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  • Stoddard v. Quinn

    593 F. Supp. 300 · District Court, D. Maine · Aug 31, 1984

    Anderson, 460 U.S. at 789 , 103 S.Ct. at 1570 , 75 L.Ed.2d at 557 (quoting Storer v. Brown, 415 U.S. 724, 730 , 94 S.Ct. 1274, 1279 , 39 L.Ed.2d 714 (1975)). … Costello v. United States, 365 U.S. 265, 282 , 81 S.Ct. 534, 543 , 5 L.Ed.2d 551 (1961) (iquoting Brown v. County of Buena Vista, 5 Otto (95 U.S.) 157, 161, 24 L.Ed. 422 (1877)).

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Powers v. Patten

    71 Me. 583 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 31, 1880

    Crocker v. Pierce, 81 Maine, 177. And the defendant also relies upon the case of Blanchard v. … Wilson v. Widenham, 51 Maine, 566; Brown v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • LeClair v. Commercial Union Insurance

    679 A.2d 90 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1996

    McCain Foods, Inc. v. Gervais, 657 A.2d 782, 783 (Me.1995) (citing C.N. Brown Co. v. Gillen, 569 A.2d 1206, 1209 (Me.1990)). … State v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State v. Toppi

    275 A.2d 805 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 2, 1971

    See: Luck v. United States, 121 U.S.App.D.C. 151 , 348 F.2d 763 (1965) ; Brown v. United States, 125 U.S.App.D.C. 220 , 370 F.2d 242 (1966). See: Bustillos v. … Wisdom, J., writing in Green v. United States, 309 F.2d 852 (CCA 5). Brown, J., dissenting in Huffman v. United States, 297 F.2d 754 (CCA 5).

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • South Portland Shipyard & Marine Railway Corp. v. City of South Portland

    581 A.2d 414 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 17, 1990

    (“the Shipyard”) appeals from the dismissal in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Perkins, J.) of its M.R.Civ.P. 80B appeal of a decision of the South Portland Board of Appeals. … Kirkpatrick v. City of Bangor, 517 A.2d 320 (Me.1986); Haskell v. Phinney, 460 A.2d 1354 (Me.1983).

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  • Elliott v. United States

    16 F.2d 164 · District Court, D. Maine · Nov 16, 1926

    to sue the United States to recover back income taxes paid in 1919 for 1918, and in 1920 for 1919, upon his shares in three wooden vessels, namely V64 of the schooner Margaret Throop, of 1,800 tons dead weight capacity, V« … The Reine Marie Stewart was built to be, and was in fact, placed in service under the jurisdiction of the Shipping Board.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Chase v. Burrell

    474 A.2d 180 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 13, 1984

    Burrell submitted a subdivision plan to the Gouldsboro Planning Board to build on his property a community of mobile homes for the elderly. Burrell’s plan was approved, and construction began. … See Snow v. Van Dam, 291 Mass. 477 , 197 N.E. 224 (1935); Sanborn v. McLean, 233 Mich. 227 , 206 N.W. 496 (1925); see also Socec v. Maine Turnpike Authority, 152 Me. 326 , 129 A.2d 212 (1957).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Fisk v. Keene

    35 Me. 349 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1853

    Pells v. Brown, Cro. Jac. 590; Roe v. Jeffery, 7 T. R. 589; Doe v. Welton, 2 B. & P. 324. … Soulle v. Garrard, Cro. Eliz. 525; Dutton v. Engram, Cro. Jac. 427; Chadock v. Cowley, Cro. Jac. 695; Fitzgerald v. Leslie, 3 Bro. P. C. 154; Porter v. Bradley, 3 T. R. 143; Hawley v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State v. Pinkham

    586 A.2d 730 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 7, 1991

    Given “the strong public policy against piecemeal appeals and the impossibility of this court’s serving as an advisory board to trial lawyers and judges,” State v. … State v. Ifill, 560 A.2d 1075, 1077 (Me.1989). Because Pinkham refused to take an approved test, his refusal becomes admissible without regard to the absence of a Miranda warning. State v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • State v. Underwood

    49 Me. 181 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

    In Mun v. … In Regina v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Barnes v. Hathorn

    54 Me. 124 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

    Norcross v. Thoms, 51 Maine, 503, and more fully in the case of Brown v. Perkins, 12 Gray, 97 . It is unnecessary for us to repeat them here. … State v. Haines, 30 Maine, 65; Rex v. White, 1 Burr., 337; Fish v. Dodge, 4 Denio, 311 ; State v. Pierse, 4 McCord, 472 ; Catlin v. Valentine, 9 Paige, 575 ; Rex v. Neil, 2 Carr & Payne, 485.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Spaulding v. Adams

    32 Me. 211 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850

    Bradeen v. Brooks, 22 Maine, 463; Oakes v. Moore, 24 Maine, 214. … Picquet v. McKay, 2 Blackf. 465 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • In re Lac Megántic Train Derailment Litigation

    210 F. Supp. 3d 218 · District Court, D. Maine · Sep 28, 2016

    See also Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown, 564 U.S. 915, 919 , 131 S.Ct. 2846 , 180 L.Ed.2d 796 (2011). 1. … Waldman v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Rich v. Gilkey

    73 Me. 595 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 28, 1881

    Brunt v. Brunt, L. R. 3 Pro. and Div. 37 ; Cheese v. Lovejoy, L. R. 2 P. D. 251; Suyden v. Lord St. Leonards, L. R. 1 P. D. 154; James v. Shrimpton, L. R. 1 Pro. and D. 431; Brown v. … Brown, 8 Ell. and Bl. 876 ; Bowell v. Powell, 1 Pro. and D. (L. R.) 209. I therefore have no doubt, that a will destroyed by a person not possessing testamentary capacity, is not a revocation of such will.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Allen v. McCann

    Superior Court of Maine · May 23, 2014

    Brown Dev. Corp. v. Hemond, 2008 ME 146, '1[ 10, 956 A.2d 104. To avoid a summary judgment, "[t]he plaintiff must establish a prima facie case for each element of his cause of action." Steeves v. … Thus, unlike in~ the Board's decision was not premised solei y on a new work search. Similarly, in Dallaire v. Intelligent Control, Inc. and Hilligoss v.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Muratore v. M/S Scotia Prince

    663 F. Supp. 484 · District Court, D. Maine · Jun 9, 1987

    Templeman v. Chris Craft Corp., 770 F.2d 245, 247 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1021 , 106 S.Ct. 571 , 88 L.Ed.2d 556 (1985); Robinson v. Pocahontas, Inc., 477 F.2d 1048, 1053 (1st Cir.1973). 1 See also Furtado v. … Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 , 91 S.Ct. 1780 , 29 L.Ed.2d 284 (1971); see also State v. John W, 418 A.2d 1097, 1108 (Me.1980).

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  • Spottiswoode v. Levine

    730 A.2d 166 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 25, 1999

    Section 1691b of the ECOA grants the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board”) the authority to "prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this sub-chapter." 15 U.S.C. § 1691b (1994). … Pursuant to that authority, the Board promulgated Regulation B. See 12 C.F.R. § 202.1 (a) (1999).

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Finch v. Higgins

    953 A.2d 1142 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 24, 2008

    Liberty v. Liberty, 2001 ME 19, ¶ 11 , 769 A.2d 845, 847 ; Weiss v. Brown, 1997 ME 57, ¶ 7 , 691 A.2d 1208,1210 . [¶ 10] Moreover, Higgins’s brief to us contained a number of arguments that are totally without merit.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Marr v. Hicks

    136 Me. 33 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 1, 1938

    E., 712 ; Ortwein v. Droste, 191 Ky., 17 , 228 S. W., 1028 ; Oakes v. Van Zomeren, 255 Mich., 372 , 238 N. W., 177 ; Ledet v. Gottleber (La. App.), 143 So., 71 ; Davis v. … Brown, 92 Cal. *38 App., 20 , 267 P., 754 ; Barret v. Caddo Transfer & Warehouse Company, 165 La., 1075 , 116 So., 563 , 58 A. L. R., 261.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Carney v. Averill

    110 Me. 172 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 27, 1912

    R., Vol. 10, page 240; Baker v. … Oakes, 88 Maine, 367; Brown v. Lyford, 103 Maine, 362.

    Cited 9 timesPublished

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