Supreme Court: 2003 Opinions
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
January 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 1 |
Steven Macomber
v. Roxanne Macomber |
January 7, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 2 |
Credit Counseling Centers,
Inc., d/b/a CCCS v. City of South Portland et al. |
January 10, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 3 |
Rick E. Lavigne v. Commissioner,
Department of Human Services |
January 13, 2003 (per curiam) |
| 2003 ME 4 |
Dawn L. Cloutier v. Lorenzo
R. Cloutier |
January 14, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 5 |
State of Maine v. David
M. Sylvain |
January 14, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 6 |
American Protection Insurance
Co. v. Acadia Insurance Co. |
January 15, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 7 |
State of Maine v. Donald
Cloutier et al. |
January 21, 2003 (Revised Jan. 22, 2003) |
| 2003 ME 8 |
Richard A. Giustra v. UNUM
Life Insurance Company of America et al. |
January 22, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 9 |
Daniel Priestly v. Town
of Hermon |
January 22, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 10 |
Michael Young v. Central
Maine Power Company |
January 23, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 11A |
Patricia Brawn et al.
v. Oral Surgery Associates et al. /and/
Robin Dutil et al. v. John Burns, D.D.S. |
January 30, 2003 Revised
March 14, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 12 |
Competitive Energy Services
LLC et al. v. Public Utilities Commission et al. |
January 30, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 13 |
State of Maine v. Donna
Griffin |
January 31, 2003 |
February 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 14 |
State of Maine
v. Robert Worthley |
February 3, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 15 |
Department of Human Services
o/b/o Carmen O'Leary v. Michael Hafford |
February 4, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 16 |
Marjorie N. Dunson v. South
Portland Housing Authority |
February 7, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 17 |
Michael J. Murphy v. Stephanie
C. Murphy |
February 14, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 18 |
State of Maine v. Fredric
Lewis |
February 20, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 19 |
State of Maine v. Miguel
Santiago Reynoso-Hernandez |
February 20, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 20 |
University of Maine Foundation
v. Fleet Bank of Maine |
February 24, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 21 |
Darling's v. Ford Motor
Company |
February 25, 2003
Revised June 10, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 22 |
Leigh v. Superintendent,
Augusta Mental Health Institute |
February 28, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 23 |
Office of the Public Advocate
v. Public Utilities Commission and Verizon New England, inc. |
February 28, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 24 |
Penny Lightfoot et al.
v. School Administrative District No. 35 |
February 28, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 25 |
John Norton v. Town of
Long Island |
February 28, 2003 |
March 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 26 |
Matthew Lewis
v. Sarah Lewis |
March 4, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 27 |
DaimlerChrysler Services
North America, LLC v. State Tax Assessor |
March 4, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 28 |
Northeast Empire Limited
Partnership #2 v. Town of Ashland |
March 5, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 29 |
Cheryl Wrenn v. David Lewis |
March 5, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 30 |
Richard Thacker et al.
v. Knover Development Corp. et al. |
March 5, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 31 |
State of Maine v. Nicholas
Irving |
March 7, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 32 |
Linda Lingley et al. v.
Maine Workers' Compensation Board |
March 10, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 33 |
Facilitators Improving
Salmonid Habitat et al. v. Towns of Winterport and Frankfort |
March 10, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 11 |
Patricia Brawn et al.
v. Oral Surgery Associates et al. /and/
Robin Dutil et al. v. John Burns, D.D.S. |
Revised March 14, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 34 |
State of Maine v. Sharon
L. Matson |
March 18, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 35 |
Estate of James Leo Deschenes |
March 18, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 36 |
Franklin L. Watts et al.
v. Howard T. Watts et al. |
March 19, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 37 |
Town of Eagle Lake et al.
v. Commissioner, Department of Education et al. |
March 20, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 38 |
State of Maine v. Malia
J. Lowry |
March 24, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 39 |
State of Maine v. Tamika
Knox |
March 24, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 40 |
State of Maine v. Barry
McCarthy |
March 24, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 41 |
Terri A. Despres v. David
J. Moyer |
March 26, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 42 |
State of Maine v. Jeffrey
Holmes |
March 31, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 43 |
Darlene Copp (f/k/a Darlene
Liberty) v. Scott Liberty |
March 31, 2003 |
April 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 44 |
State of Maine
v. Eugene Merchant |
April 1, 2003 |
| 2002 ME 127 |
St. Francis De Sales
Federal Credit Union et al. v. Sun Insurance Company of New York et
al. |
August 2, 2002
Replaced April 2, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 45 |
William Grover v. Boise
Cascade Corp. |
April 2, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 46 |
Jerald Smith v. Town of
Pittston |
April 7, 2003 (Revised 4/10/03) |
| 2003 ME 47 |
State of Maine v. David
G. Tremblay |
April 7, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 48 |
George Laskey v. Sappi
Fine Paper et al. |
April 8, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 49 |
Spence Bisbing v. Maine
Medical Center |
April 10, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 50 |
Town of Boothbay et al.
v. Barbara Jenness et al. |
April 15, 2003
Revised May 5, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 51 |
City of Bangor v. Diva's,
Inc. |
April 15, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 52 |
Michael Hale et al. v.
Demetri Antoniou |
April 15, 2003 (Per Curiam) |
| 2003 ME 53 |
Tamara L. Jarvis v. Robert
G. Jarvis |
April 16, 2003
Revised August 12, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 54 |
Marie Robichaud v. Jessica
Pariseau et al. |
April 17, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 55 |
State of Maine v. Richard
J. Willis |
April 23, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 56 |
Dwayne Pratt v. Julie Spaulding |
April 23, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 57 |
State of Maine v. Stephen
Hodgkins |
April 24, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 58 |
State of Maine v. James
Jakubowski |
April 24, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 59 |
Ten Voters of the City
of Biddeford v. The City of Biddeford et al. |
April 25, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 60 |
Lavon S. Ames III v. Crystal
D. Ames |
April 28, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 61 |
Cathy Doyle v. Department
of Human Services |
April 28, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 62 |
Conservation Law Foundation,
Inc., et al. v. Department of Environmental Protection et al. |
April 29, 2003 |
May 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 63 |
Ronald Mahar
et al. v. Stonewood Transport |
May 1, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 64 |
Town of Jay v. Androscoggin
Energy, LLC et al |
May 1, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 50 |
Town of Boothbay et al.
v. Barbara Jenness et al. |
Revised May 5, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 65 |
Arthur Reardon et al. v.
Department of Human Services |
May 5, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 66 |
Peerless Insurance Co.
v. Progressive Insurance Co. |
May 5, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 67 |
State of Maine v. Foster
Bates |
May 8, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 68 |
Bruce Tisdale v. Brian
Rawson |
May 8, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 69 |
State of Maine v. Mark
O. Menard |
May 8, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 70 |
State of Maine v. Harold
Shepley |
May 9, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 71 |
Estate of Agnes Marquis |
May 12, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 72 |
Matthew Flaherty et al.
v. Allstate Insurance Company |
May 13, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 41 |
Terri A. Despres v. David
J. Moye |
Revised May 19, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 73 |
Estate of Harold B. Horne |
May 21, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 74 |
Erica J. Jed-Harbage v.
Peter Harbage |
May 30, 2003 |
July 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 81 |
In re 2003
Legislative Apportionment of The House of Representatives |
July 2, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 82 |
Patrick C. Jordan et al.
v. City of Ellsworth |
July 3, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 83 |
State of Maine v. Kenneth
G. Coffin |
July 3, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 84 |
Estate of Joseph Ricci |
July 3, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 85 |
State of Maine v. Trevis
Caldwell |
July 3, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 86 |
In re 2003 Apportionment
of the State Senate and United States Congressional Districts |
July 2, 2003 (See 2004
ME 55) |
| 2003 ME 87 |
Donald Rivers et al. v.
Jerry Amato et al. |
July 9, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 88 |
Kathleen M. Splude v. James
E. Dugan |
July 16, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 89 |
Guardianship of Emma M. |
July 16, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 90 |
James Parrish v. Charles
Wright et al. |
July 17, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 91 |
Robyn Lindner v. Jeffrey
A. Barry et al. |
July 18, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 92 |
Estate of Maybelle Wilson |
July 18, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 93 |
State of Maine v. Touch
Rin Svay |
July 21, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 94 |
State of Maine v. Lee Curtis |
July 21, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 95 |
State of Maine v. Larry
Burby |
July 24, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 96 |
Peter E. Grant v. Central
Maine Power |
July 25, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 97 |
Thomas J. Wentworth et
al. v. Earleen Sebra |
July 31, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 98 |
ABN AMRO Mortgage Group
v. Richard Willis et al. |
July 31, 2003 |
August 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 99 |
Benton Falls
Associates v. Central Maine Power Company |
August 1, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 100 |
State of Maine v. Nathan
Tenney |
August 1, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 101 |
Ledrena Freeman v. Funtown/Splashtown,
USA |
August 1, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 102 |
Lori Peterson, as Mother
and Next Friend, and on behalf of Cebrina Fiandaca v. City of Bangor
et al. |
August 6, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 103 |
State of Maine v. Katrina
Bridges |
August 6, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 104 |
Paul Thornton v. Richard
Adams |
August 7, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 105 |
Dorothy Moores v. Larry
Doyle |
August 7, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 53 |
Tamara L. Jarvis v. Robert
G. Jarvis |
April 16, 2003
Revised August 12, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 106 |
State of Maine v. Robert
Forbes |
August 12, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 107 |
State of Maine v. Norma
Small |
August 14, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 108 |
State of Maine v. Stephen
Lockhart |
August 15, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 109 |
George Brackett et al.
v. Town of Rangeley et al. |
August 25, 2003 |
September 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 110 |
State of Maine
v. Randall Horr |
September 4, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 111 |
Zemero Corporation v.
Diane Hall |
September 5, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 112 |
State of Maine v. Mary
Spencer |
September 12, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 113 |
Janice E. Miele v. Norman
E. Miele |
September 15, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 114 |
Patricia McLaughlin o/b/o
Joseph McLaughlin v. Superintending School Committee of Lincolnville |
September 16, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 115 |
Rafael Costales v. S.D.
Warren Co. et al. |
September 19, 2003
Revised October 15, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 116 |
Alan D'Amato v. S.D. Waren
Company |
September 19, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 117 |
C. Gary Lloyd v. Sugarloaf
Mountain Corp. et al. |
September 25, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 118 |
Michelle Norton et al.
v. Deborah Hall et al. |
September 30, 2003 |
October 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 119 |
Tim Q. Ly
v. Dorothy Lafortune |
October 14, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 120 |
State of Maine v. Roland
G. Pouliot |
October 14, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 121 |
Robert Macomber Jr. v.
Lisa MacQuinn-Tweedie et al. |
October 14, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 122 |
Peter Rand et al. v. Bath
Iron Works Corporation |
October 15, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 123 |
Anne S. Hannum v. Board
of Environmental Protection et al. |
October 15, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 115 |
Rafael Costales v. S.D.
Warren Co. et al. |
September 19, 2003
Revised October 15, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 124 |
In re Honorable James
P. Dunleavy |
October 22, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 125 |
State of Maine v. Kevin
Braley |
October 24, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 126 |
State of Maine v. Benjamin
Malo |
October 29, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 127 |
Larry Phillips et al.
v. Blaine Johnson et al. |
October 31, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 128 |
W. Gregg Botka et al.
v S.C. Noyes & Co., Inc., et al. |
October 31, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 129 |
Norman Bangs et al. v.
Town of Wells |
October 31, 2003 |
December 2003
January 2010
| Opinion # |
Case |
Date |
| 2003 ME 136 |
State of Maine
v. Jeffrey A. Cookson |
December 1, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 137 |
State of Maine v. Theodore
Briggs |
December 3, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 138 |
Anita Morrissette v. Kimberly-Clark
Corporation |
December 4, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 139 |
Carl Grubb v. S.D. Warren
Company et al. |
December 4, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 140 |
Bangor Historic Track,
Inc., et al. v. Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources
and Maine Harness Racing Commission |
December 4, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 141 |
Lorraine Johnson v. Southern
Container Corporation et al. |
December 8, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 142 |
State of Maine v. James
Kotredes |
December 9, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 143 |
Douglas Mallar v. Penn-America
Insurance Company |
December 9, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 144 |
Maine Health Alliance
v. Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine |
December 10, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 145 |
Tommy Bureau v. Del Gendron
et al. |
December 11, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 146 |
Linda Cote v. Department
of Human Services |
December 11, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 147 |
Richard Ashe v. Enterprise
Rent-A-Car et al. |
December 17, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 148 |
Philip J. Malonson v.
Town of Berwick |
December 19, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 149 |
Isis Development, LLC
v. Town of Wells |
December 22, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 150 |
Peoples Heritage Bank
v. Rodney Pease et al. |
December 23, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 151 |
Mary Ellen Geary v. Department
of Behavioral and Developmental Services |
December 23, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 152 |
Tsula Botting v. Department
of Behavioral and Developmental Services |
December 23, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 153 |
Phyllis M. Shaw v. John
P. Shaw |
December 23, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 154 |
State of Maine v. Benjamin
Cormier |
December 23, 2003 |
| 2003 ME 155 |
Norman McNally v. Douglas
Brothers, Inc., et al. |
December 23, 2003 |