July 15, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Here's a recent First Circuit decision notable for multiple reasons: http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=07-2603.01A First, note the panel. Justice O'Connor is back to r...
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July 13, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The SJC issued a decision recently confirming that anyone doing business with the government had better not hold their breath thinking they can hold the State to its promises: http://www.c...
July 8, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
In my June 27, 2008 posting, I noted my confusion about an 80B decision, Silsby v. Belch, 2008 ME 104: http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/opinions/2008%20documents/08me104si.pdf and...
Here's an interesting tidbit I learned last week. When an ordinary decision comes down from SJC, the clerk contacts the parties so they have notice before the decision appears on the Court'...
July 2, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
In my previous posting, I attached the decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court rejecting a public nuisance claim against lead pigment manufacturers. As I worked on that appeal, certain a...
July 1, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Here's the decision that came down today in a case where we represent one of the three defendant-appellant lead pigment manufacturers, held liable at the trial level for abating lead pigment...
June 27, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Here's a recent decision about which I would welcome edification: http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=58306&an=1 It rejects a Rule 80B appeal of a minor subdivision approval to...
June 16, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Peter Culley, Eric Wycoff and I had a good victory in a First Amendment case Friday: http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=07-1695.01A There, the plaintiff was (and is) th...
June 9, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Last Tuesday, the Court -- note that they were sitting as the SJC, not the Law Court -- ruled on the Husson College School of Law application: http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/opin...
June 5, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Everyone knows that you get better at something by doing it (there’s a news flash). But just as new lawyers complain that they can’t get practice doing trials because there aren’t any anymo...
