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  • Nichols v. Dunton

    113 Me. 282 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 1915

    See also High’s Extraordinary Legal Remedies, Sec. 24; Wood on Mandamus, Page 19; extensive note to Dane v. Derby, (54 Maine, 95) found in 89 Am. Dec., 722 ; and extensive note to State v. Gardner, 98 Am. St. … Rep., 858 ; Dennett v. Acme Mfg. Co., 106 Maine, 476.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • First National Bank v. Grant

    71 Me. 374 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 11, 1880

    J., in Harrington v. Dorr, 3 Rob. 283 , "cannottherefore be presumed in law to have limited such time to that before its maturity.” The authorities are decisive on this question. … Story on Promissory Notes, § 194: Dunn v. Weston, 71 Maine, 270; Brown v. Mott, 7 Johns. 362 ; Sturtevant v. Ford, 4 M. & G. 101; Parr v. Jewell, 81 E. C. L. 684; Maitland v. Citizens’ National Bank, 40 Maryland, 540 .

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  • Coombs v. Mason

    97 Me. 270 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 1, 1903

    M., the plaintiff boarded an electric car in Bath for the purpose of going to his home. At the time the seats, aisle, front and rear platforms of the car were full of passengers. … Atwood v. Bangor, Orono & Old Town Railway Co., 91 Maine, 399. That the plaintiff’s negligence, if he was guilty of negligence, preceded and was independent of the negligence of the defendant cannot be questioned.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Williams v. Poulos

    801 F. Supp. 867 · District Court, D. Maine · Sep 3, 1992

    Dyer also served as the seventh member and Chairman of the Board. … The Defendants in Williams v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Nelson v. University of Maine System

    923 F. Supp. 275 · District Court, D. Maine · Apr 23, 1996

    Brown University, 991 F.2d 888, 892-93 (1st Cir.1993). … In Cohen v. Brown University, the First Circuit rejected the application of Title VII burden shifting standards to the Title IX disparate treatment claim at issue. 991 F.2d at 902 .

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  • Arnst v. Estes

    136 Me. 272 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 13, 1939

    Brown v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 208 N. C., 57 , 179 S. E., 25 . If each contributes to the wrong, the proximate cause is the wrongful act in which they concurrently participate. Brown v. … J., 1177; McCamley v. Electric Co., supra; Hefferon v. Reeves, 140 Minn., 505 , 167 N. W., 423 ; Stith v. Newberry Co., 336 Mo., 467 , 79 S. W. (2d), 447 ; Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Washington Ice Co. v. Webster

    62 Me. 341 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1873

    Richards v. Porter, 6 B. & C., 437; Hazard v. Day, 14 Allen, 487; Lyman v. Robinson, 14 Allen, 242 . The case of Carter et al. v. Bingham, 32 Up. Can. R., 615, is in point. … Wood v. Braynard, 9 Pick., 322 ; Thomas v. Spof ford, 46 Maine, 408.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • State v. Huether

    748 A.2d 993 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 2000

    See State v. Brown, 675 A.2d 504, 505 (Me.1996). “The legitimacy of an investigatory search or seizure requires a two-step analysis.” State v. Storey, 1998 ME 161, ¶ 12 , 713 A.2d 331, 334 . … See State v. Chapman, 495 A.2d 314, 317 (Me.1985).

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • State v. Dyer

    371 A.2d 1079 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 4, 1977

    See State v. Thibodeau, 1976, Me., 353 A.2d 595, 605 ; State v. Boisvert, 1967, Me., 236 A.2d 419, 422 . In State v. … See also People v. Cole, 1969, 382 Mich. 695 , 172 N.W.2d 354 ; Schade v. State, 1973, Alaska, 512 P.2d 907, 918 ; Commonwealth v. Mirtina, 1975, 366 Mass. 810 , 323 N.E.2d 294, 302 .

    Cited 22 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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  • Bass v. City of Bangor

    111 Me. 390 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 14, 1914

    State v. Brannen, 3 Zab., 484; State v. Clark, 1 Dutcher, 54; Mayor v. Freeholders, 11 Vroom, 595 ; Brown v. Mullica Township, 48 N. J. L., 477.” *394 In Roosevelt v. … Starbird v. Brown, 84 Maine, 238; Jumper v. Moore, 110 Maine, 159; State v. Cleland, 68 Maine, 258.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Vachon v. Inhabitants of the Town of Lisbon

    295 A.2d 255 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 20, 1972

    Browne v. Bowdoinham (1880), 71 Me. 144 . … Hooper v. Cummings (1858), 45 Me. 359 ; Browne v. Bowdoinham, supra.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Delta Chemicals, Inc. v. Inhabitants of the Town of Searsport

    438 A.2d 483 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 22, 1981

    Plaintiff, Delta Chemicals, appeals from an order of the Superior Court, Waldo County, affirming a decision of the Sears-port Board of Assessment Review which refused to grant an abatement of plaintiff’s property taxes. … Shawmut Inn v. Inhabitants of the Town of Kennebunkport, Me., 428 A.2d 384, 393 (1981); Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Inhabitants of the City of Presque Isle, 150 Me. 181, 189 , 107 A.2d 475, 479 (1954).

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Robert Charest v. Hydraulic Hose & Assemblies, LLC

    247 A.3d 709 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 30, 2021

    Packgen, Inc. v. … See Urrutia v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Vesanen v. Pohjola

    140 Me. 216 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 15, 1944

    Coburn v. Palmer, 10 Cush., 273 ; Jones v. Jones, 87 Me., 117, 32 A., 779 . It was a procedure which this court in Jones v. … Jones v. Jones, supra.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Robinson v. Stuart

    68 Me. 61 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 16, 1878

    It appears that one James Houdlette, having a bill of lading of a quantity of hay shipped on board the bark Savannah for New Orleans, indorsed the same to the plaintiffs, who thus as between them and Houdlette acquired a … Winslow v. Norton, 29 Maine, 419. There is nothing in the evidence which discloses any right on the part of the defendants to contest the plaintiff’s title.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Slade v. Slade

    58 Me. 157 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1870

    We do not perceive that the case of Sheaf v. Sheafe, 24 N. … Chase, 58 Maine, 258; Sturtevant v. Randall, 53 Maine, 149.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • State v. Scott

    343 A.2d 177 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 31, 1975

    State v. Brown, Me., 302 A.2d 322, 324 (1973); State v. McKeough, Me., 300 A.2d 755 (1973). … In State v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Trafton v. Dore

    10 Me. 434 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1833

    See Brown v. Bennett, 8 Johns. R. 96. … Homes & al. v. Crane, 2 Pick. 610 . In Barrow v. Paxton, 5 Johns. 258, there was an assignment of certain household furniture as collateral security for the payment of rent, by certain specified days.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Reardon v. Department of Human Services

    822 A.2d 1120 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 5, 2003

    In Maine Real Estate Commission v. … See, e.g., Ogunquit Sewer Dist. v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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