40 A.2d 4 UNITY CO. vs. GULF OIL CORPORATION. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Cumberland. Opinion, December 5, 1944. Landlord and Tenant. Cancellation of Lease. Provisions for the cancellation or termination of a lease are usually inserted for the benefit of the lessor, and on account of some default on the part of the lessee. […]
Category: Maine Supreme Judicial Court Opinions
MAINE STATE EMP. ASS’N v. WILLIAMS, 373 A.2d 258 (Me. 1977)
MAINE STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION et al. v. Joseph WILLIAMS et al. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. May 19, 1977. Appeal from the Superior Court, Kennebec County. Page 259 Locke, Campbell Chapman by Harry N. Starbranch, Augusta, for plaintiffs. S. Kirk Studstrup, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendants. Before DUFRESNE, C.J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY […]
MAINE GREEN PARTY v. SECRETARY OF STATE, 1997 ME 175
698 A.2d 516 MAINE GREEN PARTY v. SECRETARY OF STATE. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.Argued June 16, 1997 Decided August 1, 1997. Page 517 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maine, Carter, J. Paul D. Manetti (orally), Greenberg Greenberg, Portland, Susan J Parcels, Portland, for plaintiff. Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, […]
WRIGHT v. MICHAUD, 2008 ME 170
959 A.2d 753 Robert C. WRIGHT v. Jayne L. (Wright) MICHAUD. Docket: Aro-07-678.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.Submitted on Briefs: April 30, 2008. Decided: November 18, 2008. Appeal from the Superior Court, Aroostook County, Hunter, J. Page 754 Michael E. Carpenter, Esq., Carpenter Law Office, Houlton, ME, for Robert Wright. Christopher M. Leger, Esq., Caribou, ME, […]
JOHNSON v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 130 Me. 143 (1931)
154 A. 79 JAMES W. JOHNSON vs. THE COLUMBIAN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Cumberland. Opinion March 23, 1931. WAIVER. ESTOPPEL. RELEASE. A waiver is the voluntary relinquishment of some known right, benefit or advantage and which, except for such waiver, the party otherwise would have enjoyed. It is primarily based […]
STATE v. WATSON, 2000 ME 77
751 A.2d 1004 STATE OF MAINE v. CHARLES WATSON Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Docket Pen-99-495 Pen-99-727.Submitted on Briefs March 29, 2000. Decided May 3, 2000. Appealed from the Superior Court Penobscot County, Mills, J. R. Christopher Almy, C. Daniel Wood, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bangor, for State. Charles M. Watson, Biddeford, for defendant. Before WATHEN, […]
MATTER OF COX, 532 A.2d 1017 (Me. 1987)
In the Matter of David M. COX. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.Argued August 31, 1987. Decided October 28, 1987. Appeal from the Supreme Judicial Court. Merle W. Loper (orally), Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability, Portland, for appellant. George Z. Singal (orally), Gross, Minsky, Mogul Singal, P.A., Bangor, for respondent. Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, […]
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES FED. CR. UN. v. SUN INS. CO., NEW YORK, 2002 ME 127
818 A.2d 995 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES FEDERAL CREDIT UNION et al. v. SUN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al. Docket: Ken-01-167.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.Argued: January 10, 2002. Decided: August 2, 2002. Reargued: November 13, 2002. Opinion withdrawn and revised opinion issued: April 2, 2003. Appealed from the Superior Court, Kennebec County, Marden, […]
STATE v. THIBEAULT, 621 A.2d 418 (Me. 1993)
STATE of Maine v. Alfred THIBEAULT. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.Argued January 13, 1993. Decided March 2, 1993. Appeal from the Superior Court, Oxford County, Smith, J. Page 419 intentional or knowing murder, and he appealed. The Supreme Judicial Court, Rudman, J., held that: (1) unrecorded portion of defendant’s statement to police officers should have […]
WHITEHOUSE v. WHITEHOUSE, 154 Me. 78 (1958)
143 A.2d 751 MARGARET C. WHITEHOUSE v. WESLEY E. WHITEHOUSE Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. York. Opinion, June 30, 1958. Divorce. Alimony. Payment. A decree for the payment of a specific sum of money as alimony under R.S. 1954, Chap. 166, Sec. 63, is not defective because it suggests a method by which a libelee […]
OGDEN v. LIBBY, ET AL., 159 Me. 485 (1963)
195 A.2d 414 ARTHUR OGDEN vs. REGINALD W. LIBBY, ET AL. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. York. Opinion, December 2, 1963. Admissibility. Negligence. Motion for New Trial. Juries. It is for the jury to determine whether a plaintiff met the standard of the reasonably prudent man. Time taken by a jury in determining a verdict […]