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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 timesPublished
  • Taylor's Case

    127 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 timesPublished
  • Sheldon v. White

    35 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 timesPublished
  • State v. Donovan

    89 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 timesPublished
  • Young 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 timesPublished
  • Tinsman v. Town of Falmouth

    840 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 timesPublished
  • Eng'g Dynamics Inc. v. Brown

    Superior 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.

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  • Wingate v. Smith

    20 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 timesPublished
  • National 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 timesPublished
  • State v. Libby

    44 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 timesPublished
  • Cumberland 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 timesPublished
  • Tompkins 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 timesPublished
  • Whitmore v. Gilley

    102 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 timesPublished
  • Great 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 timesPublished
  • Clifford 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 timesPublished
  • BROWN v. TOWN OF SCARBOROUGH

    District 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.

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  • Brown v. Amica Insurance Co.

    Superior 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 timesUnpublished
  • Cherryfield Foods v. Brown

    Superior 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 timesUnpublished
  • State of Maine v. Brown

    Superior 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 timesUnpublished
  • Thomas 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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