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  • McArthur v. Starrett

    43 Me. 345 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1857

    Howard v. Hill., 31 Maine R., 420; Jewell v. Brown, 33 Maine R., 250; Gay v. Richardson, 18 Pick., 417 ; Riley v. Waugh, 8 Cush., 220 ; Campbell v. Patterson, 7 Verm., 86 ; Whitwell v. Atkinson, 6 Mass., 272 . … Jacobs v. Potter and al., 8 Cush., 236 ; Day v. Berkshire Woolen Co., 1 Gray, 420 .

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  • Estate of Keatinge v. Biddle

    789 A.2d 1271 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 8, 2002

    Specifically, in Board of Overseers of the Bar v. … Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Mangan, 2001 ME 7, ¶ 9 , 763 A.2d 1189, 1192-93 (quoting State v. Gordon, 141 N.H. 703 , 692 A.2d 505, 506 (1997)).

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  • Deep v. Boies

    493 F. Supp. 2d 88 · District Court, D. Maine · Jun 26, 2006

    See Mitchell v. … Brown & Root Braun, Inc. v. Bogan, 54 Fed.Appx. 542, 552 (3d Cir.2002) (unpublished) ("The effect of our ruling ... on the doctrine of res judicata ... in another court is a matter beyond our power to declare.

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  • Frustaci v. City of South Portland

    Superior Court of Maine · Sep 25, 2002

    Frustaci v. City of South Portland, 2000 WL 1310671, at *5 (D.Me.); see Draus v. Town of Houlton, 1999 ME 51, @@ 6-8, 721 A.2d 1257, 1259-60; Fichter v. Board of Envtl. … Brown v.

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  • Lovell v. Peoples Heritage Savings Bank

    818 F. Supp. 427 · District Court, D. Maine · Mar 31, 1993

    Lovell v. One Bancorp, 614 A.2d at 67 . … In Lovell v.

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  • Wood v. Dummer

    30 F. Cas. 435 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · May 15, 1824

    The case of the City of London v. Richmond, 2 Vern. 421. 2 Eq. Cas. Abr. 86, Prec. Ch. 156, 1 Brown, Pari. Cas. 516, is in point. … It is true, in the case of ■ City of London v. Richmond, 2 Vern. 421, 1 Brown, Pari. Cas.' 518, that, though all the parties in interest were not before the court, the full rent was decreed.

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  • Connors v. Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad

    121 Me. 585 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 8, 1922

    At night during the progress of the work the entire excavation was covered by a plank or board platform which was placed there by the laborers at the end of the day’s work and was removed in the morning before the next day … the plank which, if there, constituted as it was claimed an invitation to pedestrians to use it in crossing, rather than to take the street around the excavation, a situation clearly distinguishable from that in McLane v.

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  • Bureau of Maine State Police v. Pratt

    568 A.2d 501 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 29, 1989

    If it is the determination of the Chief that a Disciplinary Board should be convened or that an Administrative Hearings Officer is to be designated. ... … Corbin v. Houlehan, 100 Me. 246, 251 , 61 A. 131, 133 (1905).

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  • Pace v. Carter

    390 A.2d 505 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 11, 1978

    See Jewett v. … See MacKenna v. Inhabitants of Searsmont, Me., 349 A.2d 760 (1976); Pillsbury v. Brown, 82 Me. 450, 454 , 19 A. 858 (1890).

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  • Emery v. Hersey

    4 Me. 407 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1827

    The case of Kemp v. Conghtry, cited from 11 Johns. 107 , is an authority directly in point. … Reynolds v. Toppan 15 Mass. 310. Taggard v. Loring 16 Mass. 336, cited in the argument.

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  • Inhabitants of Norridgewock v. Inhabitants of Solon

    49 Me. 385 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1862

    Upon this point, the language of Weston, J., in the case of Alna v. Plummer, 4 Maine, 249, is pertinent. … A similar opinion was expressed in the case of Paris v. Hiram, 12 Mass., 262 , by Parker, C. J. That case was, in most of its features, like the present.

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  • Chapman v. Eames

    67 Me. 452 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 30, 1877

    This doctrine is expressly laid down and applied in Converse v. … Hitchings v. Ellis, 12 Gray, 449 . The decisions of the court in this state are in harmony with this doctrine. Marshall v. Winslow, 11 Maine, 58. Dyer v. Wilbur, 48 Maine, 287. Buck v. Spofford, 31 Maine, 34.

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  • Mangan v. Davis

    263 F. Supp. 2d 130 · District Court, D. Maine · May 8, 2003

    Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Mangan, 763 A.2d 1189 (Me.2001). J. … Mangan v. Rumo, 02-CV-26-P-H (D.Me.). That lawsuit went to trial in this court, and neither party recovered.

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  • State v. Wright

    662 A.2d 198 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 3, 1995

    State v. Mazerolle, 614 A.2d 68, 73-74 (Me.1992); State v. Hanscome, 459 A.2d 569, 572 (Me.1983). … M.R.Evid. 609(a); State v. Brown, 479 A.2d 1317, 1319 (Me.1984). The similarity of the prior conviction of the crime charged substantially increases the potential for misuse of the evidence by the jury.

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  • Godwin v. Gregg

    28 Me. 188 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1848

    Bartlett v. Harlow, 12 Mass. R. 348 ; Baldwin v. Whiting & al. 13 ib. 57; Varnum v. Abbott & al. 12 ib. 474 ; Brown v. Bailey, 1 Metc. 255 ; Staniford v. Fullerton, 18 Maine R. 229; Gregory v. Tozier, 24 ib. 308. … The case of Varnum v. Abbott & al. was of this description.

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  • Minerich v. Boothbay Harbor Community School District

    Superior Court of Maine · Dec 31, 2024

    - v. Dep't ofHealth & Human Services, 2018 ME 10, ,r 8, 177 A.3d 1264 (quoting Scamman v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc., 2017 ME 41, ,r 14, 157 A.3d 223). … See Common Cause v.

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  • State v. Kelly

    606 A.2d 786 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 22, 1992

    United States v. Burrill, 107 Me. 382, 387 , 78 A. 568, 570 (1910); Pratt v. Churchill, 42 Me. 471, 477 (1856). … State v. Chattley, 390 A.2d 472, 477 (Me.1978); see Brown v.

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  • State of Maine v. Whiting

    Superior Court of Maine · Aug 13, 2015

    State v. Fredette, 411 A.2d 65, 68 (Me. 1979) (citations omitted). This burden is not met by a showing of no more than "a mere 'acquiescence to a claim of lawful authority." State v. … BROWN; STATE ADMITS EXHIBIT MTS-1; STATE RESTS. DEFENSE CALLS DR.

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  • Melcher v. Ocean Issurance Co.

    59 Me. 217 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1871

    The property insured is described in the policy as follows: “ Sixty-five hundred and fifty dollars on charter, twenty-six hundred and fifty dollars on primage, and also fifteen hundred dollars on property on board ship ‘ … Storer v. Ins. Co., 45 Maine, 175; 1 Greenl. Ev. §§ 287, 288, and authorities there cited. Plaintiff's evidence admissible. Action to stand for trial. AppletoN, O. J.; Bappows, DaNfokth, and Tapley, JJ., concurred.

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  • Farnsworth v. Macreadie

    115 Me. 507 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 26, 1916

    Phillips v. Laughlin, 99 Maine, 26. And in Hyde v. County of Middlesex, 2 Gray, 267 , it was held that they are admissible as evidence of a dedication of land to a public use. … Brown v. Bowdoinham, 71 Maine, 144.

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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