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Carr v. Board of Trustees of Maine State Retirement System
643 A.2d 372 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 7, 1994
Robinson v. Board of Trustees of the Maine State Retirement System, 523 A.2d 1376,1379 (Me. 1987). … Dishon v. Maine State Retirement System, 569 A.2d 1216, 1217 (Me.1990).
Cited 6 timesPublished127 Me. 207 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 11, 1928
Brown’s Case, supra. Our court has therefore held that a strain or exertion of a laborer while at his work, which caused a cerebral hemorrhage, Patrick v. … In Patrick v. Ham, supra; Brown’s Case, supra; and Hull’s Case, supra, the workman was engaged in ordinary work and there was no evidence of any unusual, undesigned, unexpected or sudden occurrence in the course of it.
Cited 13 timesPublished35 Me. 233 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1853
The boards appear to have been sawed from logs cut on a tract of land in Canada by the written permission of Andrew T. Galt to J. W. Larry. … Brown does not appear to have claimed any interest in the logs after he retired, and was succeeded by Eldridge. The bill of sale states, that Eldridge was the successor to Brown.
Cited 1 timesPublished89 Me. 448 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 6, 1897
Andrews v. King, 77 Maine, 224; Ham v. Boston Board of Police, 142 Mass. 90 . No action has ever been taken by the mayor and aldermen upon the question of removal of the relator. … But, in accordance with tbe rule of construction stated in Brown v.
Cited 8 timesPublishedYoung v. Board of Trustees of Maine State Retirement System
601 A.2d 86 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 2, 1992
Robinson v. Board of Trustees of Maine State Retirement Sys., 523 A.2d 1376, 1378 (Me.1987). … Gulick v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 452 A.2d 1202, 1208 (Me.1982). The evidence must be such that a reasonable mind would accept it as adequate to support the conclusion. Id. at 1209 .
Cited 1 timesPublished840 A.2d 100 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 6, 2004
P. 80B, we review directly the decision made by the Planning Board. Conservation Law Found. v. Lincolnville, 2001 ME 175, ¶ 6 , 786 A.2d 616, 618-19 . … State v. Nile, 557 A.2d 950, 953-54 (Me.1989).
Cited 8 timesPublishedSuperior Court of Maine · Sep 16, 2010
:>.OIO ENGINEERING DYNAMICS INC., Plaintiff, v. ORDER DONALD F. BROWN TERRI L. BROWN MACHIAS SAVINGS BANK, Defendant. … Brown in his business transactions, as required by Counts II and III. He has dismissed Counts IV and V. The Court grants judgment for the counterclaim defendant on all of defendant Ms. Brown's counterclaims.
Cited 0 timesUnpublished20 Me. 287 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1841
Lee, 5 Johns. 349 ; Brown v. Sax, 7 Cowen, 95. In the case of Ryder v. … Facquire v. Kynaston, 2 Ld. Raym. 1249.
Cited 7 timesPublishedNational Fibre Board Co. v. Lewiston & Auburn Electric Light Co.
95 Me. 318 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 26, 1901
Blanchard v. Baker, 8 Maine, 253; Heath v. Williams, 25 Maine, 209 ; Wood v. Kelley, 30 Maine, 57; Pitman v. Poor, 38 Maine, 237; Lincoln v. Chadbourne, 56 Maine, 197; Dingley v. Gardiner, 73 Maine, 63 ; Graham v. … In Simmons v. Brown, 5 R. I. 299, the defendant, by raising his dam tortiously, caused the water to flow back upon the plaintiff’s wheels in his cotton mill above.
Cited 6 timesPublished44 Me. 469 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858
Libby;” “ that they occupied one bed-chamber;” “ that he had three daughters;” and in one case he said he “wanted board for his wife and youngest child;” that “he boarded at the house of the witness with his supposed wife … This question again arose in State v.
Cited 3 timesPublishedCumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of Scarborough
688 A.2d 914 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 23, 1997
Brown Co., Inc. v. Town of Kennebunk, 644 A.2d 1050, 1051 (Me.1994). Whether the proposed use falls within a particular use category in a zoning ordinance is a question of law. … The Board properly interpreted the terms and provisions of the ordinance by reading the ordinance as a whole and by giving effect to obvious legislative intent. Singal v.
Cited 13 timesPublishedTompkins v. City of Presque Isle
571 A.2d 235 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 9, 1990
Shackford & Gooch, Inc. v. Town of Kennebunk, 486 A.2d 102, 104 (Me.1984); Mack v. Town of Cape Elizabeth, 463 A.2d 717, 719 (Me.1983). … We may not make findings independent of those explicitly or implicitly found by the Board or substitute our judgment for that of the Board. Brown v. Town of Kennebunkport, 565 A.2d 324, 327 (Me.1989).
Cited 12 timesPublished102 Me. 47 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 25, 1906
Com. v. Charlestown, 1 Pick. 180 ; Com. v. Alger, 7 Cush. 53 ; Low v. Knowlton, 26 Maine, 128; State v. Wilson, 42 Maine, 9. … It may be that an individual actually obstructed by an unauthorized structure while in the actual exercise of the public right may maintain an action for damages resulting, as was held in Brown v.
Cited 30 timesPublishedGreat Hill Fill & Gravel, Inc. v. Board of Environmental Protection
641 A.2d 184 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 3, 1994
Corp. v. Haworth, 300 U.S. 227, 240-41 , 57 S.Ct. 461 , 81 L.Ed. 617, 621 (1937). Great Hill’s legal rights and responsibilities were unchanged by the Board’s decision. … Ricci v. Superintendent, Bureau of Banking, 485 A.2d 645, 647 (Me.1984); Heald v. School Admin. Dist. No. 74, 387 A.2d 1, 3 (Me.1978); In re Lappie, 377 A.2d 441, 443 (Me.1977). The entry is: Judgment vacated.
Cited 6 timesPublishedClifford Lippitt v. Board of Certification for Geologists and Soil Scientists
88 A.3d 154 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 11, 2014
CLIFFORD LIPPITT v. … Forest Ecology Network v.
Cited 9 timesPublishedDistrict Court, D. Maine · Aug 22, 2025
By statute, Scarborough’s town council (the “Town Council”) functions as the “licensing board” responsible for “the issuance of innkeepers’ [ ] licenses.” 30-A M.R.S. § 3812(1); AC ¶ 36. … Corp. v.
Cited 0 timesUnknownSuperior Court of Maine · Jun 16, 2016
Brown v. State of Maine, 11-CV-426 JD, 2012 WL 5463087 (D. Me. Nov. 7, 2012). … Brown v. State ofMaine, 11-CV-426 JD, 2012 WL 5463087 (D. Me. Nov. 7, 2012).
Cited 0 timesUnpublishedSuperior Court of Maine · Nov 3, 2005
Smith v. Cannell, 1999 ME 19, 9 12. Although Mr. … Brown has not set forth a prima facie case for recovery in quantum meruit, and summary judgment on this count is proper. Smith v. Cannell, 1999 ME 19 at ¶ 6; cf. Stanley v. Hancock County Mr.
Cited 0 timesUnpublishedSuperior Court of Maine · Aug 14, 2007
':)c>7 STATE OF MAINE, v. DECISION TYSHIEM BROWN, Defendant. FINDINGS 1. Det. … Brown that they were starting with a clean slate and nothing that had been said earlier in the day mattered. 8. Mr. Brown felt he couldn't leave the interrogation. Mr. Brown concluded that Det.
Cited 0 timesUnpublishedThomas v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Bangor
381 A.2d 643 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 12, 1978
See Paliotto v. Dickerson, 22 A.D.2d 929 , 256 N.Y.S.2d 55 (1964); Crecca v. Nucera, 52 N.J.Super. 279 , 145 A.2d 477 (1958); Caputo v. Board of Appeals, supra. … Boutet v. Planning Board of the City of Saco, Me., 253 A.2d 53 (1969).
Cited 26 timesPublished
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