Maine Supreme Judicial Court Decisions 2019
Date: December 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 174
Docket Number: 2019 ME 174
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment entered by the district court terminating Parents' parental rights to their children, holding that there was sufficient evidence supporting an order terminating each…
Date: December 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 175
Docket Number: 2019 ME 175
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal arising from a set of commercial construction projects the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment in favor of Fortney & Weygant, Inc. (F&W) on the counterclaims filed by Lewiston DMEP IX, LLC, et al.…
Date: December 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 176
Docket Number: 2019 ME 176
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the summary judgment entered in favor of Defendant by the superior court on Plaintiff's claims of a hostile work environment and gender discrimination prohibited by the Maine Human…
Date: December 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 177
Docket Number: 2019 ME 177
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Parents' parental rights to their three children, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the court's findings of parental…
Date: December 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 178
Docket Number: 2019 ME 177
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A)(1)(a), (B)(2)(a), and (B)(2)(b)(i)-(ii), holding that the…
Date: December 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 179
Docket Number: 2019 ME 179
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the summary judgment entered in the superior court in favor of Defendants on Plaintiff's complaint for defamation and "slander/libel per se," holding that the superior court did not…
Date: December 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 170
Docket Number: 2019 ME 170
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of two counts of aggravated assault and one count of assault a child younger than six years old, holding that there was no prosecutorial misconduct, the trial…
Date: December 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 171
Docket Number: 2019 ME 171
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of robbery and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, holding that the trial court did not err by overruling Defendant's objection to an aspect of the State’s…
Date: December 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 172
Date: December 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 172
Docket Number: 2019 ME 172
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the superior court affirming the second decision of the Scarborough Board of Assessment Review granting Taxpayers 14.74 percent abatements to their land values, holding…
Date: December 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 173
Docket Number: 2019 ME 173
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A)(1)(a), (B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii), holding that the court did…
Date: December 19, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 167
Docket Number: 2019 ME 167
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that the court did not err or abuse its discretion in terminating Mother's parental…
Date: December 19, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 168
Docket Number: 2019 ME 168
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the Business and Consumer Docket (BCD) in favor of the Town of Bar Harbor on Landowners' complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that the Town's Zoning Ordinance…
Date: December 19, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 169
Docket Number: 2019 ME 169
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's judgment of conviction of manslaughter following a jury trial on an indictment for murder, holding that the trial court did not clearly err or abuse its discretion in the…
Date: December 17, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 166
Docket Number: 2019 ME 166
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of operating under the influence, operating after suspension, and criminal speeding, holding that the court's instructions contained…
Date: December 12, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 165
Docket Number: 2019 ME 165
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Parents' parental rights to their child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A)(1)(a), (B)(2)(a), (B)(2)(b)(i)-(ii), (iv), holding that…
Date: December 10, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 162
Docket Number: 2019 ME 162
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that the district court did not err or abuse its discretion. Specifically, the Court held…
Date: December 10, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 163
Docket Number: 2019 ME 163
Justia Opinion Summary: In this divorce case, the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting Karen Fox's motion to enforce the provision of the divorce judgment requiring Elwood Fox to pay towards his children's…
Date: December 10, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 164
Docket Number: 2019 ME 164
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of murder entered by the trial court after a jury-waived trial, holding that that the court did not err in admitting certain testimony given by the mother of the…
Date: December 5, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 160
Docket Number: 2019 ME 160
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court affirming a decision of the Town of Belgrade Zoning Board of Appeals (BOA), which denied Appellant's application for commercial use of his property,…
Date: November 26, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 158
Docket Number: 2019 ME 158
Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute over certain real properties the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court that Beth Clark had exclusive ownership of the properties, holding that the superior court correctly…
Date: November 26, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 159
Docket Number: 2019 ME 159
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court dismissed Kathleen Flanders' appeal from an interlocutory order entered by the district court denying Flanders' motion to disqualify Attorney Eric Morse from representing Fern Gordon in a…
Date: November 7, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 157
Docket Number: 2019 ME 157
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of two counts of intentional or knowing murder, holding that the trial court did not err in denying Defendant's motion to suppress evidence of his cell site…
Date: October 31, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 154
Docket Number: 2019 ME 154
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment finding that two of Father's children were in circumstances of jeopardy pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4035(2) and that returning the children to Father's custody was…
Date: October 31, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 155
Docket Number: 2019 ME 155
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Mother's motion to modify an order determining her and Father's parental rights and responsibilities with respect to the parties' child,…
Date: October 31, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 156
Docket Number: 2019 ME 156
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court affirming a small claims judgment entered in the district court against Roger and Melody Vallee and in favor of Manon Cote and Sylvain Theriault…
Date: October 24, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 153
Date: October 24, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 153
Docket Number: 2019 ME 153
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting Progressive Casualty Insurance Company's motion for summary judgment and denying National Wrecker, Inc.'s (NWI) summary judgment motion,…
Date: October 22, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 152
Docket Number: 2019 ME 152
Justia Opinion Summary: In this child protection proceeding the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the decisions of the district court entering a jeopardy order against Father and a later order adjudicating that he was the child's father, holding…
Date: October 3, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 151
Date: October 3, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 151
Docket Number: 2019 ME 151
Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute between Beachfront Owners and the Town of Kennebunkport over who held title to disputed portions of Goose Rocks Beach the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the holding of the trial court that, under the…
Date: October 1, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 149
Docket Number: 2019 ME 149
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that the court did not err in finding abandonment and did not err or abuse its discretion…
Date: October 1, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 150
Docket Number: 019 ME 150
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the decision of the superior court denying Beal Bank USA's complaint to compel the assignment of a mortgage to Beal by the insolvent originating lender, New Century Mortgage…
Date: September 26, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 148
Docket Number: 2019 ME 148
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of operating a vehicle when the registration of that vehicle was suspended, holding that the State was not required to provide…
Date: September 17, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 145
Docket Number: 2019 ME 145
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's and Father's parental rights to their child, holding that the court did not err or abuse its discretion in determining that…
Date: September 17, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 146
Docket Number: 2019 ME 146
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that the court did not err by finding that Mother was parentally unfit and that…
Date: September 17, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 147
Docket Number: 2019 ME 147
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father's parental rights to his two youngest children, holding that Father's due process rights were not violated during the termination…
Date: September 10, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 143
Docket Number: 2019 ME 143
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated in part and affirmed in part the order of the district court modifying child support and spousal support, holding that there was no error except in the court's calculation of the child…
Date: September 5, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 142
Docket Number: 2019 ME 142
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the district court dismissing Appellant's compliant alleging revocation of acceptance and breach of warranty as time-barred, holding that the court relied upon facts…
Date: August 29, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 140
Docket Number: 2019 ME 140
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated in part the order of the superior court granting Defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to a search warrant for Defendant's cell phone account data and a search…
Date: August 29, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 141
Docket Number: 2019 ME 141
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of conviction of burglary entered by the trial court after a jury trial, holding that the trial court did not err in admitting recordings of incriminating telephone…
Date: August 20, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 137
Date: August 20, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 137
Docket Number: 2019 ME 137
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court concluding that the Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) had issued correct decisions regarding Somerset County's two requests…
Date: August 20, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 138
Docket Number: 2019 ME 138
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment entered by the trial court convicting Defendant of unlawful sexual touching and assault, holding that the court erred in allowing the State to introduce improper character…
Date: August 20, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 139
Docket Number: 2019 ME 139
Justia Opinion Summary: In this personal injury claim based on premises liability the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the order of the superior court denying Defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the facts alleged in…
Date: August 15, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 134
Docket Number: 2019 ME 134
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court finding by clear and convincing evidence that the four children of Mother and Father were in circumstances of jeopardy as to each parent and that…
Date: August 15, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 135
Date: August 15, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 135
Docket Number: 2019 ME 135
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court in favor of Richard Tranfield and Karla Doremus-Tranfield (the Tranfields) on their complaint alleging that Patricia Arcuni-English's installation of…
Date: August 13, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 132
Docket Number: 2019 ME 132
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the unified criminal docket convicting Defendant of unlawful sexual contact, holding that the trial court did not err when it admitted in evidence as past recollection…
Date: August 13, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 133
Docket Number: 2019 ME 133
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting Nancy Bergin a divorce from Daniel Bergin, holding that the court did not err or abuse its discretion in setting parental rights and…
Date: August 8, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 130
Date: August 8, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 130
Docket Number: 2019 ME 130
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed in part and vacated in part the judgment of the superior court on a variety of claims and counterclaims concerning the use and ownership of certain property in Cape Elizabeth and…
Date: August 8, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 131
Docket Number: 2019 ME 131
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court Defendant's conviction of multiple sex crimes, holding that the trial court did not err in the jury selection process when it denied Defendant's motion to strike one of the jurors for cause and…
Date: August 6, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 126
Docket Number: 2019 ME 126
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of aggravated assault, assault, and attempted kidnapping with the intent to hold for ransom or reward, holding that the court did…
Date: August 6, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 127
Docket Number: 2019 ME 127
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court finding that Father's children were in circumstances of jeopardy to their health or welfare in Father's care, holding that there was no error in the…
Date: August 6, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 128
Docket Number: 2019 ME 128
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of operating under the influence, holding that the trial court erred by admitting, as an adoptive admission and over Defendant's…
Date: August 6, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 129
Docket Number: 2019 ME 129
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating the parental rights of Mother and Father to their children, holding that there was sufficient evidence to support the court's…
Date: August 1, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 125
Docket Number: 2019 ME 125
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the superior court entering summary judgment in favor of Defendants on Plaintiff's complaint alleging attorney malpractice, holding that the court erred in concluding…
Date: July 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 122
Docket Number: 2019 ME 122
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Mark Belliveau's complaint for divorce from Janet Whelan because the parties were never legally married, holding that the court did not…
Date: July 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 123
Docket Number: 2019 ME 123
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father's parental rights to his child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 4055(1)(B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii), (iv), holding that Father was not denied…
Date: July 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 124
Docket Number: 2019 ME 124
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the business and consumer docket dismissing as time-barred Plaintiff's complaint against U.S. Bank, N.A., the servicer of a mortgage she executed to secure a loan,…
Date: July 25, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 119
Docket Number: 2019 ME 119
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the court's findings of parental unfitness and…
Date: July 25, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 120
Docket Number: 2019 ME 120
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father's parental rights to his child, holding that competent record evidence supported the court's findings of parental unfitness and…
Date: July 25, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 121
Docket Number: 2019 ME 121
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father's parental rights to his child, holding that the district court did not err in determining that Father was parentally unfit and…
Date: July 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 116
Docket Number: 2019 ME 116
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence for murder, holding that that trial court erred by excluding evidence of Defendant's guilty plea to the murder charge but that the error was…
Date: July 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 117
Docket Number: 2019 ME 117
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the trial court acquitting Defendant of murder but finding him guilty of felony murder and robbery in connection with a drug-related homicide, holding that Defendant's…
Date: July 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 118
Docket Number: 2019 ME 118
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the probate court appointing Donovan C's maternal aunt as his full guardian, holding that the probate court did not erred by finding that Father abandoned the child and…
Date: July 18, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 113
Docket Number: 2019 ME 113
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court dismissing Plaintiff's complaint alleging professional malpractice and related causes of action arising from Defendant's legal representation of him…
Date: July 18, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 114
Docket Number: 2019 ME 114
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the superior court denying Petitioner's petition for review of a final agency action and affirming a disciplinary action that resulted in the imposition of sanctions…
Date: July 18, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 115
Docket Number: 2019 ME 115
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court on a complaint filed by Thornton Academy and residents of Arundel (collectively, Plaintiffs) in connection with the decision of Regional School Unit…
Date: July 16, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 112
Docket Number: 2019 ME 112
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of eluding an officer, driving to endanger, criminal speeding, and operating after suspension, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion. On…
Date: July 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 108
Docket Number: 2019 ME 108
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment entered by the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding, among other things, that the court did not err in finding that Mother was unfit…
Date: July 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 109
Docket Number: 2019 ME 109
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court entering a protection from harassment order against Defendant on the complaint of Jane Doe, holding that the court did not err in issuing the…
Date: July 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 110
Docket Number: 2019 ME 110
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that the district court did not err or abuse its discretion in determining that Mother was…
Date: July 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 111
Docket Number: 2019 ME 111
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case addressing the scope of immunity established by the Legislature for certain injuries suffered through the risks inherent in equine activities, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court…
Date: July 9, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 104
Docket Number: 2019 ME 104
Justia Opinion Summary: In two consolidated land-use matters the Supreme Judicial Court vacated an order entered by the superior court denying a motion for contempt filed by several individuals (the individuals) against the Town of Arundel and…
Date: July 9, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 105
Docket Number: 2019 ME 105
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for manslaughter entered after a jury trial, holding that any error in admitting certain testimony and in challenged remarks made by the prosecutor during…
Date: July 9, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 106
Docket Number: 2019 ME 106
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father's parental rights to his children pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii), holding that the court did not…
Date: July 9, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 107
Docket Number: 2019 ME 107
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child and the district court's denial of Mother's motion for relief from that judgment, holding that the…
Date: July 2, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 102
Docket Number: 2019 ME 102
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father's parental rights to his child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 4055(1)(B)(2)(a), (b)(ii), holding that the court did not err or abuse…
Date: July 2, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 103
Docket Number: 2019 ME 103
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A)(1)(a), (1)(B)(2)(a)-(b)(i), holding that there was no…
Date: June 27, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 101
Docket Number: 2019 ME 101
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of divorce entered by the district court after a contested hearing and the court's denial of Father's post-judgment motions to alter or amend the judgment or for a new…
Date: June 20, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 100
Docket Number: 2019 ME 100
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of theft by unauthorized taking of a firearm and other offenses, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the…
Date: June 18, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 97
Docket Number: 2019 ME 97
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of manslaughter after a conditional guilty plea, holding that the State provided sufficient evidence, independent of Defendant's…
Date: June 18, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 98
Docket Number: 2019 ME 98
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for burglary, stealing drugs, and violation of a condition of release, holding that the trial court did not err when it denied Defendant's motion to suppress al…
Date: June 18, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 99
Docket Number: 2019 ME 99
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court dismissing Defendant's petition for post-conviction review as untimely filed, holding that, contrary to Defendant's contention on appeal, the court…
Date: June 13, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 96
Docket Number: 2019 ME 96
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying First Financial, Inc.'s motion for relief from judgment after the court denied its motion to dismiss its foreclosure complaint against Peter…
Date: June 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 92
Docket Number: 2019 ME 92
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's convictions but remanded the case for resentencing, holding that the prosecutor did not engage in misconduct during opening statements but that the trial court erred by…
Date: June 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 93
Docket Number: 2019 ME 93
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating the parental rights of Mother and Father to their child, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. On appeal, Mother…
Date: June 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 94
Docket Number: 2019 ME 94
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's and Father's parental rights to their child, holding that the record contained competent evidence to support the court's…
Date: June 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 95
Docket Number: 2019 ME 95
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that the court did not err in determining that termination of Mother's parental rights was…
Date: June 6, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 89
Docket Number: 2019 ME 89
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court modifying certain provisions of the parties' divorce judgment relating to parental rights and responsibilities, holding that any judicial error was…
Date: June 6, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 90
Date: June 6, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 90
Docket Number: 2019 ME 90
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court dismissing Plaintiff's complaint for legal malpractice as untimely pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 14, 752, 753-B, holding that the court-made doctrines…
Date: June 4, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 86
Docket Number: 2019 ME 86
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court dismissing Appellants' claim for a declaratory judgment in this zoning dispute, holding that the superior court did not err in dismissing the claim…
Date: June 4, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 87
Date: June 4, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 87
Docket Number: 2019 ME 87
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court denying Appellants' motions for judgment as a matter of law and a new trial following a jury verdict in favor of Appellee on his claims for breach of…
Date: June 4, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 88
Docket Number: 2019 ME 88
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants on Plaintiff's claims alleging age discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract, and various…
Date: May 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 82
Docket Number: 2019 ME 82
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the sentences entered by the trial court in connection with Defendant's plea of guilty to two murders and a dozen other crimes, holding that the court did not err in imposing two life…
Date: May 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 83
Docket Number: 2019 ME 83
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of operating under the influence (OUI), holding that the court did not err in concluding beyond a reasonable doubt that Defendant…
Date: May 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 84
Docket Number: 2019 ME 84
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the summary judgment entered by the superior court in favor of Spectrum Medical Group and one of its radiologists on Michael and Debra Holmeses' medical malpractice claims, as well as…
Date: May 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 85
Docket Number: 2019 ME 85
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated in part the judgment of the district court granting Mark Klein a divorce from Jessica Demers, setting parental rights and responsibilities between them as to their minor child and…
Date: May 28, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 80
Docket Number: 2019 ME 80
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the order denying Appellant's motion to dissolve an ex parte attachment entered by the superior court, holding that the court applied an incorrect standard of proof in its order on the…
Date: May 28, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 81
Docket Number: 2019 ME 81
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of aggravated assault and violating a condition of release, holding that the sanctions imposed on the State were sufficient to…
Date: May 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 79
Docket Number: 2019 ME 79
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court summarily dismissing Appellant's petition for post-conviction review asserting that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel at a probation…
Date: May 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 72
Docket Number: 2019 ME 72
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court summarily dismissing Appellant's petition for post-conviction review alleging ineffective assistance of counsel in his probation revocation matter but…
Date: May 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 73
Docket Number: 2019 ME 73
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating the parental rights of Mother and Father to their child pursuant to Maine's Child and Family Services and Child Protection Act, 22 Me.…
Date: May 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 74
Docket Number: 2019 ME 74
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated Defendant's convictions for failure to sign a criminal summons, refusing to submit to arrest by physical force, and assault, holding that the trial court abused its discretion by…
Date: May 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 75
Docket Number: 2019 ME 75
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of aggravated criminal mischief and did not reach the State's claim of error on cross-appeal, holding that the evidence was sufficient for the jury to rationally…
Date: May 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 76
Docket Number: 2019 ME 76
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that Mother had a right to the effective assistance of counsel at the proceeding where she…
Date: May 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 77
Date: May 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 77
Docket Number: 2019 ME 77
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court in favor of Spurwink Services, Inc. on the claim filed by Sydney and Patricia TerMorshuizen for overtime pay pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 26, 664,…
Date: May 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 78
Docket Number: 2019 ME 78
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the district court dismissing Appellant's complaint seeking to be determined a de facto parent of Appellee's adopted child, holding that the district court erred in…
Date: May 14, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 70
Docket Number: 2019 ME 70
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her three children, holding that the court properly determined that Mother was parentally unfit and that…
Date: May 14, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 71
Docket Number: 2019 ME 71
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Appellant's motion to modify the parties' divorce judgment and her mother for the court to reconsider that order, holding that the district…
Date: May 9, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 67
Docket Number: 2019 ME 67
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating the parental rights of Mother and Father to their child, holding that the court did not clearly err in finding both parents unfit and did…
Date: May 9, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 68
Docket Number: 2019 ME 68
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii), (iv), holding that the standard of…
Date: May 9, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 69
Docket Number: 2019 ME 69
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the district court modifying the terms of Appellant's divorce from Appellee as to parental rights and responsibilities for the parties' two children, holding that the…
Date: May 7, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 65
Docket Number: 2019 ME 65
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding (1) the evidence was sufficient to support the court's finding that termination was in the…
Date: May 7, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 66
Docket Number: 2019 ME 66
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 4055(1)(B)(2)(a) and (b)(i)-(ii), holding that the district court's…
Date: May 2, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 63
Docket Number: 2019 ME 63
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her three children, holding that the record supported the court's findings and that the court did not abuse…
Date: May 2, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 64
Docket Number: 2019 ME 64
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father's parental rights to his two children, holding that competent record evidence supported the court's determinations and that the…
Date: April 30, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 62
Docket Number: 2019 ME 62
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father's parental rights to his children, holding that the court did not err or abuse its discretion by finding that Father was unfit and…
Date: April 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 60
Docket Number: 2019 ME 60
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of murder, holding that the court did not abuse its discretion by admitting Facebook Messenger records into evidence and that there…
Date: April 23, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 61
Docket Number: 2019 ME 61
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of operating under the influence, holding that the trial court did not err by denying Defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a blood draw and that…
Date: April 18, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 59
Docket Number: 2019 ME 59
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her two children pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A)(1)(a), (B)(2)(a)-(b)(i), (iv), holding that the…
Date: April 16, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 56
Docket Number: 2019 ME 56
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father's parental rights to his child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(b)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii), holding that the district court did…
Date: April 16, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 57
Docket Number: 2019 ME 57
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her two children, holding that the district court did not err its findings of unfitness and its best interest…
Date: April 16, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 58
Docket Number: 2019 ME 58
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the order of the trial court imposing a discovery sanction following the State's failure to provide Defendant with a dash-cam video of Defendant allegedly committing the crime for…
Date: April 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 53
Docket Number: 2019 ME 53
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court entering a protection from harassment order against Appellant, holding that the facts as found by the court were sufficient to prove that Appellant's…
Date: April 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 54
Docket Number: 2019 ME 54
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in favor of the Town of Denmark on Plaintiff's claim that the Town violated Maine's Whistleblowers' Protection Act (WPA), Me. Rev. Stat. 26, 831-40, by…
Date: April 11, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 55
Docket Number: 2019 ME 55
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgments of the probate court determining that the total expenditures made by, and deductions allowable to, Judith Gilbert, as the wife of John Gilbert and personal representative…
Date: April 9, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 52
Docket Number: 2019 ME 52
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii), holding that the evidence was…
Date: April 4, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 48
Docket Number: 2019 ME 48
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the post-judgment orders following a divorce judgment entered in the district court finding Edward Harshman in contempt, holding that the facts of this case supported the contempt…
Date: April 4, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 49
Docket Number: 2019 ME 49
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the order of the trial court suppressing evidence obtained during a traffic stop, holding that the motion court erred in restricting its legal analysis to certain evidence. The…
Date: April 4, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 50
Docket Number: 2019 ME 50
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed in part and vacated in part the judgment of the Business and Consumer Docket entering a declaratory judgment invalidating all rules and regulations previously promulgated by Fall Line…
Date: April 4, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 51
Docket Number: 2019 ME 51
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court in favor of the State on the State's complaint against Defendants for fraudulent transfer pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 14, 3575(1)(A), holding that the…
Date: March 28, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 45
Date: March 28, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 45
Docket Number: 2019 ME 45
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Property Owners in this property dispute, holding that rockweed, a species of seaweed that grows in Maine's…
Date: March 28, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 46
Docket Number: 2019 ME 46
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of two counts of aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, holding that the court did not err during the proceedings below. On…
Date: March 28, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 47
Docket Number: 2019 ME 47
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the superior court denying in part and granting in part Appellant's petition for post-conviction relief as to his felony convictions, holding that the court erred by…
Date: March 26, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 43
Docket Number: 2019 ME 43
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of domestic violence assault, holding that the trial court did not err in admitting into evidence a recording of a 911 call by the alleged victim of the domestic…
Date: March 26, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 44
Docket Number: 2019 ME 44
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant's drug-related convictions, holding that the trial court did not err by denying Defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained as the result of a roadside interaction with…
Date: March 14, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 41
Docket Number: 2019 ME 41
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the aggravating factors that elevated Defendants’ crime from Class B trafficking in schedule drugs to Class A aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs, holding that there was…
Date: March 14, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 42
Docket Number: 2019 ME 42
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the superior court in favor of Matthew Needham on a foreclosure complaint filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society as Trustee for Hilldale Trust (Wilmington) and…
Date: March 12, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 38
Docket Number: 2019 ME 38
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court in favor of Plaintiff on his claim for medical malpractice against Timothy Pruchnic, M.D. and Eastern Maine Medical Center (collectively,…
Date: March 12, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 39
Docket Number: 2019 ME 39
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother’s parental rights to her child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii), holding that the court did not err in…
Date: March 12, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 40
Docket Number: 2019 ME 40
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Susan McGarvey’s motion to modify a divorce judgment between her and John McGarvey and Susan’s motion to reconsider that denial, holding that…
Date: March 7, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 36
Docket Number: 2019 ME 36
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court dismissing Plaintiff’s defamation action against Defendant, his former supervisor, for failure to state a claim under Me. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6),…
Date: March 7, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 37
Docket Number: 2019 ME 37
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of operating under the influence and operating beyond a license condition or restriction, holding that the trial court did not err…
Date: March 5, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 32
Docket Number: 2019 ME 32
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of divorce entered by the district court on Donald Durkin’s complaint and the court’s denial of Joyce Durkin’s motion for amended or clarified findings and for…
Date: March 5, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 33
Docket Number: 2019 ME 33
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of conviction entered by the superior court after a jury verdict finding Defendant guilty of unlawful sexual contact and assault, holding that the superior court did not…
Date: March 5, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 34
Docket Number: 2019 ME 34
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother’s parental rights to her two children, holding that there was sufficient evidence to support the court’s findings of parental…
Date: March 5, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 35
Docket Number: 2019 ME 35
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of murder and elevated aggravated assault with a firearm, holding that there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions and that the trial court did not…
Date: February 28, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 31
Docket Number: 2019 ME 31
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father’s parental rights to two of his children pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii),(iv), holding that the…
Date: February 26, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 29
Docket Number: 2019 ME 29
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the superior court dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction Plaintiffs’ Me. R. Civ. P. 80B complaint for review of factual findings made by the Board of…
Date: February 26, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 30
Docket Number: 2019 ME 30
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court denying Appellant’s motion for a new trial brought pursuant to Maine’s post-conviction DNA analysis statute, 15 Me. Rev. Stat. 2136-2138, holding…
Date: February 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 26
Date: February 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 26
Docket Number: 2019 ME 26
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the portion of the superior court’s order denying Defendant’s special motion to dismiss a multipoint complaint against him pursuant to Maine’s anti-SLAPP statute, holding that the…
Date: February 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 27
Docket Number: 2019 ME 27
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the the district court granting summary judgment in favor of MaineStream Finance on Jacob Berry’s complaint seeking the return of a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, holding that…
Date: February 21, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 28
Docket Number: 2019 ME 28
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of murder and imposing a forty-five-year sentence of incarceration, holding that the trial court did not err or abuse its…
Date: February 14, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 24
Docket Number: 2019 ME 24
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed two separate judgments of the probate court granting the petitions of half-sisters’ maternal grandmother to terminate the fathers’ parental rights as part of the proceeding through…
Date: February 14, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 25
Date: February 12, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 21
Docket Number: 2019 ME 21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the order of the superior court dismissing Plaintiffs’ complaint but vacated the order imposing sanctions on Plaintiffs, holding that the superior court abused its discretion in…
Date: February 12, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 22
Docket Number: 2019 ME 22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the probate court terminating the parental rights of Mother and Father pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 18-A, 9-204(a)-(b) and Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A)(2), (B)(2)(a) and…
Date: February 12, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 23
Docket Number: 2019 ME 23
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the probate court denying the petition filed by Michael Zani and Peter Zani to be appointed co-guardians of Patricia S., their mother and an incapacitated adult, and…
Date: February 5, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 20
Docket Number: 2019 ME 20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court finding that the children of Mother and Father were in jeopardy pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4035, holding that the court’s findings were supported…
Date: January 29, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 15
Docket Number: 2019 ME 15
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Parents’ parental rights to their children pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4050-4056, holding that the record supported the court’s…
Date: January 29, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 16
Docket Number: 2019 ME 16
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of three counts of possession of sexually explicit material of a minor under age twelve, holding that the court did not err in…
Date: January 29, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 17
Docket Number: 2019 ME 17
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the decision of the superior court affirming the judgment of the district court in favor of Appellee, Appellant’s landlord, holding that Appellant’s violation of his lease in three…
Date: January 29, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 18
Docket Number: 2019 ME 18
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal involving a dispute over payment for the construction of a traditional timber frame home, the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court calculating the damages recoverable under…
Date: January 29, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 19
Docket Number: 2019 ME 19
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the decision of the superior court granting summary judgment on Appellants’ appeal from the assessment of tax on certain foreign income, holding that there was no error in the…
Date: January 24, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 10
Docket Number: 2019 ME 10
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of murder and elevated aggravated assault, entered after a bench trial, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. Specifically, the Court held…
Date: January 24, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 11
Docket Number: 2019 ME 11
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Christopher McMahon’s motion for contempt and granting Tanya McMahon’s motion to modify the parties’ divorce judgment and the court’s order…
Date: January 24, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 12
Docket Number: 2019 ME 12
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment to Defendant, PropertyInfo Corporation, Inc., on York County’s complaint alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment,…
Date: January 24, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 13
Docket Number: 2019 ME 13
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal from a family matter judgment after a judicial review hearing in a child protection matter the Supreme Judicial Court dismissed the appeal from the child protection matter and affirmed the judgment in the…
Date: January 24, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 14
Docket Number: 2019 ME 14
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Father’s parental rights to his child pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii), holding that the court did not err in…
Date: January 24, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 9
Docket Number: 2019 ME 9
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother’s parental rights to four of her children pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 22, 4055(1)(A)(1)(a) and (B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii), (iv),…
Date: January 22, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 8
Docket Number: 2019 ME 8
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the summary judgment entered by the superior court in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff’s complaint asserting that Defendant was negligent and had caused Plaintiff economic harm, holding…
Date: January 17, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 7
Docket Number: 2019 ME 7
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the order to enforce payment of restitution entered by the superior court following a hearing on a motion to enforce payment of a restitution obligation originally imposed as part of a…
Date: January 15, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 5
Docket Number: 2019 ME 5
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court divorcing Husband and Wife, holding that the court did not err by adopting Wife’s proposed judgment and did not err in its classification of marital…
Date: January 15, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 6
Docket Number: 2019 ME 6
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of operating under the influence (OUI) with a refusal to submit to a chemical test, holding that the jury instructions given in this case were not confusing to…
Date: January 10, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 4
Docket Number: 2019 ME 4
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Mother’s and Father’s parental rights to two of their children, holding, among other things, that the evidence was sufficient to support…
Date: January 8, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 2
Docket Number: 2019 ME 3
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Littlebrook Airpark Condominium Association on the Association’s action for a declaratory judgment on the issue…
Date: January 8, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 3
Date: January 3, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 1
Docket Number: 2019 ME 1
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the order of the district court denying Appellants’ and the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s motions to transfer jurisdiction of this child protection matter to the Oglala Sioux Tribal Court…
Date: January 3, 2019
Citation: 2019 ME 2
Docket Number: 2019 ME 2
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the order of the district court denying the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s motion to intervene in a child protective action involving nonmember children following the removal of the children…
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