Cook v. Lisbon School Committee

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that when a court interprets a statute it must first look to the plain meaning of the statutory language to give effect to legislative intent
• differentiating removal during the term of an employment contract from nonrenewal after expiration of term

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• York v. Town of Ogunquit
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-04-04· cited 71×
• Lewiston Daily Sun v. School Administrative District No. 43
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1999-10-18· cited 57×
• Grossman v. Richards
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1999-01-13· cited 33×
• Munjoy Sporting & Athletic Club v. Dow
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2000-07-21· cited 32×
• Underwood v. City of Presque Isle
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1998-06-30· cited 26×
• Jade Realty Corp. v. Town of Eliot
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2008-05-08· cited 26×
• In Re Christmas C.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1998-12-04· cited 24×
• Chase v. Town of MacHiasport
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1998-12-09· cited 24×
• Landis v. Hannaford Bros. Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2000-06-15· cited 23×
• Martin v. Unemployment Insurance Commission
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1998-12-18· cited 16×
• Scola v. Town of Sanford
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-05-29· cited 10×
• State v. One Blue Corvette
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1999-06-28· cited 10×
• Parks v. City of Brewer
  D. Maine· 1999-07-16· cited 9×
• State v. Pierce
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2006-06-19· cited 8×
• Villas by the Sea Owners Ass'n v. Garrity
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-06-21· cited 7×
• N.A. Burkitt, Inc. v. Champion Road MacHinery Ltd.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2000-12-05· cited 6×
• City of Saco v. Pulsifer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2000-04-26· cited 6×
• York Mutual Insurance v. Bowman
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2000-02-14· cited 6×
• Stage Neck Owners Ass'n v. Poboisk
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1999-04-05· cited 6×
• Interstate Food Processing Corp. v. Town of Fort Fairfield
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-08-18· cited 3×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bishop v. Wood
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-10· cited 2,973×
• Arnett v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-17· cited 2,038×
• Tisei v. Town of Ogunquit
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-04-25· cited 52×
• Elaine Perkins v. The Board of Directors of School Administrative District No. 13
  First Circuit· 1982-08-13· cited 39×
• Pelletier v. Fort Kent Golf Club
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-07-19· cited 37×
• Your Home, Inc. v. City of Portland
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-07-30· cited 34×
• Enerquin Air, Inc. v. State Tax Assessor
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1996-02-01· cited 30×
• Cunningham v. Kittery Planning Board
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-04-24· cited 24×
• Hammond v. Temporary Compensation Review Board
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-03-27· cited 20×
• Mercier v. Town of Fairfield
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1993-07-29· cited 19×
• Marxsen v. Board of Dir., MSAD No. 5
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-05-29· cited 17×
• Campbell v. Town of MacHias
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-07-19· cited 15×
• International Paper Co. v. Town of Jay
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-10-06· cited 15×
• Guy Gannett Publishing Co. v. Maine Department of Public Safety
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-02-10· cited 5×
• Edwards v. Town of York
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-10-07· cited 3×