Legal Opinion

MacCormick v. MacCormick

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 22, 1986PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VIOLETTE, Justice.

Wendy F. MacCormick appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Franklin County, affirming the grant of custody of the two minor children to Christopher W. MacCormick, rendered in District Court, Farmington. 1 On appeal she contends: 1) that the District Court judge was biased by a post-hearing ex parte communication between himself and Christopher’s counsel and that the judge erred in denying her motion for a new trial before a different judge; 2) that the District Court’s specific findings of fact regarding custody were clearly erroneous and; 3) that the District Court…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Reilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Harmon v. EmersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  3. Richard L. Satterfield v. The Edenton-Chowan Board of Education, a Public Body Corporate of Chowan County, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
  4. Cyr v. CyrSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  5. Reilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. Shanoski v. MillerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
  4. Samsara Memorial Trust v. Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman v. Raisin Memorial TrustSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
  5. Rodrigue v. BrewerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995

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