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· 8/12/1981

Roche v. Egan

Citations

  • 433 A.2d 757
  • 1981 Me. LEXIS 905

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that letter related to officer’s fitness for office based on one of its allegations, even if the rest could be considered purely personal
  • “The nature and extent of the responsibility of a police detective is punctuated by the fact that a firearm, no less than a badge, comes with his [or her] office”
  • “Maine adheres to the widely recognized common law rale that a jury may not apportion damages for a single injury caused by joint, or concurrent, tortfeasors”
  • “police detective . . . vested with substantial responsibility for the safety and welfare of the citizenry in areas impinging most directly and intimately on daily living”
  • all law enforcement personnel, including police detective

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Judges: Wernick, Godfrey, Nichols, Glassman, Roberts, Carter

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