Legal Opinion
Fischer v. Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided September 22, 1987No. Civ. 85-0185-BPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ACCEPTING MAGISTRATE’S RECOMMENDED DECISION
CYR, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, a Massachusetts resident, is the owner of a sailboat constructed by Ocean Cruising Yachts of Maine, Inc. [OCY], a company which had obtained financing from defendant Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company [the Bank]. Plaintiff sues the Bank, demanding compensatory and punitive damages for the alleged threatened conversion of the vessel, slander of title, and infliction of emotional distress, arising out of the Bank’s assertion of a lien on the vessel. The complaint also seeks a judicial declaration that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Landstrom v. ThorpeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Packard v. Central Maine Power Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- Joseph Markowitz, Trustee in Reorganization of Bay Point Corporation v. Republic National Bank of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Dr. E.G. Fischer v. Bar Harbor Banking and Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Marvin Mueller v. James Abdnor, Administrator, Small Business AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Colquhoun v. WebberSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- F.B. Leopold Co. v. Roberts Filter Manufacturing Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1995
- Sprague Corp. v. SpragueDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1994
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