These appeals present the question of whether California’s usury law applies to a judgment creditor’s agreement to forbear collecting on a judgment. In the actions below, certain judgment creditors agreed to delay executing on their judgments in exchange for the payment of forbearance fees in addition to statutory postjudgment interest of 10 percent on the unpaid balance of the judgments. The ... More...   $0 (04-25-2014 - CA)

The San Diego County Department of Child Support Services (Department), as intervenor, appeals the trial court's order granting the request by Christopher Haugh (Father) for modification of a child support order. Father sought to lower child support for the son he had with Gabriela Haugh, now known as Gabriela Castro (Mother). On appeal, Department contends the trial court acted in excess of its j... More...   $0 (04-24-2014 - CA)

In six issues, appellant, the Office of the Attorney General, challenges the trial court’s “Judgment for Child Support Arrearage.� We reverse and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

On or about August 14, 1995, the 309th District Court of Harris County, Texas, ordered appellee, Robert Kevin Smith Sr., to pay child support to Tara Marie Burnett in the amount of $493.74 per month beginning on ... More...   $0 (04-24-2014 - TX)

A jury convicted Defendants Charles Cannon, Brian Kerstetter, and Michael McLaughlin (collectively “Defendantsâ€�) of committing a hate crime under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (“Shepard-Byrd Actâ€�), 18 U.S.C. § 249(a)(1), for attacking Yondel Johnson. Congress passed the Shepard-Byrd Act pursuant to its powers under the Thirteenth Amendment, whi... More...   $0 (04-24-2014 - TX)

The facts underlying this appeal—many of which are undisputed—are hardly believable. Plaintiff-Appellant, Byron Halsey, a young man with limited education, learned that the two small children for whom he had been caring had been tortured and murdered. He wanted to help in the investigation of these heinous crimes but found himself isolated in a police interview room, accused of the murders, to... More...   $0 (04-24-2014 - NJ)

¶1 J.Q. (Father) appeals the termination of his parental rights.
We affirm.
¶2 “[I]n order to overturn the juvenile court’s decision [to
terminate a person’s parental rights,] ‘the result must be against the
clear weight of the evidence or leave the appellate court with a firm
and definite conviction that a mistake has been made.’� In re B.R.,
In re J.Q.
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The Appellees—a group of public safety officers over the age of 40 who worked for appellant the City of Austin’s now defunct Public Safety Emergency Management Department (PSEM)—sued the City for age-based employment discrimination. The Appellees asserted that the

1 For convenience, we refer to the Appellees collectively. City’s method of consolidating the PSEM into the Austin Polic... More...   $0 (04-17-2014 - TX)

Appellant, J.C.C.E., appeals from the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights to his son, Z.C., (hereinafter “the childâ€�) and appointing Appellee, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, sole permanent managing conservator.1 By a single issue, he contends the evidence is insufficient to support the trial court’s finding that termination is in the child’s best ... More...   $0 (04-11-2014 - TX)

¶1 C.L. (Mother) appeals the termination of her parental rights.
We affirm.
¶2 “[I]n order to overturn the juvenile court’s decision [to
terminate a person’s parental rights,] ‘the result must be against the
clear weight of the evidence or leave the appellate court with a firm
and definite conviction that a mistake has been made.’� In re B.R.,
In re J.Q.
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¶1 In this consolidated appeal, J.F. (Father) appeals both an
adjudication order and an order terminating his parental rights to
J.F. and D.V.F. We affirm.
¶2 “[I]n order to overturn the juvenile court’s decision, the
result must be against the clear weight of the evidence or leave the
appellate court with a firm and definite conviction that a mistake
In re J.F. & D.V... More...   $0 (04-10-2014 - UT)

¶1 Plaintiff/Appellant Ronald Trentham (Mayor) challenged actions taken by three members of the Stilwell City Council, Defendants/Appellees Norman Isaacs, Alex Mink, and Dean Thomas (collectively, "Council Members") and sought judgment declaring the parties' rights under a city charter. Stilwell is a home rule charter city governed by a mayor and a five-member city council; the dispute here is be... More...   $0 (04-10-2014 - OK)

PLAINTIFFS’ ORIGINAL PETITION

COMES NOW the Plaintiffs, ROBERT BUSH and TALITHA BUSH, and for their Petition against the Defendants, allege and state as follows:

I.

PARTIES, JURISDICTION AND VENUE

1. Plaintiffs are, and at all times herein mentioned have been, residents of the City of Cushing, Payne County, State of Oklahoma.

2. The damages sought by ... More...   $0 (04-10-2014 - OK)

Alexandra Burns appeals the trial court’s order denying her petition to terminate the parental rights of Michael Burns, her ex-husband and the father of their child, M.A. On appeal, she contends that the trial court erred in refusing to

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terminate Michael’s parental rights. Because the trial court reasonably could have concluded that Alexandra failed to establish, by clear and c... More...   $0 (04-10-2014 - TX)

Lyudmila Taran, guardian of her son, P.M., a minor and beneficiary of the Estate of James P. Maher, III, appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion for summary judgment, wherein the trial court found that A.M.I., appellee Olga Valerievna Iglikova’s daughter, is a pretermitted child. We reverse because A.M.I. does not qualify as a pretermitted child because she was born before the execution... More...   $0 (04-09-2014 - FL)

In this appeal from a jury trial, Orville Paul Dunagan contends the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict in his favor on the negligence claim against him. Because we conclude the ordinary negligence standard does not apply and there was no evidence that Dunagan engaged in reckless conduct, we reverse the trial court’s judgment and render judgment in favor of Dunagan.

FACTUAL B... More...   $0 (04-07-2014 - TX)

DIRECTV, Inc. moved to dismiss or stay this class action litigation and to compel arbitration. The superior court denied the motion. DIRECTV argues that the motion should have been granted under the United States Supreme Court’s decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (2011) 563 U.S. __ [131 S.Ct. 1740] (Concepcion). We conclude that under the terms of the parties’ arbitration agreement, t... More...   $0 (04-07-2014 - CA)

Appellant, Charles DeGroot and DeGroot Farms, LLC (collectively “DeGroot�), appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment on its claims against Standley Trenching, Inc. d/b/a Standley & Co. (“Standley�), relating to the construction and installation of a manure handling system at the DeGroot dairy. Beltman Construction, Inc., d/b/a Beltman Weldling and
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Construction (â€... More...   $0 (03-28-2014 - ID)

The primary issue in this case is the sufficiency of the evidence to support a finding that the corporate appellants’ misappropriation of trade secrets proximately caused appellee/plaintiff to sustain lost-profits damages in the past.

The plaintiff company sued two of its former officers and various enterprises related to the

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officers’ current employment. The jury made ... More...   $0 (03-27-2014 - TX)

¶1 The Bar Association alleged that Jennifer Layton (respondent): 1) neglected to disclose to the court and opposing counsel that her witness was going to testify inconsistently with his previous police statement; and 2) falsely denied that she had spoken to the witness before and/or during the trial. It contends that her conduct violated Rules 3.3[falsifying evidence/failing to disclose evidence... More...   $0 (03-25-2014 - OK)

IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE OKLAHOMA UNIFORM JURY INSTRUCTIONS - CIVIL (SECOND).

ORDER ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO OKLAHOMA UNIFORM JURY INSTRUCTIONS - CIVIL (SECOND)

¶1 The Court has reviewed the recommendations of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Committee for Uniform Civil Jury Instructions that proposed Instructions should be adopted. The Court finds that the revisions should be adopt... More...   $0 (03-24-2014 - OK)

Plaintiff–Appellant Hornady Manufacturing Company, Inc., appeals from a district court order granting summary judgment to Defendant–Appellee DoubleTap, Inc., on Hornady’s trademark infringement claims. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Background

Hornady was founded in 1949 by Joyce Hornady. Aplt. App. 1047. Since that time, Hornady has manufacture... More...   $0 (03-19-2014 - UT)

This is an expedited appeal by Jane Doe from an order terminating her parental rights to five minor children on the grounds of neglect. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
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There are five children involved in this case: C.C., M.R., G.C., M.C.C., and A.C.C. The children have four different fathers. This appeal is the culmination of several child protection actions involving... More...   $0 (03-18-2014 - ID)

Stephen and Nahida "Lucy" Eskeland (the Eskelands) appeal from the trial court's denial of the petition for writ of administrative mandamus they filed against the City of Del Mar (the City) and real party in interest Jon Scurlock. The Eskelands challenge the City's decision to grant a variance to Scurlock allowing him to build a house that does not comply with the 20-foot front yard setback requir... More...   $0 (03-14-2014 - CA)

¶1 John Reynolds appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his
intentional tort claims against Bret MacFarlane. We affirm in part,
reverse in part, and remand to the trial court.
¶2 On August 5, 2009, MacFarlane walked into the break room
at his workplace where his coworker, Reynolds, was standing in
Reynolds v. MacFarlane
2. “On appeal from a bench trial, we view t... More...   $0 (03-13-2014 - UT)

¶1 John Reynolds appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his intentional tort claims against Bret MacFarlane. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand to the trial court.

¶2 On August 5, 2009, MacFarlane walked into the break room at his workplace where his coworker, Reynolds, was standing in

Reynolds v. MacFarlane

2. “On appeal from a bench trial, we view the ... More...   $0 (03-13-2014 - UT)