The State appeals the Windham Superior Court, Criminal Division’s
decisions to seal certain portions of competency reports prepared in connection with court
ordered competency evaluations of Anthony Gotavaskas and Grant S. Bercik, defendants in two
separate criminal cases. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse and remand.
The facts of the respective underlying cases are as... More...   $0 (12-27-2015 - VT)

On December 28, 2010, Kerry Mitchell was found dead in a closet in his
unlocked apartment. His body was bruised and bloody, and decomposing. A
strap from a gym bag was wrapped around his neck, and a bloody footprint
was visible on the back of his shirt. The medical examiner attributed Mitchell's
death to two causes: loss of blood and lack of sufficient oxygen to vital organs More...   $0 (12-27-2015 - KY)

On December 28, 2010, Kerry Mitchell was found dead in a closet in his
unlocked apartment. His body was bruised and bloody, and decomposing. A
strap from a gym bag was wrapped around his neck, and a bloody footprint
was visible on the back of his shirt. The medical examiner attributed Mitchell's
death to two causes: loss of blood and lack of sufficient oxygen to vital organs More...   $0 (12-27-2015 - KY)

In this case, we are asked to examine whether the term "intellectual disability" in G. L. c. 265, § 13F
(indecent assault and battery on a person with an intellectual disability), renders the statute unconstitutionally vague. On
the effective date of November 2, 2010, the Legislature amended the statute substituting the term "mentally retarded person"
with "person with an intellect... More...   $0 (12-27-2015 - MA)

This products liability suit, filed by Lea Ann Tatham (“the Plaintiff”), arises from the failure of an automobile tire (“the tire”) sold by Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC, and GITI Tire (USA) (collectively “the Defendants”). The manufacturer of the tire, GITI Tire (Hualin), a Chinese company, is not a party to the case. According to the Plaintiff‟s affidavit and deposition taken in thi... More...   $0 (12-26-2015 - TN)

Robinson was a self-employed, but not entirely successful, entrepreneur. In the 1970s, he formed Hydro-Gro, Inc., a company that produced hydroponic vegetables. In the 1980s, Robinson offered financial consulting services through his company Equi II. His operations were interrupted when he was convicted of a nonperson felony and incarcerated at the Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron,... More...   $0 (12-26-2015 - KS)

On February 18, 2014, a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida indicted Pirela Pirela for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a), specifically alleging that, on February 7, 2014, Pirela Pirela “did knowingly possess, use, and
attempt to use a document prescribed by statute and regulation for entry into the United States, that is, a United States visa, which the defendant knew was procu... More...   $0 (12-25-2015 - FL)

On May 22, 2012, members of a Drug Enforcement Agency task force went 
to Thompson’s apartment with an arrest warrant. After placing Thompson in 
handcuffs and conducting a protective sweep of the apartment, the officers asked 
if Thompson would consent to a search of the apartment. Thompson eventually 
consented, but he later moved to suppress two digital scales and $2,000 in cash... More...   $0 (12-25-2015 - CT)

DIRECTV, Inc., the petitioner, entered into a service agreement with its customers, including respondents Amy Imburgia and Kathy Greiner. Section 9 of that contract provides that “any Claim either of us asserts will be resolved only by binding arbitration.” App. 128. It then sets forth a waiver of class arbitration, stating that “[n]either you nor we shall be entitled to join or consolidate cla... More...   $0 (12-25-2015 - DC)

In 1861, the people of the new State of Kansas adopted a constitution that assigned judicial power to a supreme court and to various lower courts: "The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, justices of the peace, and such other courts, inferior to the supreme court, as may be provided by law; and all courts of record shall have a seal, t... More...   $0 (12-23-2015 - KS)

In 2003, the victim’s brother stole roughly one thousand dollars from Johnson.
After the victim’s brother fled, Johnson kidnapped the victim. He told her that she
would have to prostitute herself in order to earn back the money that her brother stole.
Over the course of the next two days, Johnson took the victim to various locations and
forced her to have sex with him and nu... More...   $0 (12-22-2015 - CO)

In this case we are once again called upon to interpret the 1988 amendments
4 to the New Mexico Constitution governing judicial selection. The question before the
5 Court is whether Article VI, Section 33 of the New Mexico Constitution prohibits a
6 district judge who loses a nonpartisan retention election from being appointed to fill
7 the resulting vacancy created by that judge’s... More...   $0 (12-22-2015 - NM)

This appeal arises out of a civil enforcement action brought by  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (“SEC”)  against  defendants  Samuel  Wyly  and  Charles  Wyly,  Jr.  (the  “Wyly brothers”).  After a jury found the Wyly Brothers liable for multiple  claims of securities fraud, the United States District Court for the  Southern District of New York (Shira A. Scheindlin, Judge) ordered  ... More...   $0 (12-20-2015 - NY)

Section 209(e) of the Clean Air Act generally preempts states from adopting standards relating to the control of emissions from in-use nonroad diesel engines. See 42 U.S.C. § 7543(e)(1). California, however, may adopt emissions standards for in-use nonroad diesel engines if it applies for and receives a waiver of federal preemption from EPA. See 42 U.S.C. § 7543(e)(2)(A).
To receive a waive... More...   $0 (12-20-2015 - DC)

The plaintiffs in this consolidated appeal, IDC Properties, Inc. (IDC) and Thomas Roos (Roos) (collectively, plaintiffs), appeal from an entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Goat Island South Condominium Association, Inc. (GISCA), America Condominium Association, Inc. (America), Capella South Condominium Association, Inc. (Capella), Harbor Houses Condominium Association, Inc. (Ha... More...   $0 (12-20-2015 - RI)

Ruth Belche May (“Petitioner”) is the widow of a machinist mate, Philip Royce May (“May”), who served on active duty in the United States Navy (“Navy”) for 20 years, from 1956 until 1976. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Warren Pumps LLC, and IMO
Industries, Inc. (“Respondents”) manufactured steam pumps that were sold to the Navy. The Navy used these pumps to move extremely hot and highly pressur... More...   $0 (12-20-2015 - MD)

Bruce Baker works for Bridgestone/Firestone1 at its Des Moines plant. He has worked for the company since 1994. At the time of the arbitration hearing in this case, he was a maintenance mechanic in the hoist department. As a maintenance mechanic, Baker inspected and repaired machines located at the Bridgestone plant. This position often required him to work on scissor lifts suspended up to twe... More...   $0 (12-18-2015 - IA)

By Instanter Order dated January 28, 2013, one-year-old J.S. (born
February 5, 2011) and three-year-old J.C. (born November 4, 2009), were
removed from the custody of their mother, S.S., and placed into the care and
custody of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
(DCFS). The investigation revealed that J.C. reported that the boyfriend of
S.S. had thrown J.S... More...   $0 (12-18-2015 - LA)

Intervenors’ motion for rehearing is denied. However, our prior opinion filed
4 on November 12, 2015 is withdrawn and the following is substituted in its place.
5 {2} Since the adoption of the New Mexico Constitution on January 21, 1911, New
6 Mexico has had a constitutional responsibility to provide a free public education for
7 all children of school age. N.M. Const. art. XII,... More...   $0 (12-18-2015 - NM)

On May 22, 2012, members of a Drug Enforcement Agency task force went 
to Thompson’s apartment with an arrest warrant. After placing Thompson in 
handcuffs and conducting a protective sweep of the apartment, the officers asked 
if Thompson would consent to a search of the apartment. Thompson eventually 
consented, but he later moved to suppress two digital scales and $2,000 in cash... More...   $0 (12-13-2015 - NY)

Nova Southeastern University petitions for review of the decision and order of the National Labor Relations Board, 357 N.L.R.B. No. 74 (2011), finding that it violated § 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), 29 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1), by maintaining an overly broad no-solicitation rule on its Fort Lauderdale campus; enforcing that rule against an employee of its onsite contractor and ... More...   $0 (12-13-2015 - DC)

The City of Pike Road appeals the judgment entered by the Montgomery Circuit Court holding that a manufacturing facility owned and operated by Dow Corning Alabama, Inc., located at 1 1940 Ohio Ferro Road in Mt. Meigs ("the Mt. Meigs facility"), an unincorporated part of Montgomery County, is within the police jurisdiction of the City of Montgomery as opposed to the police jurisdiction of Pike Roa... More...   $0 (12-12-2015 - AL)

When Doe was thirty-five years old, he acknowledged the amicus briefs submitted by the Committee for Public Counsel Services and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, and by the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services and the Children's Law Center of Massachusetts.
reportedly "twisted" the penis of his six year old nephew through the ... More...   $0 (12-11-2015 - MA)

Keith Andersen of Andersen Engineering contacted the Fall River
auditor, Sue Ganje, and asked her to place him on the Board’s March 25, 2014
agenda so he could present a resolution to authorize a petroleum contaminated land
farm. The item was listed on the agenda as “Keith Andersen, Andersen
Engineering – Plat; Review of Resolution for Land Farm General Permit”.
Anderson... More...   $0 (12-11-2015 - SD)

This case presents the question of whether we should adopt a rebuttable
presumption of contamination for controlled substances that the St. Paul Police Crime
Lab (“Crime Lab”) handled and that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
(“BCA”) later tested. The State charged appellant Richard Ellis Hill with aiding and
abetting first-degree sale of a mixture of a controlled... More...   $0 (12-09-2015 - MN)