Legal Opinion
White v. Fleet Bank of Maine
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 25, 1999PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlexander, J.
[¶ 1] This matter is before the Court on report, pursuant to M.R. Prob. P. 72 1 from the Cumberland County Probate Court (W.Childs, J.) to review a decision of that Court (D.Childs, J.) regarding applicability of the rule against perpetuities and the rule against accumulations to the Robert C. Moore Testamentary Trust.
[¶ 2] A report pursuant to Rule 72 is an exception to the final judgment rule 2 which we have said “should be used spar ingly.” Luhr v. Bickford, 661 A.2d 1141, 1142 (Me.1995) (citations omitted).
[¶ 3] We recently reviewed the issues we consider in evaluating whether to decide…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Fitchie v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Andrews v. LincolnSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1901
- Fitzsimmons v. HarmonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1911
- Andrews v. Department of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
- Porrazzo v. KarofskySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- White v. Fleet Bank of MaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2005
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- State v. DiPietroSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2009
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