 , 209 N.E.2d 68 (1965); certiorari denied in Estwing Mfg. Co. v. Singer, 382 U.S. 905 , 86 S.Ct. 241 , 15 L.Ed.2d 158 . See also Van Wagenberg v. … International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington, 326 U.S. 310 , 66 S.Ct. 154 , 90 L.Ed. 95 ; McGee v. International Life Insurance Co., 355 U.S. 220 , 78 S.Ct. 199 , 2 L.Ed.2d 223 ; Hanson v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • The Maria White

    16 F. Cas. 740 · District Court, D. Maine · May 15, 1869

    He cites Blight v. … Curtis, J., in Clarke v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Freme v. Maher

    480 A.2d 783 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 27, 1984

    See State v. Rand, 366 A.2d 183, 196 (Me.1976). … Traip Academy v. Staples, 317 A.2d 816 (Me.1974); Snow v. Bowdoin College, 133 Me. 195 , 175 A. 268 (1934); Dupont v. Pelletier, 120 Me. 114 , 113 A. 11 (1921).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Dascomb v. Marston

    80 Me. 223 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 2, 1888

    Rogers v. Goore, 17 Ves. 130; Brown v. Ricketts, 2 Johns, ch. 425. So for questioning the sufficiency of a plea. Greene v. Harris, 9 R. I. 401. I. … Andrews v. Boyd, 5 Maine, 199 ; Butterfield v. Haskins, 33 Maine, 392 ; Earl v. Rowe, 35 Maine, 414; Stone v. Worth, 41 Maine, 265 ; Sampson v. Randall, 72 Maine, 109.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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