Adoption Law
 
JOSHUA HORNSBY Individually and as Personal Representative for Janae Hornsby (a deceased minor) Plaintiff, v. BARBOUR & SHORT, INC., an Oklahoma Corporation HOLLEYMAN ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS PLLC, an Oklahoma Corporation and KIRKPATRICK FOREST CURTIS, PC dba KFC Engineering an Oklahoma Corporation MOORE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NOS 1-2, CITY OF MOORE, and John Does 1-10 Defendants, AL SLATTERY MASONRY, INC.; ALLIED STEEL CONSTRUCTION, INC.; MID-AMERICA ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.; WEIBEE STEEL, INC.; CMC CONSTRUCTION,SERVICES, DBA LOFLAND COMPANY, AND OKIE FOUNDATION DRILLING, CO., INC. THIRD PARTY DEFENDANTS.

Norman, OK - JOSHUA HORNSBY Individually and as
Personal Representative for Janae
Hornsby (a deceased minor)
Plaintiff,
v.
BARBOUR & SHORT, INC.,
an Oklahoma Corporation
HOLLEYMAN ASSOCIATES
ARCHITECTS PLLC, an Oklahoma
Corporation and KIRKPATRICK FOREST
CURTIS, PC dba KFC Engineering
an Oklahoma Corporation
MOORE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NOS... More...
   $0 (06-12-2017 - OK)

BRANDIE CANDELARIA INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF ANTONIA LEE CANDELARIA DECEASED Plaintiff, v. BARBOUR & SHORT, INC. AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION, HOLLEYMAN ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS PLLC, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION, AND KIRKPATRICK FOREST CURTIS PC DBS KFC ENGINEERING AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION, MOORE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NOS 1-2, THE CITY OF MOORE, AND JOHN DOES 1-10. Defendants, AL SLATTERY MASONRY, INC.; ALLIED STEEL CONSTRUCTION, INC.; MID-AMERICA ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.; WEIBEE STEEL, INC.; CMC CONSTRUCTION,SERVICES, DBA LOFLAND COMPANY, AND OKIE FOUNDATION DRILLING, CO., INC. THIRD PARTY DEFENDANTS.

BRANDIE CANDELARIA INDIVIDUALLY
AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
ESTATE OF ANTONIA LEE CANDELARIA
DECEASED
Plaintiff,
v.
BARBOUR & SHORT, INC.
AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION,
HOLLEYMAN ASSOCIATES
ARCHITECTS PLLC, AN OKLAHOMA
CORPORATION, AND KIRKPATRICK FOREST
CURTIS PC DBS KFC ENGINEERING
AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION,
MOORE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIS... More...
   $0 (06-12-2017 - OK)

DANIEL and NICOLE ANGLE, Individually and as Personal Representatives for the Estate of SYDNEY ANGLE, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. BARBOUR & SHORT, INC., an Oklahoma Corporation; HOLLEYMAN ASSOCIATES ARCHICTS, PLLC, an Oklahoma Corporation; and KIRKPATRICK FOREST CURTIS, P.C., d/b/a KFC ENGINEERING, an Oklahoma Corporation; MOORE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NOS. 1-2; THE CITY OF MOORE; and JOHN DOES 1-10, Defendants, BARBOUR & SHORT CONSTRUCTION, INC., an Oklahoma Corporation, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, v. AL SLATTERY MASONRY, INC.; ALLIED STEEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.; MID-AMERICA ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION INC.; WEIBEE STEEL, INC.; CMC CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, d/b/a LOFLAND COMPANY; and OKIE FOUNDATION DRILLING CO., INC., Third Party Defendants.

Issue # 1. Issue: NEGLIGENCE (GENERAL) (NEGL)
Filed By: ANGLE, DANIEL
Filed Date: 03/13/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: City Of Moore Disposed: DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, 06/22/2015. Dismissed- Settled
Defendant: MOORE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NOS 1-2 Disposed: DISMISSED - WITH PREJUDICE, 06/12/2017. Dismissed- Settled
Defendant: BARBOUR & SHOR... More...
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Cherrity Weatherford v. City of San Rafael

In California, concerns about improper government expenditures can give
rise to more than just criticism in the public sphere or complaints to elected
officials. Under Code of Civil Procedure section 526a,
1
certain individuals and
corporations also have a right to pursue legal actions enjoining wasteful or illegal
expenditures by government entities. Whether someone can us... More...
   $0 (06-11-2017 - CA)

Cherrity Weatherford v. City of San Rafael

In California, concerns about improper government expenditures can give
rise to more than just criticism in the public sphere or complaints to elected
officials. Under Code of Civil Procedure section 526a,
1
certain individuals and
corporations also have a right to pursue legal actions enjoining wasteful or illegal
expenditures by government entities. Whether someone can us... More...
   $0 (06-08-2017 - CA)

Williams and Fickett v. County of Fresno

As a general rule, a party must exhaust available administrative remedies as
a prerequisite to seeking relief in the courts. “In the property tax context,
application of the exhaustion principle means that a taxpayer ordinarily may not
file or pursue a court action for a tax refund without first applying to the local
board of equalization for assessment reduction under [Revenue and... More...
   $0 (06-07-2017 - CA)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — v. — ROSS WILLIAM ULBRICHT, a/k/a DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS, a/k/a SILK ROAD, a/k/a SEALED DEFENDANT 1, a/k/a DPR Judges Question Ross Ulbricht’s Life Sentence in Silk Road Appeal

In February 2015, a jury convicted Ross William Ulbricht on seven counts
arising from his creation and operation of Silk Road under the username Dread
Pirate Roberts (“DPR”).1 Silk Road was a massive, anonymous criminal marketplace that operated using the Tor Network, which renders Internet traffic
through the Tor browser extremely difficult to trace.2 Silk Road users principally
b... More...
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State of Mississippi v. Kevin Scott a/k/a Kevin V. Scott a/k/a Kevin Vincent Scott a/k/a Kelvin Scott a/k/a Kelvin Vincent Scott

In November 1995, eighteen-year-old Scott killed Richard Lee while stealing his car.6
In 1998, he was tried before a Bolivar County jury, which found him guilty of capital murder.
After a separate hearing, the jury sentenced Scott to death.
¶5. Scott appealed. We affirmed Scott’s conviction and death sentence. Scott I, 878 So.
2d 933. In doing so, we rejected Scott’s argument... More...
   $0 (06-05-2017 - MS)

Li Guan v. Yongmei Hu

Defendant Yongmei Hu (Hu) appeals from a judgment
entered in favor of plaintiff Li Guan (Guan). Guan initially
sued Hu for breach of a contract. However, several months
before trial, the trial court dismissed the breach of contract
claim with prejudice. As a result, Guan proceeded to trial on
various fraud-based claims (e.g., rescission, cancellation, and
fraud in the induc... More...
   $0 (06-04-2017 - CA)

In the Matter of Jane Doe, III

This is a parental rights termination and adoption case. John Doe I (“Father”) is incarcerated. The magistrate court held that it was in the best interest of Jane Doe III (“Child”) that Father’s rights be terminated so that John Doe II (“Stepfather”) may adopt her. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Jane Doe II (“Mother”) and Father are the natural parents of Child. Mother and... More...
   $0 (05-31-2017 - ID)

CRST, Inc. v. Super. Ct.

This case arises from a vehicular accident in which a
freightliner driven by petitioners’ employee struck a vehicle,
causing serious injuries to the passengers, real parties in
interest Matthew and Michael Lennig. The Lennigs brought
negligence claims against the employee and petitioners and
sought punitive damages. After admitting vicarious liability
for any negligence by ... More...
   $0 (05-29-2017 - CA)

California Fair Plan Association v. Garnes

In 2011, Marlene Garnes’s family home in Richmond, California was seriously
damaged by a kitchen fire. She had purchased a fire insurance policy for the property,
with a policy limit of $425,000 (the Policy), from California FAIR Plan Association
(FAIR), California’s insurer of last resort. The dispute in this case and the issue on
appeal is how much coverage Garnes is entitled to ... More...
   $0 (05-27-2017 - CA)

International Refugee Assistance Project v. Donald J. Trump

The question for this Court, distilled to its essential form, is whether the
Constitution, as the Supreme Court declared in Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 2,
120 (1866), remains “a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace.” And if
so, whether it protects Plaintiffs’ right to challenge an Executive Order that in text speaks
with vague words of national security, ... More...
   $0 (05-25-2017 - )

Sanjiv Goel, M.D., Inc. v. Regal Medical Group, Inc.

Appellant Sanjiv Goel, M.D., Inc.1 appeals from a judgment
following a court trial on his quantum meruit claim for fees for
emergency treatment rendered to four patients as an
interventional cardiologist. The trial court found that the fees
paid by Respondent Regal Medical Group, Inc. (Regal) for this
treatment reflected the reasonable value of the services that Goel
provid... More...
   $0 (05-24-2017 - CA)

Angelo Emilio Montoya v. The People of the State of Colorado Men Sentenced For Wheat Ridge Teen's Slaying

Angelo Montoya and his cousin were charged by grand jury indictment with
extreme indifference murder in the shooting death of a young woman at a party.1 The
two were tried together, and although both were acquitted of the charged offense of
extreme indifference murder, they were each convicted of attempted extreme
indifference murder, reckless manslaughter, criminally negligen... More...
   $0 (05-15-2017 - CO)

Joseph L. Smith v. Providence Health & Services - Oregon d/b/a Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, d/b/a Providence Medical Group, et al.

After suffering permanent brain damage from a
stroke, plaintiff Joseph Smith brought this medical negligence
action, alleging that, because doctors had not taken
proper steps to follow up on his complaints of stroke symptoms,
he lost a chance for treatment that, in one-third of
cases, provides a patient with no or reduced complications
following the stroke. Reviewing the co... More...
   $0 (05-11-2017 - OR)

STATE OF IOWA vs. VERNARD ARCHER

On December 7, 2014, E.W. was sleeping on a living room couch in her
boyfriend’s Iowa City apartment when she awoke at an early morning hour to find
a strange man in the room. The room was dim, lit by two or three miniature
Christmas trees, Christmas lighting strung up along the ceiling of the apartment,
a light on the stove, and lights from outdoors. Although E.W. was not we... More...
   $0 (05-10-2017 - IA)

STATE OF IOWA vs. MICHAEL SCHEFFERT COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA

On May 30, 2015, at approximately 12:37 a.m.,1 Scheffert was driving a
motor vehicle in the Falls Access area in Black Hawk County. Officer Tim
Peterson initiated a stop of the vehicle because he believed it was located in a
county park area that closed at 10:30 p.m., pursuant to a county ordinance. After
making contact with Scheffert and his passenger, the officer received S... More...
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Friends of the College San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo County Community CollegeDistrict

This is a case brought under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
(Pub. Resources Code,
1
§ 21000 et seq.) that is before us for a second time. In the first
appeal, we affirmed the trial court’s ruling that defendant San Mateo County Community
College District violated CEQA when it responded to changes in a campus renovation
project by issuing an addendum to a mi... More...
   $0 (05-06-2017 - )

James Raymond Clary, as Personal Representative v. City of Crescent City

John Diehl, while a resident of Washington State, owned eight vacant lots in
Crescent City, California (City).
1
Diehl appeals from the superior court‘s denial of his
petition for a writ of administrative mandate, brought under Code of Civil Procedure
section 1094.5. Diehl‘s writ petition challenged the City‘s determinations that the
overgrown weeds and rubbish on his lots... More...
   $0 (05-02-2017 - )

Cecilia Ochoa v. Anaheim City School District

INTRODUCTION
The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandated that states
establish accountability systems, requiring that all schools make “adequate yearly
progress” (AYP). (Pub.L. No. 107-110 (Jan. 8, 2002) 115 Stat. 1425.) California later
enacted the Parent Empowerment Act of 2010 (Ed. Code, §§ 53300-53303) (the Act)
which allows parents of children in poor-performing ... More...
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United States of America v. Carlos Benjamin Martinez Federal Courthouse - McAllen, Texas

McAllen, TX - Edinburg Man Gets More Than 24 Years for Three Child Pornography Charges

A 29-year-old Edinburg man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of production, receipt and distribution of child pornography.

U.S. District Judge Randy Crane handed Martinez a total sentence of 292 months in federal prison. At the hearing, the court heard testimony from ... More...
   $0 (04-28-2017 - TX)

Save Our Heritage Organisation v. City of San Diego

No appearance for Defendants and Respondents City of San Diego et al.
Plaza de Panama Committee (the Committee) appeals from an order denying its
motion for attorney fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5.1 The Committee
filed the motion after it successfully appealed a judgment granting a petition for writ of
mandamus filed by Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO), in w... More...
   $0 (04-28-2017 - )

JOHN ROBERT PHELPS V. THE STATE OF TEXAS Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

After a jury heard evidence that John Robert Phelps engaged in sexual intercourse with his
nineteen-year-old biological daughter, they convicted him of prohibited sexual conduct.1 In
accordance with the jury’s verdict, the trial court sentenced Phelps to twenty years’ imprisonment,
ordered him to pay a $10,000.00 fine, and also ordered him to pay $400.00 for his court-appointed More...
   $0 (04-27-2017 - TX)

The Aptos Council v. County of Santa Cruz

BY THE COURT:
It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on March 30, 2017, be modified as follows:

On page 18, in the first full paragraph, delete the second and third sentences
entirely and the first word of the fourth sentence, so that the fourth sentence now begins:
“As argued by the County below, . . .” The first full paragraph now reads: “In its
reply brief, Aptos C... More...
   $0 (04-26-2017 - )

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