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Janice Steidley, et al. v. John Singer, et al.

Claremore, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on defamation and libel theories. Janice Steidley, the former district attorney for District 12 (Craig, Mayes, and Rogers Counties, Oklahoma), and David Iski, a former assistant district attorney in District 12, sued John Singer, an investigator for the Claremore Police Department. Steidley was elec

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Lizette Lucio, et al. v Brownsville Independent School District, et al.

Houston, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories. Coach and teacher Marc Lucio refused to shake the hands of several Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) board members and employees during a meeting he was invited to attend to celebrate the successes of a team he coached. He claims his actions were motivate

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State of Oklahoma v. Lubuto Musondra

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse by injury, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5. Lubuto Musonda, was tried by a jury and convicted in Tulsa County District Court, Case No. CF-2015-770, of Count 3: Child Abuse by Injury, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2014, § 843.5; Count 4: Second Degree Robbery, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 791; Count 5: As

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Estate of Ceaser Stinson v. Joel Streicher

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Deputy Joel Streicher of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office caused a fatal auto acci- dent while on patrol in his unmarked sheriff’s vehicle. Driving within the speed limit, he approached a controlled intersection as the light turned yellow and then red. But he

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Debbie Navejas v. City of El Paso

El Paso, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the City of El Paso, et al. on civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. 1983. El Paso police officer Steven Jason used his taser on Armando Navejas during a response to a domestic violence situation involving Navejas, age 70. Navajos was taken to the hospital where he died. More...   $ (10-10-2026 - TX)

Alek Schott v. Bexar County, Texas

San Antonio, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Alek Schott, was traveling for his oil industry job as president of RMS Controls when he was stopped without probable cause on I-35 in March 2022 by local sheriff’s deputy Joel Babb or the search or interrogation that followed. Roadside fe

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State of Oklahoma v. Ed Lawson

Poteau, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree rape in violation of 21 O.S. 1114. On September 17, 1983, appellant drove to Spiro, Oklahoma to see his daughter, M.L. When appellant arrived, M.L. got into his truck and they drove to Flower Hill Strip Pits. After they arrived at the Strip Pits, appellant became angry and threatened to kill M.L. Appel

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State of Oklahoma v. Willard Leslie Reupert

Guthrie, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder in violation of 21 O.S. 1114, rape by instrumentation in violation of 21 O.S. 1114, and forcible oral sodomy in violation of 21 O.S. 888, Reported by: Kent Morlan The trial court allowe

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State of Oklahoma v. Rodney L. Harris

Shawnee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree rape in violation of 21 O.S. 1114. Reported by: Kent Morlan Around midnight on May 1, 1984, P.P. awoke when she heard a sound in her bedroom. Appellant put a knife at her throat. P.P.'s four

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State of Oklahoma v. Kevin Lee Highsaw

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First Degree Rape and Sodomy in violation of 21 O.S. 1114.] Mr. Highsaw had turned seventeen years old just ten days before the victim was raped on February 1, 1983 The legislature's clear intent in changing the definition of "child" in 1982 was to give persons 16 and 17 years of age adult status if they are cha

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Vernon Horn and Marquis Jackson v. City of New Haven, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut, justice went to hell when Vernon Horn and Marquis Jackson were wrongfully convicted of murder and were sentenced to prison. Personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory. Vernon Horn and Marquis Jackson were accused, prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced to “On January 24, 1999, at app

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Ethel Anderson, et al. v. Centurion of Florida, LLC, et al.

Tampa, Florida, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on prisoner civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Reported by Kent Morlan Plaintiffs Ethel Anderson, Wanda Meadows, Jacqueline Luongo, Jennifer Johnson, and Virginia Crowley, former and current inmates

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Pravin G. Sampat v. Kansas Department of Children and Families

Topeka, Kansas, personal lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an employment discrimination theory. Reported by Kent Morlan Pravin G. Sampat sued the Department and Stone, as an individual, under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as well as four federal statute

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United States of America v. Andrea Nicole Doherty

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding customers of her former Porsche restoration and resale business and pocketing more than $827,000. Digested by Kent Morlan Andrea Nicole Doherty, 38, admitted that she took over CPR Classic

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Bobbie Jo Horocofsky v. City of Lawrence, Kansas, et al.

Kansas City, Kansas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights claim. Digested by: Kent Morlan Bobbie Jo Horocofsky alleged that she was raped by a law-school classmate. But officers of the City of Lawrence Police Department (LPD) ended up investigating her fo

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The State of Oklahoma v. Cody Owen Russell

Newkirk, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography in violation of 21 O.S. 1040.12a. Digested by Kent Morlan On September 25, 2023, Blackwell Police Officers executed a search warrant on Russell's residence searching for ev

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Sate of Oklahoma v. Michael David Randolph

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in illegal drugs, after former conviction of two or more felonies in violation of 63 O.S. 2-415 and 63 O.S. 2-402. Reported by: Kent Morlan In March, 2007, Tulsa police officers Ludwig and Beaty

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State of Oklahoma v. Meko Atkins

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 645 United States Department of Justice: The Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13, makes state law applicable to conduct occurring on lands reserved or acquired by the Federal government as provided in 18 U.S.C. § 7(3), when the act or omission is n

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John Gannon v. Texas Department of Transportation, et al.

Houston, Texas, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants challenging an adverse administrative decision relating to billboards. Reported by Kent Morlan ohn Gannon, Inc. (Gannon), owned multiple billboards regulated by the Texas Department of Tran

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State of Rhode Island v. Nelson Carreiro

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with first-degree child molestation. Reported by Kent Morlan The sordid facts leading to this criminal appeal began in 2005, when the complainant was ten years old and in the fourth grade. At that time

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Caroline Mariani v. The States of Oklahoma, et al. Oklahoma States University

Stillwater, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff of a Governmental Tort Claims Act negligence theory. Plaintiff/Appellee Carolyn Mariani (Mariani) was injured in a motor vehicle accident on July 25, 2011, in Payne County, Oklahoma, when her vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer operated by an employee of Defendant/Appellant State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma State Unive

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Gabriel Oliver v. City of Brandon, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance prohibiting street preaching near a public amphitheater. Olivier is a street preacher in Mississippi—a Christian who believes that sharing his religious views with fellow citizens is an im- portant part of exercising his faith. His vocation sometimes took him to the sidewa

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Angel Salcdo, et al. v. City of Las Vegas, et al.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on civil rights violation theories. During an hours-long standoff with law enforcement in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Alejandro Alirez shot his girlfriend, Cristal Cervantes, and her grandfather, Victor Cervantes, inside their home. Alirez livestreamed the encounter on Facebook for nearly 51 minutes. Cristal was a

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United States of America v. Kylear Williams

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. We must decide whether the Fourth Amendment permitted a protective sweep of a car after the driver was arrested and handcuffed. Everyone agrees that the police developed reasonable suspicion that the driver was armed and dangerous. But with the arrest, any safety r

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State of Oklahoma v. Anthony James Mann

Chickasha, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. The victim, Charles Keene, was abducted and murdered in the early morning hours of January 23, 1983. His body was weighted with a heavy chain, fastened to a cement block and dropped in the Washita River. He had multiple contusions, cuts, including a slit in his throat and a broken leg. The c

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