7 Maine opinions name it 1 courts 1889–2025 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Maine courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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United States v. Whitegreen1 sentence2025L. & Criminology 962 , 985-87 (1995). [¶60] More fundamentally, in the words of Justice Goldberg: “If the exercise of constitutional rights will thwart the effectiveness of a system of law enforcement, then there is something very wrong with that system.” Escobedo 35 v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 490 (1964); see also Gendron, 146 Me. at 396-97 , 82 A.2d at 780 (quoting United States v. White, 322 U.S. 694, 698 (1944) (“The immediate and potential evils of compulsory self-disclosure transcend any difficulties that the exercise of the privilege may impose on society in the detection and prosecution | 1 | 1 |
Escobedo v. Illinoisgreen1 sentence2025L. & Criminology 962 , 985-87 (1995). [¶60] More fundamentally, in the words of Justice Goldberg: “If the exercise of constitutional rights will thwart the effectiveness of a system of law enforcement, then there is something very wrong with that system.” Escobedo 35 v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 490 (1964); see also Gendron, 146 Me. at 396-97 , 82 A.2d at 780 (quoting United States v. White, 322 U.S. 694, 698 (1944) (“The immediate and potential evils of compulsory self-disclosure transcend any difficulties that the exercise of the privilege may impose on society in the detection and prosecution | 1 | 1 |
Gendron v. Burnhamgreen2 sentences2025L. & Criminology 962 , 985-87 (1995). [¶60] More fundamentally, in the words of Justice Goldberg: “If the exercise of constitutional rights will thwart the effectiveness of a system of law enforcement, then there is something very wrong with that system.” Escobedo 35 v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 490 (1964); see also Gendron, 146 Me. at 396-97 , 82 A.2d at 780 (quoting United States v. White, 322 U.S. 694, 698 (1944) (“The immediate and potential evils of compulsory self-disclosure transcend any difficulties that the exercise of the privilege may impose on society in the detection and prosecution 2025L. & Criminology 962 , 985-87 (1995). [¶60] More fundamentally, in the words of Justice Goldberg: “If the exercise of constitutional rights will thwart the effectiveness of a system of law enforcement, then there is something very wrong with that system.” Escobedo 35 v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 490 (1964); see also Gendron, 146 Me. at 396-97 , 82 A.2d at 780 (quoting United States v. White, 322 U.S. 694, 698 (1944) (“The immediate and potential evils of compulsory self-disclosure transcend any difficulties that the exercise of the privilege may impose on society in the detection and prosecution | 1 | 1 |
State v. Dolloffgreen2 sentences2020See Dolloff, 2012 ME 130, ¶ 24 , 58 A.3d 1032 . [¶25] The victim’s description of the incident during her direct testimony included six facts that Sholes asserts she had not disclosed previously.3 Sholes’s attorney questioned the victim and law enforcement officers about whether the The six previously undisclosed facts were (1) that Sholes held her down by kneeling on one leg 3 and holding down the other; (2) that he picked up an exercise bar from the ground and threatened her with it; (3) that she attempted to make a 911 call on her Alexa device; (4) that he forced her head back; (5) that she 2020See Dolloff, 2012 ME 130, ¶ 24 , 58 A.3d 1032 . [¶25] The victim’s description of the incident during her direct testimony included six facts that Sholes asserts she had not disclosed previously.3 Sholes’s attorney questioned the victim and law enforcement officers about whether the The six previously undisclosed facts were (1) that Sholes held her down by kneeling on one leg 3 and holding down the other; (2) that he picked up an exercise bar from the ground and threatened her with it; (3) that she attempted to make a 911 call on her Alexa device; (4) that he forced her head back; (5) that she | 1 | 1 |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Maine. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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Board of County Commissioners v. Maine Central Railroad
green
1 sentence1978See: Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, supra.” ( 343 A.2d at 881 ) We conclude that by force of the legislative regulatory scheme, as well as the Commission’s own implementation thereof in the appropriate exercise of its rule-making powers, 10 MODA lacked the requisite interest to be an intervenor before the Commission and to have standing before this Court to claim error in rulings or orders of the Commission. | 1 | 1978–1978 |
Collett v. Bither
green
2 sentences1971It is essential, however, to proper judicial administration that the exercise of the privilege not depend upon a purely arbitrary or capricious claim of apprehension of incriminating danger made by the person refusing to answer, and it is for the court to decide whether the fear of self-incrimination entertained by the witness or party is real or imaginary, substantial in character or so improbable or unrealistic that no reasonable person would suffer it to influence his conduct.” 262 A.2d 353, 358 . 1971It is essential, however, to proper judicial administration that the exercise of the privilege not depend upon a purely arbitrary or capricious claim of apprehension of incriminating danger made by the person refusing to answer, and it is for the court to decide whether the fear of self-incrimination entertained by the witness or party is real or imaginary, substantial in character or so improbable or unrealistic that no reasonable person would suffer it to influence his conduct.” 262 A.2d 353, 358 . | 1 | 1971–1971 |
State v. Pike
green
1 sentence1953In announcing the foregoing conclusion we are not unmindful of the case of State v. Pike, 65 Me. 111 . | 1 | 1953–1953 |
Gilbert v. Hole
neutral
1 sentence1897The same distinction is aptly stated, in a South Dakota mining case, Gilbert v. Hole, 49 N. W. | 1 | 1897–1897 |
Attorney General v. Bay State Mining Co.
green
1 sentence1889As laid down by the court in Attorney Gen. v. Bay State Mining Co., 99 Mass. 148 , 153: “A corporation which seeks, by its agents, to establish a domicil of business in a state other than that of its creation, must take that domicil as individuals are always understood to do, subject to the responsibilities and burdens imposed by the laws which it finds in force there.” The exemption from trustee process on account of non-residence is not to be pushed beyond the reason of the rule, which rests upoir the idea that the property or debt sought to be reached is without the jurisdiction of the cour | 1 | 1889–1889 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.