Maine Supreme Judicial Court
2018 Decisions


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December 2018


Decision Docket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 165 KEN-18-238
12/20/18 ADOPTION OF SHAYLEIGH S. et al.
2018 ME 164 AND-18-509
12/18/18 JOHN DOE v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
2018 ME 163 SOM-18-269
12/11/18 IN RE CHILD OF STEPHENIE F.
2018 ME 162 PEN-18-2
12/11/18 STATE OF MAINE v. ROBERT BURTON
2018 ME 161 CUM-18-27
12/11/18 CITY OF PORTLAND v. SULAN CHAU
2018 ME 160 KEN-17-526
12/6/18 STATE OF MAINE v. TRAVIS R. GERRIER
2018 ME 159 ARO-18-262
12/6/18 IN RE CHILD OF ADAM E.
2018 ME 158 HAN-18-285
12/6/18 IN RE CHILD OF DOMENICK B.
2018 ME 157 CUM-18-284
12/6/18 IN RE CHILD OF ADAM E.
2018 ME 156 CUM-18-261
12/6/18 IN RE CHILD OF KAYSEAN M.

November 2018


Decision Docket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 155 CUM-18-30
11/20/18 STATE OF MAINE v. SCOTT F. MATATALL
2018 ME 154 OJ-18-1
11/20/18 Opinion of the Justices: Gambling on Tribal Trust Land
2018 ME 153 YOR-18-132
11/20/18 IN RE CHILD OF TANYA C.
2018 ME 152 KNO-18-129
11/15/18 EARL GAMMON et al. v. ROBIN E. BOGGS et al.
2018 ME 151 CUM-18-126
11/15/18 GUARDIANSHIP OF DAVID P.
2018 ME 150 HAN-18-95
11/13/18 IN RE CHILD OF TROY C.
2018 ME 149 YOR-18-236
11/13/18 IN RE CHILD OF MERCEDES D.
2018 ME 148 LIN-18-72
11/8/18 IN RE CHILD OF MATTHEW R.Y
2018 ME 147 ARO-16-556
11/6/18 STATE OF MAINE v. TROY D. HASTEY
2018 ME 146 PEN-18-185
11/6/18 IN RE CHILD OF ANTHONY M.

October 2018


Decision Docket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 145 PEN-18-89
10/30/18 TOWN OF GLENBURN v. SIDNEY PINKHAM
2018 ME 144 PEN-18-42
10/23/18 STATE OF MAINE v. CHRISTOPHER J. MARTIN
2018 ME 143 SOM-18-215
10/23/18 IN RE CHILD OF CHARLES V.
2018 ME 142 ARO-18-25
10/18/18 STATE OF MAINE v. DENNIS F. WINCHESTER
2018 ME 141 KNO-17-547
10/16/18 GARY SWEENEY v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2018 ME 140 CUM-18-15
10/16/18 PAMELA G. ARGEREOW v. VERNE M. WEISBERG, M.D. et al.
2018 ME 139 YOR-18-100
10/4/18 IN RE CHILD OF ANGELA H.
2018 ME 138 KNO-18-87
10/4/18 IN RE CHILD OF T'MARA C.
2018 ME 137 CUM-18-104
10/4/18 IN RE CHILD OF TIFFANY F.
2018 ME 136 KEN-18-109
10/4/18 IN RE CHILD OF BENJAMIN D.
2018 ME 135 KEN-18-127
10/4/18 IN RE CHILD OF MARANATHA K.
2018 ME 134 YOR-18-71
10/4/18 IN RE CHILD OF KIMBERLEE C.
2018 ME 133 SAG-18-121
10/4/18 IN RE CHILD OF CHRISTINE M.
2018 ME 132 AND-18-165
10/4/18 IN RE CHILD OF JOSHUA S..
2018 ME 131 PEN-18-128
10/4/18 IN RE CHILD OF HEATH D.

September 2018


Decision Docket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 130 KEN-18-64
9/25/18 DAVID TRASK v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE et al.

August 2018


Decision Docket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 129 AND-17-534
8/30/18 STATE OF MAINE DONNA PAGNANI
2018 ME 128 CUM-17-430
8/28/18 BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BAR v. GARY M. PROLMAN
2018 ME 127 BCD-18-228
8/23/18 MAINE EQUAL JUSTICE PARTNERS et al. v. COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SRVICES
2018 ME 126 AND-18-17
8/23/18 STATE OF MAINE v. JERRY PHILGENE et al.
2018 ME 125 YOR-17-416
8/21/18 VERMONT MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. JONATHAN BEN-AMI et al.
2018 ME 124 OXF-17-468
8/21/18 STATE OF MAINE v. JAMES A. REYNOLDS
2018 ME 123 PEN-16-543
8/21/18 RANDY N. OLIVER, II et al. v. EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER
2018 ME 122 OXF-18-31
8/16/18 JOSEPH L. RICHARD v. SECRETARY OF STATE
2018 ME 121 SOM-17-489
8/16/18 M&T BANK v. LAWRENCE F. PLAISTED
2018 ME 120 PUC-17-185
8/16/18 CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION et al. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
2018 ME 119 KEN-18-22
8/16/18 SETH T. CAREY v. BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BOARD et al.
2018 ME 118 PEN-17-381
8/14/18 DOROTHEA B. McBAIN v. JOHN F. VANADIA et al.
2018 ME 117 SOM-17-489
8/14/18 STATE OF MAINE v. J.R.
2018 ME 116 ARO-17-125
8/14/18 STATE OF MAINE v. MATTHEW R. DAVIS
2018 ME 115 CUM-17-371
8/14/18 MICHELLE L. (GEORGE) SULLIVAN v. WILLIAM A. GEORGE
2018 ME 114 KEN-17-492
8/14/18 STATE OF MAINE v. MICHAEL JOURNET
2018 ME 113 CUM-17-297
8/9/18 STATE OF MAINE v. GREGORY NISBET
2018 ME 112 YOR-17-529
8/9/18 STATE OF MAINE v. RALPH C. MILLER
2018 ME 111 BCD-17-459
8/2/18 JAMES GOGGIN et al. v. STATE TAX ASSESSOR
2018 ME 110 CUM-18-26
8/2/18 IN RE CHILDREN OF MELISSA F.

July 2018


Decision Docket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 109 CUM-17-474
7/26/18 STATE OF MAINE v. EZRA LEBLANC-SIMPSON
2018 ME 108 KEN-17-523
7/26/18 STATE OF MAINE v. ROWE L. PALMER
2018 ME 107 KEN-18-66
7/26/18 IN RE CHILD OF RONALD W.
2018 ME 106 CUM-17-174
7/26/18 STATE OF MAINE v. DMITRI L. CANNADY
2018 ME 105 KEN-17-478
7/24/18 TOWN OF MOUNT VERNON v. JAMES LANDHERR et al.
2018 ME 104 WAL-17-552
7/24/18 KATRINA I. PETERSEN v. PAUL J. VAN OVERBEKE
2018 ME 103 KNO-17-51
7/24/18 CHARLES M. MARTIN v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2018 ME 102 SAG-17-508
7/24/18 STATE OF MAINE v. RICHARD A. HEFFRON III
2018 ME 101 SAG-17-486
7/17/18 JANE DOE v. TIMOTHY TIERNEY
2018 ME 100 WAL-17-516
7/17/18 STATE OF MAINE v. MIRANDA G. HOPKINS
2018 ME 99 KEN-17-484
7/16/18 CHAUNCEY W. CLARK v. BENTON, LLC
2018 ME 98 CUM-17-448
7/12/18 KATHLEEN WEST et al. v. JEWETT AND NOONAN TRANSPORTATION, INC.
2018 ME 97 KEN-17-326
7/12/18 STATE OF MAINE v. KASHAWN McLAUGHLIN
2018 ME 96 KEN-18-8
7/12/18 IN RE CHILDREN OF BETHMARIE R.
2018 ME 95 CUM-17-368
7/12/18 BRUNSWICK CITIZENS FOR COLLABORATIVE GOVERNMENT et al. v. TONW OF BRUNSWICK
2018 ME 94 AND-17-464
7/10/18 STATE OF MAINE v. MALIK B. HOLLIS
2018 ME 93 FRA-18-41
7/10/18 IN RE CHILD OF EVERETT S.
2018 ME 92 PEN-18-79
7/5/18 JOHN FAHNLEY v. STATE OF MAINE
2018 ME 91 PEN-18-79
7/5/18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SRVICES v. JAMES F. FAGONE at al.
2018 ME 90 BCD-17-180
7/3/18 PURITAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC v. COPAN ITALIA S.P.A.
2018 ME 89 CUM-17-189
7/3/18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SRVICES v. JAMES F. FAGONE at al.
2018 ME 88 PEN-17-170
7/3/18 SHELLY R. HIGGINS v. TODD O. WOOD
2018 ME 87 ARO-18-54
7/3/18 IN RE CHILD OF LINDSAY D.
2018 ME 86 LIN-17-439
7/3/18 JANICE MCNUTT v. JOHN D. MCNUTT
2018 ME 85 KEN-16-503
7/3/18 STATE OF MAINE v. LYANNE LEMEUNIER-FITZGERALD
2018 ME 84 WAL-18-149
7/3/18 STATE OF MAINE v. SHARON CARRILLO

June 2018


DecisionDocket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 83 BCD-17-490
6/28/18 WAWENOCK, LLC et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2018 ME 82 AND-17-515
6/26/18 IN RE CHILDREN OF JEREMY a.
2018 ME 81 SOM-17-352
6/19/18 AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC v. DARRON BURRILL
2018 ME 80 FRA-17-460
6/19/18 STATE OF MAINE b. WESLEY M. VILLACCI
2018 ME 79 AND-17-370
6/19/18 IN RE CHILD OF EMILY K.
2018 ME 78 YOR-17-388
6/19/18 STATE OF MAINE v. ROY BLUM
2018 ME 77 WCB-16-433
6/14/18 GAETAN H. BOURGOIN v. TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPNAY, LLC, et al.
2018 ME 76 CUM-17-310
6/12/18 DEBORAH E. LAMKIN v. CORRIE L. LAMKIN
2018 ME 75 LIN-17-286
6/12/18 IN RE CHILDREN OF NICOLE M.
2018 ME 74 ARO-17-475
6/7/18 JACLYN E. PAPADOPOULOS v. BRANDON L. PHILLIPS
2018 ME 73 KEN-17-419
6/5/18 SETH T. CAREY v. MAINE BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE BAR et al.

May 2018


DecisionDocket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 72 SOM-17-240
5/24/18 MAUREEN D. DAVIS v. BENNIE C. McGUIRE III
2018 ME 71 KEN-17-537
5/22/18 IN RE CHILD OF STEPHEN E.
2018 ME 70 YOR-17-401
5/22/18 STATE OF MAINE v. PETER W. LEON
2018 ME 69 KEN-17-452
5/15/18 JASON BEGIN v. STATE OF MAINE
2018 ME 68 YOR-17-192
5/8/18 MARCEL DUBOIS et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY et al.
2018 ME 67 YOR-17-191
5/8/18 MARCEL DUBOIS et al. v. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al.
2018 ME 66 PEN-17-386
5/8/18 GUARDIANSHIP OF ELLA M. GRENIER
2018 ME 65 PEN-17-427
5/8/18 STATE OF MAINE v. RICHARD T. MATTHEWS JR.
2018 ME 64 PEN-17-520
5/8/18 IN RE CHILDREN OF TASHA R.
2018 ME 63 CUM-17-532
5/8/18 ADOPTION OF PARKER J.
2018 ME 62 CUM-17-532
5/3/18 IN RE CHILDREN OF DANI B.

April 2018


DecisionDocket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 61 YOR-17-284
4/26/18 STATE OF MAINE v. WILLIAM C. PLANTE
2018 ME 60 AND-17-319
4/26/18 STATE OF MAINE v. DANNY L. ADAMS
2018 ME 59 YOR-17-112
4/26/18 STATE OF MAINE v. JOHN V.C. LOPEZ
2018 ME 58 SRP-17-22
4/26/18 STATE OF MAINE v. ANDREW B. BEAN
2018 ME 57 AND-17-476
4/26/18 IN RE CHILD OF KELCIE L.
2018 ME 56 ARO-16-569
4/26/18 STATE OF MAINE v. GREGORY S. OLAH
2018 ME 55 YOR-17-423
4/24/18 IN RE CHILDREN OF AMBER L.
2018 ME 54 YOR-17-314
4/19/18 ANNE M. McBRIDE v. JEFFREY R. WORTH
2018 ME 53 KEN-17-417
4/19/18 STEVE R. ANCTIL v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2018 ME 52 KEN-18-130
4/17/18 MAINE SENATE v. SECRETARY OF STATE et al.
2018 ME 51 AND-17-509
4/17/18 IN RE CHILD OF PORTIA L.
2018 ME 50 CUM-17-436
4/10/18 IN RE CHILD OF JAMES R.
2018 ME 49 OXF-17-366
4/5/18 CLAUDIA SCHULZ v. HENDRICK DOEPPE
2018 ME 48 ARO-17-330
4/5/18 ERIC N. FITZPATRICK v. ARLENE McCRARY
2018 ME 47 PEN-17-342
4/3/18 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY v. JESSE S. EDDINS JR. et al.
2018 ME 46 YOR-17-322
4/3/18 WALTER MELEVSKY III v. SECRETARY OF STATE
2018 ME 45 SOM-17-415
4/3/18 IN RE CHILD OF DANIEL Q.

March 2018


DecisionDocket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 44 PEN-17-325
3/22/18 ESTATE OF CARROLL G. FRYE at al. v. MMG INSURANCE COMPANY
2018 ME 43 AND-17-334
3/22/18 IN RE CHILD OF GUSTAVUS E.
2018 ME 42 CUM-17-139
3/22/18 STATE OF MAINE v. ABDIRAHMAN H. HAJI-HASSAN
2018 ME 41 PEN-17-35
3/22/18 STATE OF MAINE v. KEITH COLEMAN
2018 ME 40 PEN-16-514
3/20/18 STATE OF MAINE v. JOHN A. WECKERLY
2018 ME 39 KEN-17-210
3/20/18 STATE OF MAINE v. RANDY R. MARQUIS
2018 ME 38 KEN-15-400
3/15/18 STATE OF MAINE v. ERIC BARD
2018 ME 37 ARO-17-98
3/15/18 STATE OF MAINE v. DAVID L. SULLIVAN
2018 ME 36 CUM-17-447
3/15/18 IN RE CHILD OF NURADIN A.
2018 ME 35 YOR-16-558
3/15/18 KITTERY POINT PARTNERS, LLC v. BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICES, LLC, et al.
2018 ME 34 CUM-17-375
3/15/18 JENNIFER L. DEAH v. TRISTAN CUTBERT
2018 ME 33 SOM-17-396
3/15/18 IN RE CHILDREN OF ALICE R.
2018 ME 32 CUM-17-424
3/6/18 IN RE CHILD OF ERIC K.
2018 ME 31 YOR-17-451
3/6/18 IN RE CHID OF HEATHER W.
2018 ME 30 PEN-17-441
3/6/18 IN RE CHILD OF NICHOLAS M.
2018 ME 29 KEN-17-75
3/1/18 SAD 3 EDUCATION ASSOCIATION v. RSU 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS et al.

February 2018


DecisionDocket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 28 WAS-17-258
2/27/18 BAYBERRY COVE CHILDREN'S LAND TRUST v. TOWN OF STEUBEN et al.
2018 ME 27 CUM-17-274
2/22/18 FREDERICK OLSON et al.
2018 ME 26 PEN-17-196
2/13/18 STATE OF MAINE v. ERIC NOBLES
2018 ME 25 SOM-17-221
2/13/18 MELANIE G. BOYD
2018 ME 24 WCB-16-524
2/8/18 VICTOR S. URRUTIA v. INTERSTATE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL et al.
2018 ME 23 FRA-17-275
2/6/18 STACY B. (GREENLEAF) MOOAR v. TERRY L. GREENLEAF
2018 ME 22 AND-17-236
2/6/18 STATE OF MAINE v. ABDI A. HASSAN
2018 ME 21 HAN-17-273
2/6/18 STATE OF MAINE v. BETTY L. FRENCH
2018 ME 20 CUM-17-394
2/1/18 IN RE COREY T.

January 2018

DecisionDocket A. 2d Cite DateCase Name
2018 ME 19 KNO-17-328
1/30/18 ADOPTION OF PAISLEY
2018 ME 18 JUD-17-2
1/25/18 IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT M.A. NADEAU
2018 ME 17 ARO-17-166
1/25/18 STATE OF MAINE v. MACIE N. JONES
2018 ME 16 FRA-17-212
1/25/18 STATE OF MAINE v. ARDER PRINKLETON
2018 ME 15 PEN-17-222
1/25/18 STATE OF MAINE v. DOUGLAS ANNIS and Errata sheet
2018 ME 14 PEN-17-251
1/23/18 STATE OF MAINE v. DANIEL L. CHASE
2018 ME 13 KEN-17-344
1/23/18 IN RE MEENA H. et al.
2018 ME 12 AND-17-360
1/23/18 IN RE ASANAH S.
2018 ME 11 KEN-17-363
1/23/18 IN RE ZARIANNA C. et al.
2018 ME 10 KEN-17-119
1/23/18 EUPHREM MANIRAKIZA et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
2018 ME 9 AND-17-349
1/23/18 IN RE JAMES C.
2018 ME 8 HAN-17-347
1/23/18 IN RE EMMA S.
2018 ME 7 AND-17-361
1/23/18 IN RE EMMA C.
2018 ME 6 KEN-17-299
1/23/18 IN RE DANTE C. et al.
2018 ME 5 CUM-16-544
1/23/18 STATE OF MAINE v. FOSTER BATES
2018 ME 4 KEN-17-308
1/23/18 IN RE AURORA M. et al.
2018 ME 3 ARO-17-66
1/18/18 STATE OF MAINE v. DYLAN FULTON
2018 ME 2 SJC-17-8
1/11/18 IN RE BALLOT DISPUTE IN ELECTION OF TOWN OF WINSLOW DISTRICT 3 TOWN COUNCILOR
2018 ME 1 PEN-17-233
1/9/18 ESTATE OF STEPHEN E. LIBBY



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