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    153 Me. 469 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 13, 1958

    Do any of the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of Legislative Document 1637 delegate legislative power to the State Board of Education and the School District Commission in violation of Section 1 of Part First of Article IV … V.

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  • Strickland v. Parker

    54 Me. 263 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

    Luffkin v. Griffiths, 35 Barb., 62 . Riley v. … Phillips v. Brown, 7 Gray, 26 . The common case of trees severed from the freehold and converted, which are always regarded as personal property, is another illustration of the general rule.

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  • Beal v. Beal

    388 A.2d 72 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 23, 1978

    In White v. … In Levy v.

    Cited 21 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.

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  • Dingley v. Oler

    11 F. 372 · District Court, D. Maine · Sep 15, 1881

    Frost v. Knight, L. R. 7 Ex. 111; Roper v. Johnson, L. R. 8 C. P. 167; Crabtree v. Messersmith, 19 Iowa, 179 ; Holloway v. Griffith, 32 Iowa, 409 ; Fox v. Kitton, 19 Ill. 519 ; Burtis v. Thompson, 42 N. … R. 16 Eq. 155; Brown v. Muller, L. R. 7 Ex. 319; Roper v. Johnson, L. R. 8 C. P. 167. Judge Fox called *375 my attention to these cases, and they seemed to us to he well decided.

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  • 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.

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  • Stern v. Supreme Judicial Court

    184 F.R.D. 10 · District Court, D. Maine · Jan 20, 1999

    See Wilton v. … K-Mart Corp. v. Davis, 756 F.Supp. 62, 66 (D.P.R.1991) (citing Amoco Prod. Co. v. Village of Gambell, 480 U.S. 531 , 546 n. 12, 107 S.Ct. 1396 , 94 L.Ed.2d 542 (1987)).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Gomes v. University of Maine System

    365 F. Supp. 2d 6 · District Court, D. Maine · Apr 8, 2005

    Mangla v. Brown Univ., 135 F.3d 80, 83 (1st Cir.1998); Goodman v. President & Trs. of Bowdoin Coll., 135 F.Supp.2d 40, 55 (D.Me.2001). 1. … The Supreme Court pointed out in Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v.

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • Hann v. Merrill

    305 A.2d 545 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 24, 1973

    More than six years later, on July 29, 1969, the Secretary of the Board of Selectmen purported to amend the minutes by adding: “I, R. A. … Board of Chosen Freeholders of Essex County, 30 N.J. 381 , 153 A.2d 10 (1959); 50 Am.Jur., Statutes, § 28; 82C.J.S. Statutes § 380.

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  • 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
  • Wilcox v. Petit

    649 F. Supp. 685 · District Court, D. Maine · Dec 9, 1986

    NLRB v. Brown, 380 U.S. 278, 291 , 85 S.Ct. 980, 988 , 13 L.Ed.2d 839 (1965). … Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians, — U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 2133, 2135-36 , 90 L.Ed.2d 623 (1986), quoting Abbott Laboratories v.

    Cited 8 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.

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  • St. Laurent v. St. Laurent

    583 A.2d 211 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 7, 1990

    Reviewing the District Court judgment directly, see Williams v. Williams, 444 A.2d 977, 978-79 (Me.1982), we agree with the Superior Court that it contains no error. … We find no abuse of discretion in the court’s refusal to charge the wife with the past cost of providing board and room in the family home to the couple’s adult son and his girl friend.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Townsend v. Chute Chemical Co.

    691 A.2d 199 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 14, 1997

    Bates v. Anderson, 614 A.2d 551, 552 (Me.1992); Ames v. … Brown Co. v. Gillen, 569 A.2d 1206, 1210 (Me.1990).

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  • Dwinel v. Veazie

    44 Me. 167 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1857

    Brown v. Chadbourne, 31 Maine R., 9. … Rich v. Barterfield, 56 Eng. Com. Law R., 783; Regina v. Watson, 2 Ld. Raymond, 856; Earle v. Hall, 2 Met. R., 353; Hilliard v. Richardson, 3 Gray’s R., 349; Wyman v. Farrar, 35 Maine R., *177 64.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • State v. Wallace

    121 Me. 83 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 24, 1921

    State v. Piche, 98 Maine, 348; State v. Starr, 67 Maine, 242; State v. McCafferty, 63 Maine, 223. Counsel cites Heintz v. … Commonwealth v. Leo, 110 Mass., 414 ; Commonwealth v. Peto, 136 Mass., 155 . In Commonwealth v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Kimball v. The Dispatch

    14 F. Cas. 487 · District Court, D. Maine · Sep 15, 1863

    Against this, one of the owners of the Karnak, who was on board, earnestly remonstrated. … Prin, & Ag. pp. 155, 156; King v. Lenox, 19 Johns. 235 ; Peters v. Ballistier, 3 Pick. 495 .

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • 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

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