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Philip and Phyllis Sutula and Dr. John Stien v. The Landings Lakeside, LLC and Kevin Owens
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Plaintiffs claimed that Defendants breach their contracts with them by not completing the condominiums purchased by them when promised, that defendants made false representations regarding construction, that they failed to notify the plaintiffs that a stop work order was issued by the city of Duluth, and that they had no plan to complete the work i... More... $800,000 (5/9/2008 - MN )
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Sheryl Rogers v. United States Postal Service, et al.
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Sheryl Rogers sued the United States Postal Service on a civil rights theory, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, claiming that she was discriminated against because she is African-American (Black). Rogers claimed that she was harassed beginning in 1999, when she was assigned to a new area of the post office. Rogers testified that she endured chants of racial epithet... More... $382,500 (5/9/2008 - IA )
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Payless Shoesource Inc v. Adidas-Salomon AG et al
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Payless Shoesource, Inc. sued Adidas America, Inc. and Adidas-Salomon AG on a trademark theory claiming that Adidas' stripes on clothes are not distinctive enough to be trade marked.
Defendants counterclaimed asserting that Payless was infringing their trademark for running shoes.... More... $300,000 (5/9/2008 - KS )
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Adidas AG v. Sears Holdings Corp d/b/a Kmart
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Adidas AG sued Sears Holdings Corp. d/b/a Kmart on a trademark infringement theory claiming that defendant copied plaintiff's three-stripe design motif by selling athletic shoes with sets of two and four stripes. ... More... $1 (5/9/2008 - OR )
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North Star Mutual Insurance Company v. Brad Peterson, et al.
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[¶1.] This case involves a question of automobile insurance coverage for injuries sustained when a gun discharged while deer hunters were waiting to be transported to the fields. The circuit court found that the automobile liability policy covered the gunshot injuries.
[¶2.] Milbank Insurance Co. (Milbank) issued the automobile liability po... More... $0 (5/9/2008 - SD )
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Cemen Tech, Inc. v. Three D Industries, LLC, et al.
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When the defendants in this case began to manufacture a cement
mixer similar to one manufactured by Cemen Tech (CTI), CTI sued them,
alleging breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair
competition, and breach of fiduciary duty. The district court granted the
defendants’ motion for summary judgment on virtually all of the
pla... More... $0 (5/9/2008 - IA )
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Mary E. Green v. Alpharma, Inc., et al.
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This appeal arises from an order of the Washington County Circuit Court granting
summary judgment in favor of Appellees George’s Farms, Inc.; George’s Processing, Inc.
(collectively “George”); Simmons Foods, Inc.; Simmons Poultry Farms, Inc. (collectively
“Simmons”); Peterson Farms, Inc. (“Peterson”); and Tyson Foods, Inc. (“Tyson”). The
circui... More... $0 (5/9/2008 - AR )
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City of Alexander v. Royal Doss
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The City of Alexander, hereinafter “the City,” appeals from an order of the Pulaski
County Circuit Court awarding Royal Doss $6,180 for maintaining a ditch on a city right-ofway
adjacent to Doss’s property. On appeal, the City argues: 1) the trial court erred in
finding that the City was not entitled to immunity under Arkansas Code Annotated sec... More... $0 (5/9/2008 - AR )
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Robert Barber v. Earle Blackford
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The Independence County Circuit Court granted judgment in the amount of
$4,366.12 to appellee Earle Blackford on November 27, 2007, following a bench trial. The
trial court found that appellant Robert Barber had been unjustly enriched at the expense of
appellee as a result of appellant’s repossession of a trailer appellee was purchasing from him... More... $0 (5/9/2008 - AR )
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Florine McDonald v. Randel Wayne Brown, M.D., et al.
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This is a medical-malpractice and wrongful-death case. Appellants Florine McDonald
and Babbye Davis, as co-personal representatives of the Estate of Miriam Davis, deceased,
appeal from an order of the Jefferson County Circuit Court granting the motions of appellees
Randel Brown, M.D. (Brown), and Jefferson Hospital Association, Inc., d/b/a Jeffe... More... $0 (5/9/2008 - AR )
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Jose Garcia-Aguillon v. Michael B. Mukasey
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Jose Domingo Garcia-Aguillon, a citizen and native of Mexico, seeks review
of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that summarily affirmed and
adopted the decision of an immigration judge (IJ) denying Garcia-Aguillon’s request
for voluntary departure and ordering his removal to Mexico. We dismiss the petition
for review for lack o... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - MO )
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Alfred Bone Shirt v. Joyce Hazeltine
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Alfred Bone Shirt, Belva Black Lance, Bonni High Bull, and Germaine Moves
Camp (“plaintiffs”) challenge the district court’s1 order denying their motion for
expert witness fees under section 6 of the “Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and
Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006,”
42 U.S.C. § 1973l(e) (the “VR... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - SD )
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William Benton v. Merrill Lynch & Company
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William B. Benton and approximately forty other investors appeal the district
court's1 orders dismissing their Complaint and Amended Complaint for failure to state
facts on which relief could be granted under two theories of recovery–violation of the
Arkansas Securities Act and common law fraud. We affirm.
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This action was filed... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - AR )
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David Dill v. General American Life Ins.
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Following a seven-day trial, a jury awarded David Dill damages on his
negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation claims against General American Life
Insurance Company ("General American"). Following the entry of judgment, General
American filed a renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law, which the district
court2 dismissed for lack of ju... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - AR )
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Charles Williams v. City of Carl Junction
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Charles E. Williams appeals a District Court judgment awarding attorney fees
under 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) to the City of Carl Junction, Missouri, (the “City”) and to
the City's Mayor, Administrator, and Police Chief (collectively, "defendants"). The
District Court awarded over $157,000 in fees after this Court affirmed the entry of
summary judgmen... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - MO )
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ABN Amro Services Company, Inc. v. Navarrete Industries, Inc. d/b/a INS Integrated Securities Solutions, Inc.
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On September 11, 2006, plaintiffs, ABN AMRO Services Co., Inc., LaSalle Bank
Corporation, and LaSalle Bank NA, filed a verified complaint for injunctive relief and damages
against defendants, Navarrete Industries, Inc., doing business as INS Integrated Security
Solutions, Inc. (collectively INS), George Konjuch, and Armando and Ana Navarrete (Ar... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - IL )
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Farmers Automobile Insurance Association v. Stephen Wroblewski and Gloria Wroblewski
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Plaintiff Farmers Automobile Insurance Association (Farmers)
filed a declaratory judgment action against its insureds Stephen
and Gloria Wroblewski (Wroblewski),1 seeking a judgment that
Farmers was not obligated to provide uninsured motorist coverage
to Wroblewski in connection with a traffic accident involving
Wroblewski and Sharon Drolet, w... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - IL )
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Ricky D. Compton v. Country Mutual Insurance Company
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The plaintiff, Ricky Compton, filed an action against the
defendant, Country Mutual Insurance Company (Country Mutual), for
declaratory judgment, breach of contract and consumer fraud on
behalf of himself and similarly situated individuals. In his
complaint, the plaintiff maintained that Country Mutual's
practice of placing liens on insurance ... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - IL )
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Christine Moore v. Forrest City School District
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After several unsuccessful attempts to obtain a promotion from teacher to
assistant principal, Christine Moore sued the Forrest City School District ("the School
District") and its superintendent, Lee Vent, in his official capacity, claiming racial
discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983.
After a two... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - AR )
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Pamela Steed v. Michael J. Astrue
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Pamela Steed appeals the district court's1 order affirming the Commissioner's
denial of social security disability and supplemental security income benefits. We
affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
At the time of her hearing in June 2005 before the Administrative Law Judge
(ALJ), Steed was a thirty-two-year-old woman with a high school diploma ... More... $0 (5/8/2008 - AR )
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James Kiser, et al. v. J. Peter Jungbacker, et al.
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The appeal in this class action springs from the
award of attorney fees and costs in the settlement liquidating a commercial real
estate investment limited partnership. The general partner and its general partners
and affiliated entities appeal from the order approving the class action settlement
and awarding attorney fees and costs, specifical... More... $520,000 (5/7/2008 - WI )
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Nic J. Eichenseer v. Madison-Dane County Tavern League, Inc., et al.
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This is an antitrust case. The
plaintiffs1 accuse 24 taverns in the immediate vicinity of the
University of Wisconsin campus in Madison and the Madison-Dane
County Tavern League, Inc. (collectively, the defendants) of
horizontal price-fixing violations under Wis. Stat. § 133.03(1)2
because, in response to pressure from city government to ban a... More... $0 (5/7/2008 - WI )
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Harris County Hospital District v. Textac Partners I, et al.
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In this appeal, the Harris County Hospital District (AHospital District@) appeals the trial court=s dismissal of its condemnation action, in which it sought to acquire property owned by Textac Partners I (ATextac@) as part of an LBJ Hospital expansion project. In its first three issues, the Hospital District contends that the trial court erred in ... More... $0 (5/6/2008 - TX )
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Louis W. Miller and Richard J. Royals v. American Airlines, Inc.
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Plaintiffs Louis Miller and
Richard Royals, ages eighty and seventy-five years old
respectively, have sued their former employer, American
Airlines, Inc. for failing to offer them a position with
salary comparable to that of their previous job of flight
engineer, which they held until May of 2002. Because the
arbitrator determined that the co... More... $0 (5/6/2008 - IL )
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Prima Tek II v. Klerk's Plastic Industries, B.V.
and Klerk's Plactice Products Manufacturing, Inc.
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This case involves a licensing
dispute between two companies that operate in the pot
cover business. Prima Tek II (“PTII”), in essence, gave
Klerk’s Plastic (“Klerks”) permission to use its technology
to create superior pot covers in exchange for a royalty
fee on each sale. The agreement between the parties
delineated the type of product that... More... $0 (5/6/2008 - IL )
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Chermane Smith, et al. v. City of Chicago, et al.
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The Chicago Police Department,
acting under the Illinois Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure
Act (DAFPA), 725 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (2004), seized property
belonging to the plaintiffs. In response, the plaintiffs filed
this case, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that when
property is seized under the Act, due process requires that
they be given a pr... More... $0 (5/6/2008 - IL )
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Melvin Johnson v. James Brian Hawkins, II and Banks & Hawkins
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On July 28, 2005, appellant sued appellees for legal malpractice. The case was set for trial on September 26, 2006, but was not reached. That same day, the Honorable David Evans, the trial judge for the 193rd Judicial District Court, issued an order resetting the case for trial on February 20, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. The order stated “*Parties are to ann... More... $0 (5/6/2008 - TX )
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Sankararao Tamtam, M.D., P.A. v. Lee Waters, Individually and as Legal Heir and
Representative of the Estate of Josephine Waiters
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Josephine Waiters was a resident at the Guadalupe Valley Nursing Center G.P., L.L.C. and was under the care of Dr. Sankararao Tamtam. Ms. Waiters suffered from a number of medical problems including gout and renal failure. On or about May 12, 2004, Dr. Tamtam prescribed the medication Allopurinol for Ms. Waiters in response to her com... More... $0 (5/6/2008 - TX )
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Jerusalem Presbyterian Church v. Mission Presbytery, et al.
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Jerusalem Presbyterian Church and Arnold Benitez appeal the trial court's temporary injunction order that enjoins Benitez from taking possession and asserting ownership over church property. Because the issues in this appeal involve the application of well-settled principles of law, we affirm the trial court's judgment in this memorandum opinion.
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Yvette Arledge, et al. v. Juanita Francis Ricks, etc., et al.
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Appellants Yvette Arledge, D'Anne Arledge, Shane Arledge, Shawn Hughes, Sol E. Arledge, Jr., Individually, and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Willie Dorothy Arledge, Carl Brite, and Evelyn Brite appeal from the trial court's denial of their request for a temporary injunction against Juanita Francis Ricks, Trustee of the Ricks Family Trust... More... $0 (5/6/2008 - TX )
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