In November 2009, a vehicle that Randall Keith Hampton was driving collided with another vehicle at an intersection in Valley Center. Hampton and his wife sued the driver of the other vehicle as well as the County of San Diego (County).1 The Hamptons brought claims against the County for dangerous condition of public property (Gov. Code, § 835 et seq.)2 (fourth cause of action) and loss of consor... More...   $0 (07-26-2013 - CA)

Charles Hudec seeks a writ of prohibition or mandate to overturn the trial court‘s order granting the district attorney‘s motion in limine compelling him to testify in a trial to extend his commitment to Patton State Hospital (Pen. Code, § 1026.5; all statutory citations are to the Penal Code unless noted otherwise). He relies on the Legislature‘s statutory command that individuals facing c... More...   $0 (07-26-2013 - CA)

Masonite Corporation (Masonite) appeals from a judgment denying its petition for writ of mandate to set aside approvals by Mendocino County (County) of the Kunzler Terrace Mine Project (Project) to be developed by Granite Construction Company (Granite; Granite and the County are hereafter referred to collectively as respondents), and the final environmental impact report (EIR) for its Project, for... More...   $0 (07-25-2013 - CA)

In this breach-of-contract action, PanAmerican Operating, Inc. (“PanAmericanâ€�) appeals from the trial court’s judgment in favor of the Maud Smith Estate (“Maud Smithâ€�). In three issues, PanAmerican challenges the sufficiency of the trial court’s findings of fact regarding apparent authority and ratification and the correctness of its conclusions of law concerning breach and ratificatio... More...   $0 (07-24-2013 - TX)

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield (RCB) challenges the district court's grant of summary judgment to the City of Springfield (City) and dismissal of RCB's constitutional and statutory claims against enforcement of a City ordinance that created a single-parcel historic district encompassing a church owned by RCB. Under the ordinance, RCB cannot make any changes that affect the exterior of t... More...   $0 (07-22-2013 - MA)

The petitioner, Jorge Augusto Sutuj, seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings on the grounds of materially changed country conditions. Sutuj claims that the BIA erred in finding no material change in country conditions and in purportedly requiring affidavits from first-hand sources to support his motion. Because the BIA ... More...   $0 (07-17-2013 - MA)

Appellants are retired public employees and members of the Fresno County Employees‟ Retirement Association (FCERA). From 2001 to 2009, if a member of FCERA qualified for a non-service-connected disability retirement, the amount of his or her monthly retirement allowance was calculated based on an “enhancedâ€� benefits formula that exceeded the formula provided in the statutes governing such ma... More...   $0 (07-16-2013 - CA)

Thirty years ago, in Harrison v. Montgomery County Bd. of Educ., 295 Md. 442, 444, 456 A.2d 894 (1983), this Court issued a writ of certiorari to decide “whether the common law doctrine of contributory negligence should be judicially abrogated in Maryland and the doctrine of comparative negligence adopted in its place as the rule governing trial of negligence actions in this State.â€� In a compr... More...   $0 (07-09-2013 - MD)

Scott Boling sued Shadow sued Mountain Behavioral Health System, LLC, UHS of Delaware, Inc., University Health Services, Inc.and Liliana Cardona on negligence theories claiming:

1. Plaintiffs are residents of Tulsa, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.

2. Defendant Liliana Cardona is a resident of Tulsa, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.

3. Defendant Shadow Mountain is a foreign li... More...   $1 (07-06-2013 - OK)

Scott Boling sued Shadow sued Mountain Behavioral Health System, LLC, UHS of Delaware, Inc., University Health Services, Inc.and Liliana Cardona on negligence theories claiming:

1. Plaintiffs are residents of Tulsa, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.

2. Defendant Liliana Cardona is a resident of Tulsa, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.

3. Defendant Shadow Mountain is a fore... More...   $0 (07-06-2013 - OK)

State of Alaska charged Richard Corum with conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs, Oxycontin, from 2007 to 2011 netting millions to the conspirators.

Alaska Law:

Sec. 11.31.120. Conspiracy. (a) An offender commits the crime of conspiracy if, with the intent to promote or facilitate a serious felony offense, the offender agrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause th... More...   $0 (07-04-2013 - AK)

Robert D. Mort Ranta filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 1301-1330, seeking to adjust various secured and unsecured debts. The bankruptcy court denied confirmation of his proposed Chapter 13 plan on the grounds that it did not accurately reflect his disposable income and that it was unfeasible if Mort Ranta’s Social Security income wa... More...   $0 (07-01-2013 - VA)

In 2011, a methamphetamine dealer in Oklahoma City and several of his buyers and sellers were indicted for their alleged involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Jesus Figueroa-Labrada, one of the buyers, was convicted of conspiring to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Mr. Figueroa was involved in only three of the conspiracy’s eight drug transactions, but his p... More...   $0 (06-28-2013 - OK)

This case requires us to determine whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Free Exercise Clause protect the plaintiffs—two companies and their owners who run their businesses to reflect their religious values. The companies are Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain, and Mardel, a Christian bookstore chain. Their owners, the Greens, run both companies as closely held family businesses an... More...   $0 (06-27-2013 - OK)

This case is about a little girl (Baby Girl) who is classified as an Indian because she is 1.2% (3/256) Cherokee.Because Baby Girl is classified in this way, the South Carolina Supreme Court held that certain provisions ofthe federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 required her to be taken, at the age of 27 months, from the only parentsshe had ever known and handed over to her biological father, ... More...   $0 (06-27-2013 - DC)

Two women then resident in New York were married in a lawful ceremony in Ontario, Canada, in 2007. Edith
Windsor and Thea Spyer returned to their home in New York City. When Spyer died in 2009, she left her entire estate to Windsor. Windsor sought to claim the estate tax exemption for surviving spouses. She was barred from doing so, however, by a federal law, the Defense of Marriage Act, which... More...   $0 (06-26-2013 - )

The public is currently engaged in an active political debate over whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. That question has also given rise to litigation.In this case, petitioners, who oppose same-sex marriage, ask us to decide whether the Equal Protection Clause “prohibits the State of California from defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman.â€� Pet. for Cert. i. Respon... More...   $0 (06-26-2013 - DC)

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 employed extraordinarymeasures to address an extraordinary problem. Section 5 of the Act required States to obtain federal permissionbefore enacting any law related to voting—a drastic departure from basic principles of federalism. And §4 of the Actapplied that requirement only to some States—an equally dramatic departure from the principle that all States enjoy ... More...   $0 (06-25-2013 - DC)

The University of Texas at Austin considers race as one of various factors in its undergraduate admissions process. Race is not itself assigned a numerical value for each applicant, but the University has committed itself to increasing racial minority enrollment on campus. It refers to this goal as a “critical mass.” Petitioner, who is Caucasian, sued the University after her application was rejec... More...   $0 (06-24-2013 - DC)

The University of Texas at Austin considers race as one of various factors in its undergraduate admissions process. Race is not itself assigned a numerical value for each applicant, but the University has committed itself to increasing racial minority enrollment on campus. It refers to this goal as a “critical mass.â€� Petitioner, who is Caucasian, sued the University after her application was r... More...   $0 (06-24-2013 - DC)

The underlying question in this case is whether the forum non conveniens doctrine was erroneously applied to force a United States citizen to litigate her negligence action in Mexico, when her lawsuit was filed against a corporation with its primary place of business in Florida and where the allegations of the complaint relate to an incident that took place in Mexico but center on conduct occurrin... More...   $0 (06-20-2013 - FL)

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan A. Madden, J.), entered February 28, 2012, which, in this action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when she was bitten by a dog, granted the motion of defendant Animal Haven, Inc. (Animal Haven) to dismiss the complaint as against it, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

When defendant Skimbirauskas adopted the subject dog from Animal H... More...   $0 (06-20-2013 - NY)

In this personal injury action, plaintiff Steven Wood appeals a final summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Southern Crane Service, Inc., in which the trial court found as a matter of law that Southern Crane was entitled to “immunityâ€� from suit because the presence of a forty-ton mobile crane brought in by the contractor to assist in the removal of a massive oak tree on residenti... More...   $0 (06-18-2013 - FL)

Defendant-Appellant Richard Clark was charged and convicted of multiple counts relating to his participation in a “pump-and-dump� securities fraud scheme. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm Mr. Clark’s conviction.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

This case arises from a classic pump-and-dump scheme that was orchestrated principally by Mr. Clark’s c... More...   $0 (06-18-2013 - OK)

In May 2007, three days before plaintiff Elaine Joyce ("Joyce") expected to play golf with her father in a tournament at a town course in Dennis, Massachusetts, Joyce's father was told he would have to find another partner because women were not allowed in that "men's" tournament. The Town Administrator declined to reverse the course officials' decision, and Joyce subsequently brought federal and... More...   $0 (06-17-2013 - MA)