Former mayoral appointee, Wayne McDonald, filed this action under 42
U.S.C. § 1983 and Colorado state law after he was terminated from his position
with the City of Denver based on the complaint of Officer Leslie Wise that he had
sexually harassed her. He sued the Mayor of Denver, the Mayor’s press
secretary, and the City and County of Denver for due process violations, breachMore...   $0 (10-28-2014 - CO)

¶1 This appeal following summary proceedings arises from a dispute about charges assessed by The City of Lawton (City) for water sales to Rural Water District No. 1, Comanche County Water (Comanche -1), Oklahoma, Rural Water District No. 2, Comanche County, Oklahoma (Comanche-2), Rural Water District No. 3, Comanche County, Oklahoma (Comanche-3), and Pecan Valley Waterworks Association, L.L.C. (P... More...   $0 (10-27-2014 - OK)

J.S. (mother) and L.S. (father), parents of the minors, appeal from orders of the juvenile court denying their petitions for modification and terminating parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 388, 395 [further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code].) The parents contend the court applied the wrong burden of proof in denying their petitions for modi... More...   $0 (10-25-2014 - )

¶1 This case comes before us on petition for interlocutory
review of two discovery orders in a medical malpractice action.
Plaintiffs Lisa and Marlin Allred brought suit against American Fork
Hospital (Hospital) and Dr. Ronald J. Saunders, alleging that Dr.
ALLRED v. SAUNDERS
Opinion of the Court
1 The Hospital was originally named as a defendant in the
malpractice act... More...   $0 (10-21-2014 - UT)

¶1 This case comes before us on petition for interlocutory
review of two discovery orders in a medical malpractice action.
Plaintiffs Lisa and Marlin Allred brought suit against American Fork
Hospital (Hospital) and Dr. Ronald J. Saunders, alleging that Dr.
ALLRED v. SAUNDERS
Opinion of the Court
1 The Hospital was originally named as a defendant in the
malpractice act... More...   $0 (10-21-2014 - UT)

This appeal grows out of the Clean Air Act. In an effort to comply with
the statute, three states (New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming), one city (City of
Albuquerque), and one county (Bernalillo County) adopted a regional cap-and4
trade program regulating sulfur-dioxide emissions over the Colorado Plateau.1
Under this program, each participant obtained a ceiling on sulfur-dioxide
em... More...   $0 (10-21-2014 - NM)

¶1 Grace Kelson was convicted of five securities law violations and one count of maintaining a pattern of unlawful activity (rack-eteering) related to an investment scheme. The court of appeals overturned Kelson’s securities convictions on the basis of ineffec-tive assistance of trial counsel in stipulating to a jury instruction that purportedly relieved the State of its burden to prove each el... More...   $0 (10-17-2014 - UT)

¶1 Grace Kelson was convicted of five securities law violations and one count of maintaining a pattern of unlawful activity (rack-eteering) related to an investment scheme. The court of appeals overturned Kelson’s securities convictions on the basis of ineffec-tive assistance of trial counsel in stipulating to a jury instruction that purportedly relieved the State of its burden to prove each el... More...   $0 (10-17-2014 - UT)

that 10 permanency judgment, and we affirmed without opinion. Dept. of Human Services v. B. 11 R., 247 Or App 766, 274 P3d 315, rev den, 351 Or 678 (mother's petition), and rev den, 12 351 Or 761 (father's petition) (2012). DHS filed petitions to terminate mother's and 13 father's parental rights in August 2011. Approximately one year later, in August 2012, 14 the court held the annual permanency ... More...   $0 (10-15-2014 - OR)

Appellant S.M.L. (the Father) appeals the decree terminating his parental rights to two daughters (the Children). He raises a single issue challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the finding that termination is in the Children’s best interest. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On November 12, 2012, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (the Department) filed suit f... More...   $0 (10-14-2014 - TX)

¶1 This matter comes before the court on an appeal following the district court’s entry of an order purporting to reissue a judgment pursuant to rule 60(b) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. We conclude that the district court erred in reissuing the judgment and that we lack jurisdiction to address the underlying merits of the appeal.
GARVER v. ROSENBERG
Opinion of the Court
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This appeal involves a federal preemption challenge to a Florida statute requiring presuit actions by an individual plaintiff before he may bring a medical Case: 13-14637 Date Filed: 10/10/2014 Page: 1 of 36
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negligence claim in Florida state court. The district court held that one of those presuit requirements in Florida Statute § 766.1065—that the plaintiff execute a written authoriz... More...   $0 (10-10-2014 - FL)

Mission Petroleum Carriers, Inc. appeals from the trial court’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration. In a single issue, Mission asserts that David Kelley ratified the arbitration agreement by accepting benefits under the plan, rendering any procedural unconscionability in the formation of the agreement moot. We agree, and we reverse and remand to the trial court for an order compelling th... More...   $0 (10-09-2014 - TX)

In October 2011, a group of protesters calling themselves
“Occupy Nashville” established an around-the-clock presence on the Nashville War Memorial
Plaza (the “Plaza”) in Nashville, Tennessee, with the aim of bringing attention to disparities in
wealth and power in the United States.1 Occupy Nashville v. Haslam, 949 F. Supp. 2d 777, 785
(M.D. Tenn. 2013). After several week... More...   $0 (10-08-2014 - TN)

This is an appeal from a final judgment rendered after a bench trial,
resolving disputes between Dr. Michael Burton, the owner of two units in Luani
Plaza in the City of Key West, Florida, and Luani Plaza, Inc., the business owner’s
association (the “Association”) which administers the common areas of Luani
Plaza. We summarily affirm the well-reasoned final judgment of the tr... More...   $0 (10-08-2014 - FL)

Both Idaho and Nevada have passed statutes and enacted constitutional
amendments preventing same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize
same-sex marriages validly performed elsewhere.2 Plaintiffs, same-sex couples
1A disposition in Jackson v. Abercrombie, Nos. 12-16995 & 12-16998, is
forthcoming separately.
2Idaho Const. Art. III, § 28 (“A marriage between a man... More...   $0 (10-07-2014 - ID)

¶1 This case comes before us on cross-motions for summary
disposition and on a petition for an extraordinary writ. The issues
presented in the motions and the petition are (1) whether an
interlocutory decision is subject to the implementing order requirements
of rule 7(f)(2) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure and, if so,
(2) whether a rule 54(b) certification can satisfy the... More...   $0 (10-03-2014 - UT)

¶1 This case comes before us on cross-motions for summary
disposition and on a petition for an extraordinary writ. The issues
presented in the motions and the petition are (1) whether an
interlocutory decision is subject to the implementing order requirements
of rule 7(f)(2) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure and, if so,
(2) whether a rule 54(b) certification can satisfy the... More...   $0 (10-03-2014 - UT)

An attorney in a dependency case has no obligation to file a futile Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 petition to modify an existing order.1 The decision not to do so is not a "failure" within the meaning of ineffective assistance of counsel jurisprudence. Use of the word "failure" carries the connotation of deficiency or negligence i.e., not doing something that should have been done.
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C.F. (Mother), the mother of J.L., R.L., and A.L. (collectively Minors or the children) petitions for extraordinary relief under California Rules of Court, rule 8.452, asking us to set aside the juvenile court’s order setting a permanent plan hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 366.26. We shall deny the petition on the merits.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Petition and Detentio... More...   $0 (10-01-2014 - CA)

A jury convicted defendants Duwan D. Fields and Claudiens Santrail Griffin of eight counts of pimping, pandering, and committing sexual offenses against minors. Defendants contend their convictions must be reversed due to asserted instructional errors. Griffin further contends his conviction for oral copulation with a minor is not supported by substantial evidence and his felony sentence for the o... More...   $0 (09-30-2014 - CA)

Tulsa, Oklahoma - Vicki Lane sued Steven Anagnost, M.D., Orthopedic Center, Spine and Orthopedic Institute, AHS Hillcrest Medical Center, LLC, Southcrest, LLC, and AHS Southcrest Hospital, LLC on medical negligence (medical malpractice) theories claiming:

1. Plaintiff Vicki Lane (“Plaintiff’ or “Lane”) was and is a resident of Jenks, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, at the time of the inci... More...   $0 (09-30-2014 - OK)

The trial court terminated the parental rights of G.S. (Father) and T.R.J. (Mother) to their children K.S., K.S., and G.S.1 In separate briefs submitted in this appeal, Mother and Father challenge the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jury’s verdict. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
1We identify the minors by their initials to protect their identities. See T... More...   $0 (09-25-2014 - TX)

Based on jury findings, the trial court terminated the parental rights of appellants D.F.
and B.W. to their daughter, J.F. Appellants contend that termination of their parental rights is not
in J.F.’s best interest. We will affirm the judgment terminating appellants’ parental rights.
BACKGROUND
On June 27, 2013, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
investi... More...   $0 (09-25-2014 - TX)

Mercury Casualty Company (Mercury) filed an action seeking declaratory relief regarding its insurance obligation towards students Hung Chu (Chu) and his roommate Tu Pham (Pham). Mercury issued an automobile policy to Chu insuring his
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1995 Honda Accord. Chu was driving, and Pham was a passenger, when Chu collided with a vehicle driven by Krystal Nguyen Hoang (Hoang). Pham filed a personal... More...   $0 (09-24-2014 - CA)