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Maine supreme judicial court

Published
October 31, 2024

Maine high court justice could be first in state to be sanctioned

Justice Catherine Connors, who participated in foreclosure cases despite having conflicts of interest, will keep her seat regardless of whether she is disciplined.
Published
October 24, 2024

Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice violated ethical code, committee says

A judicial conduct panel is recommending that Justice Catherine Connors, a former private attorney who represented banks, be sanctioned for not recusing herself from 2 cases that upended the state's foreclosure process.
Published
October 9, 2024

Maine high court considers eligibility for immunity under Good Samaritan law

The justices will determine if Billy Beaulieu shouldn't be charged with OUI because a woman asked police to check in on him after he had been pulled over for more than 2 hours on the interstate in Brunswick.
Published
September 17, 2024

Maine high court suspends Ellsworth probate judge who didn’t pay taxes, child support

Justices from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court said William Blaisdell's misconduct was 'egregious and deserving of significant sanction.'
Published
September 15, 2024

Maine’s high court is about to weigh a major legal battle on beach ownership

Around the state, this major case before Maine's highest court captures growing tension between those who support and oppose private ownership of Maine's intertidal land.

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Published
September 8, 2024

Maine victims, Catholic Church wait nearly a year for high court ruling on childhood abuse cases

The cases against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland are one of many that are taking an unusual length of time to receive a ruling in recent years.
Published
August 6, 2024

Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds Mercer man’s child porn convictions

In 2023, Steven Edwards was found guilty by a jury of 18 counts of possession of sexually explicit material.
Published
July 30, 2024

Maine high court considers disciplining Ellsworth probate judge who didn’t pay taxes, child support

William Blaisdell is an elected probate judge in Hancock County and a private lawyer who was recently handling court-appointed cases.
Published
July 22, 2024

Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds St. Albans man’s child sexual assault conviction

Corey W. Farley, now 33, was sentenced to 23 years in prison after a Somerset County jury found him guilty of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact.
Published
May 9, 2024

Woman appeals 6-year sentence for 1985 death of ‘Baby Jane Doe’ in Frenchville

Lee Ann Daigle, 60, argued that an Aroostook County judge violated her due process rights because of the way he questioned her remorse at her sentencing last summer.