Sprague v. Washburn

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A]s a matter of practical judicial policy, a litigant may not, except for the most compelling reasons, reopen a question of law that another judge has already clearly decided in the same action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Raymond v. Raymond
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-04-24· cited 22×
• Lord v. Murphy
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-07-12· cited 15×
• Nordic Sugar Corp. v. Maine Guarantee Authority
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-07-22· cited 12×
• DiPietro v. Casco Northern Bank
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-04-02· cited 12×
• Sylvan Properties Co. v. State Planning Office
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1998-05-13· cited 7×
• Burns v. Westfield Inn
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1988-07-13

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Northeast Investment Co. v. Leisure Living Communities, Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1976-01-27· cited 65×
• Blance v. Alley
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-08-03· cited 32×
• Usen v. Usen
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1940-06-08· cited 20×
• Lipman Bros. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1953-09-09· cited 17×
• Connors v. International Harvester Company
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-12-10· cited 17×
• Grant v. City of Saco
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-11-02· cited 15×
• Foisy v. Bishop
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1967-09-06· cited 14×
• Warren v. Waterville Urban Renewal Authority
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1969-12-03· cited 12×
• Plumbago Mining Corp. v. Sweatt
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-04-21· cited 12×
• Morton v. Greater Portland Transit District
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-01-27· cited 6×