Badwey Oil, Inc. (Badwey), appeals from the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of ConocoPhillips Petroleum Co. (Conoco) on the ground that Badwey’s breach of contract claims were barred by a statute of limitations. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

Background

Since 1960, the parties have had a business relationship, initially through the... More...   $0 (11-04-2009 - KS)

Nancy Kessling sued appellees, Friendswood Independent School District (AF.I.S.D.@) and its superintendent, Patricia Hanks, for various alleged violations of the Texas Open Meetings Act (ATOMA@), Texas Public Information Act (ATPIA@), and Texas Education Code. In two issues on appeal, Kessling contends that the trial court erred in (1) granting summary judgment against her TOMA and TPIA claims, a... More...   $0 (11-03-2009 - TX)

Plaintiff Vartika Dubey filed suit against Public Storage, Inc., Metropublic Storage Fund, and PS Illinois Trust (collectively “Metropublic” or “defendant”) to recover damages she incurred arising out of the loss of her personal property from a storage unit. Dubey claimed that such loss was the result of an alleged breach of contract, a conversion, and a violation of the Illinois Consumer ... More...   $0 (10-31-2009 - IL)

Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (“Matrixx”) is a pharmaceutical company that sells cold products through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zicam, LLC. One of its main products is Zicam Cold Remedy, which comes in several different forms.1 Plaintiffs-Appellants are lead plaintiff, NECA-IBEW Pension Fund, and named plaintiff, James Siracusano, in a class action brought against Matrixx and three Matrixx exe... More...   $0 (10-30-2009 - AZ)

Three months after Derek Lewitton stopped working for ITA Software, Inc. he attempted to exercise options to purchase 138,900 shares of ITA stock. According to Lewitton, those shares vested pursuant to his employment contract during his 25- month tenure with ITA. When ITA refused to allow Lewitton to purchase more than 34,722 shares, Lewitton filed this suit in Illinois state court claiming that I... More...   $0 (10-28-2009 - )

Plaintiffs filed this diversity case arising under Colorado law to compel the continued advancement of defense costs under an excess Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance policy provided by defendant Twin City Fire Insurance Company (“Twin City”). Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s order denying their motion for a preliminary injunction and partial summary judgment on the... More...   $0 (10-26-2009 - CO)

This case arises from two transactions in which WahlcoMetroflex, Inc. ("WMI" or "the company") issued equity shares as compensation for agreements made by most of its shareholders to guaranty personally loans made to WMI. Alexander Baldwin, one of seven shareholders and founders of WMI, filed suit alleging that WMI's directors breached their fiduciary duties to him by issuing the two sets of shar... More...   $0 (10-22-2009 - ME)

This action involves a dispute over the parties‟ respective rights upon termination of a joint venture. Appellants Jan Vreeken (Vreeken); Gergbroeders Meijer Belegging, B.V., a Netherlands corporation (Gergbroeders); Lockwood Engineering, B.V., a Netherlands corporation (Lockwood); and Third-Party Appellants Lockwood Packaging Corporation (LP) and Lockwood Packaging Corporation Idaho (LPI) file ... More...   $0 (10-21-2009 - ID)

Appellant, Janell S. Marin appeals from a judgment in favor of appellee, IESI TX Corporation ("IESI"). The judgment was rendered in accordance with the jury's findings that Marin committed forgery, misapplication of fiduciary property, fraud, and conversion. In nine issues, Marin challenges the trial court's admission of evidence, the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence, and the award o... More...   $0 (10-15-2009 - TX)

Psychotherapist Brian Fears does business as Choices Family Education Services, S.C. (“Choices”). Choices, Brian Fears and his wife, Jennifer, (collectively, Fears) appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of Ann Brill, a certified public accountant. Fears claimed that Brill was negligent and breached her fiduciary duty in performing her accountant responsibilities. We agree that Fea... More...   $0 (10-07-2009 - WI)

In this suit on a contract for deed, appellant, Anna Marie Nguyen appeals the trial court's take-nothing judgment in favor of the appellees, Alex Yovan and Philip Yovan. In two issues, Nguyen argues that (1) the contract is not barred by the statute of frauds and (2) the evidence supports numerous statutory violations.

We reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand for proceedings co... More...   $0 (10-01-2009 - TX)

[¶1] David K. Stone and Nicholas B. Loundagin assigned their operating rights under a state oil and gas lease to Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. (Devon) and Carpenter & Sons, Inc. (Carpenter). When Devon and Carpenter did not offer to reassign the operating rights to them six months before the lease expiration date, Mr. Stone and Mr. Loundagin filed an action against them for breach of cont... More...   $0 (10-01-2009 - WY)

Defendant-Appellant Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC (“BJC”) appeals from the district court’s judgment following an eight-day bench trial. The district court awarded Plaintiff-Appellee MACTEC, Inc. (“MACTEC”) $9,844,319.82, plus attorney fees and interest, on several of its claims and denied all of BJC’s counterclaims. BJC asserts that the district court erred by: (1) finding unreliable th... More...   $0 (09-25-2009 - TN)

This case involves a wrongful death suit by the parents of an adult

child against her medical care provider. We are asked to decide if the provision of services

that have an economic value may be considered by the trier of fact when determining whether

a parent was "dependent for support" on an adult child as required by RCW 4.20.020 to

maintain an action for wrong... More...   $0 (09-23-2009 - )

In January 2004, Attorney William K. Dietz filed this action against Meisenheimer & Herron and Meisenheimer, Herron & Steele (Meisenheimer). In his complaint, Dietz alleged that he referred a bad faith insurance litigation matter involving Vital Services Company Inc. (Vital) to Meisenheimer. Dietz further alleged that Meisenheimer breached an agreement between Meisenheimer and Dietz to pay Dietz 2... More...   $0 (09-17-2009 - CA)

Donaldson Company, Inc., a nonsignatory, seeks to compel arbitration against Burroughs Diesel, Inc., a signatory to an agreement with an arbitration clause. The district court ordered arbitration. Burroughs appeals. Jurisdiction being proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court reverses and remands.1

I.

In 1999, Burroughs signed a Dealer Full Service Agreement with Western Star Truck ... More...   $0 (09-16-2009 - MO)

This case concerning the ownership of certain real property in Fort Smith is before us for the third time.1 Appellants Daniel Hearne and his wife Debora Hearne claimed an interest in this property by virtue of two deeds, one from Daniel Hearne’s mother, and the other from David Banks, the former husband of appellee Diane Banks. The circuit court held that the deed from Hearne’s mother failed f... More...   $0 (09-16-2009 - AR)

On appeal, judgment on claim for legal negligence reversed and remanded for new trial with instructions to strike paragraphs 16(a) and 16(b) from plaintiff's complaint; judgment on counterclaim for breach of written contingent fee contract reversed and remanded. On cross-appeal, judgments for directed verdict on slander of title and misuse of civil proceedings claims involving lis pendens and sta... More...   $0 (09-09-2009 - OR)

Richard Neiswonger (Neiswonger) appeals the district court’s1 entry of a civil contempt order against Neiswonger for Neiswonger’s violations of a prior permanent injunction, enjoining him from using deceptive and misleading sales practices. Neiswonger claims the district court erred in denying Neiswonger’s motion for a separate hearing on the issues of damages and disgorgement of profits and... More...   $0 (09-09-2009 - MO)

This case involves two appeals arising from the dismissal of a putative consolidated class action against H&R Block, Inc. (“Block”), and individual defendants who are corporate officers or directors of Block. First, Horizon Asset Management Inc. (“Horizon”) appeals the merits of the dismissal, arguing that the district court erred in concluding that Horizon failed adequately to plead scien... More...   $0 (09-09-2009 - MO)

Brian Prowel appeals the District Court’s summary judgment in favor of his former employer, Wise Business Forms, Inc. Prowel sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, alleging that Wise harassed and retaliated against him because of sex and religion. The principal issue on appeal is whether Prowel has marshaled sufficient facts for his claim o... More...   $0 (09-08-2009 - PA)

Andrea Anderson ("Anderson") appeals the district court's1 grant of summary judgment to her former employer, Family Dollar Stores of Arkansas, Inc. ("Family Dollar"), in this employment discrimination suit. In this summary judgment context, we view the facts and reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to Anderson, the nonmoving party, see Hansen v. Qwest Commc'ns, 564 F.3d 919, 923 (8th ... More...   $0 (09-01-2009 - AR)

Mi Bong Hong ("Ms. Hong") appeals a judgment entered against her in favor of Chong Chin Cha ("Ms. Cha") by the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County in the amount of $104,795.26.

Background

The instant appeal is the second time the parties’ case has been before this Court. The parties’ first appellate journey resulted in an unreported opinion by a panel of this Court authored by ... More...   $0 (08-31-2009 - MD)

The plaintiff homeowners, Robert Campagnone and Robin Campagnone, appeal from the judgment, rendered after a trial to the court, finding the defendant, Daniel W. Clark, liable for breach of a home improvement contract but awarding them only nominal damages. The plaintiffs claim that the court improperly (1) found that their proposed remediation estimate for exterior construction work was unnecessa... More...   $0 (08-25-2009 - CT)

We are asked to invalidate the President’s authority to designate terrorist organizations when there is an extraordinary threat to national security, as well as the Secretary of the Treasury’s authorization to designate further organizations; and to declare that a ban on providing “services” to, or for the benefit of, such organizations, is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad.

In... More...   $0 (08-25-2009 - CA)