Bryan R. v. Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc.

Decided October 18, 1999. Leigh I. Saufley wrote the opinion for the court.

1999 ME 144 · Cited 138 times

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• Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California · 551 P.2d 334
• Hoff v. Vacaville Unified School District · 968 P.2d 522
• McAfee v. Cole · 637 A.2d 463
• Pritzlaff v. Archdiocese of Milwaukee · 533 N.W.2d 780
• Cameron v. Pepin · 610 A.2d 279
• Trusiani v. Cumberland & York Distributors, Inc. · 538 A.2d 258
• Gragg v. Wichita State University · 934 P.2d 121
• Devine v. Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc. · 637 A.2d 441
• McPherson v. McPherson · 1998 ME 141
• Brenneman v. State of California · 208 Cal. App. 3d 812
• Davis v. Currier · 1997 ME 199
• Estate of Campbell · 1997 ME 212
• Hill v. Safford Unified School District · 952 P.2d 754
• Leonard v. Latrobe Area Hospital · 625 A.2d 1228
• Hamilton v. Greenleaf · 677 A.2d 525
• Clappison v. Foley · 96 A.2d 325
• Gibson v. Brewer · 952 S.W.2d 239
• Perreira v. State · 768 P.2d 1198
• Schmidt v. Bishop · 779 F. Supp. 321
• Gammon v. Osteopathic Hospital of Maine, Inc. · 534 A.2d 1282
• Rowe v. Bennett · 514 A.2d 802

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