August 19, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So I have spent the last week in Boston, walking by the federal courthouse every day (or the Palais de Justice as I like to call it), which has me in a First Circuit mood. A decision on Aug...
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August 11, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Yesterday the SJC issued a decision written by Justice Mead that contains a bevy of useful nuggets, both substantive and procedural. Belyea v. Shiretown Motor Inn, LP, 2010 ME 75 [http://ww...
August 3, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Here's a nice little nugget in a recent criminal appeal, State v. Rackliffe, 2010 ME 70 [http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/opinions/2010%20documents/10me70ra.pdf]. The defenda...
July 29, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Taking a little break from wading through the latest decisions, under the leadership of former Chief Justice of the Superior Court, Nancy Mills, the Superior Court Justices recently gave a f...
July 28, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So on the same day the Court issued the decision I just blogged on, finding that ambiguity doesn't necessarily mean two reasonable interpretations, the Court issued Coastal Ventures v. Alsha...
July 27, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Well naturally the minute after I posted my blog last week saying not much was happening, the SJC issued six opinions. They've since issued yet more, and the First Circuit has been issuin...
July 21, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So with the courts apparently in the doldrums in terms of issuing decisions (lots of sentencing and immigration decisions in the First Circuit, nothing of Maine law note), I have the time to...
July 15, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So I am back from my trips to Kosovo and Japan (how's that for a combo? LOTs of frequent flier miles). Here's a tip - if someone suggests that you climb Mt. Fuji , don't. It's brutal. B...
June 26, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
As a last salvo before I fly away, the SJC decided a case that basically puts the nail in the coffin of appeals on behalf of plaintiffs in car accident cases based on insufficient evidence t...
June 25, 2010 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The MSBA summer bar meeting was last weekend in Bar Harbor. The most intriguing question is what did our MSBA president, Gigi Sanchez, do to get absolutely perfect weather? (I am envisioni...
