The National Voter Registration Act requires States to “accept and use” a uniform federal form to register voters for federal elections. The contents of that form (colloquially known as the Federal Form) are prescribed by a federal agency, the Election Assistance Commission. The Federal Form developed by the EAC does not require documentary evidence of citizenship; rather, it requires onl... More...   $0 (06-17-2013 - AZ)

Petitioner Karen Capone seeks review of the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal in Capone v. Philip Morris U.S.A. Inc., 56 So. 3d 34 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010), based upon express and direct conflict with the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Niemi v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 862 So. 2d 31 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.More...   $0 (06-13-2013 - FL)

Following a bench trial, the trial court signed an order terminating appellants Father's and Mother‘s parental rights to their daughter, Y.V., and appointing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (Department) as Y.V.‘s permanent managing conservator. In his sole issue, Father argues that the trial court erred by appointing the Department as Y.V.‘s

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Appellant S.H. appeals from the district court’s termination of her parental rights to her three children. She contends that the evidence is legally insufficient to support the court’s finding that she voluntarily executed an affidavit of relinquishment and that the evidence is factually insufficient to support the finding that termination was in the children’s best interest. We will affirm.... More...   $0 (06-12-2013 - TX)

The mother and the fathers of two children appeal from the termination of their parental rights. Statutory grounds for termination of parental rights exist as to each parent and each child. Termination of parental rights will offer the children needed permanency, and no factor precludes the termination of each parent’s rights. We therefore affirm on each appeal.

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Johnnie Waslick appeals from a district court’s grant of a motion for directed verdict at the conclusion of his evidence seeking damages for entry of a divorce decree. He was alleging alternative theories of fraudulent misrepresentation, fraudulent nondisclosure, and willful wanton conduct justifying punitive damages. We affirm.

I. Background and Facts

In 2006, Gale Simpson filed f... More...   $0 (06-12-2013 - IA)

This appeal concerns an image stamped on the standard Oklahoma license plate of a Native American shooting an arrow toward the sky. Appellant Keith Cressman objects to the image as a form of speech and wishes not to display it on his personal vehicles. But Oklahoma law imposes sanctions for covering up the image, and the state charges fees for specialty license plates without it—fees that Mr. ... More...   $0 (06-11-2013 - OK)

The Constitution forbids the passage of ex post factolaws, a category that includes “[e]very law that changesthe punishment, and inflicts a greater punishment, thanthe law annexed to the crime, when committed.” Calder v. Bull, 3 Dall. 386, 390 (1798) (emphasis deleted). The U. S. Sentencing Guidelines set forth an advisory sentencing range for each defendant convicted in federal court. We cons... More...   $0 (06-11-2013 - DC)

¶1 This is an appeal from the dismissal of a derivative suit against the directors of a homeowners association. The derivative plaintiffs are disgruntled property owners who allege that the di-rectors favored their own properties in allocating limited road construction and maintenance funds.

HI-COUNTRY PROPERTY RIGHTS GROUP v. EMMER

Opinion of the Court

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Plaintiffs Glenda Johnson and Steven Lucier appeal an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denying their motion to remand this action to Pennsylvania state court. They contend that the District Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over their claims because the parties do not have complete diversity of
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citizenship. We conclude that the Dist... More...   $0 (06-07-2013 - PA)

Darius Polite petitions this Court to review the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Polite v. State, 41 So. 3d 935 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010), which expressly and directly conflicts with decisions of the Second and Fourth District Courts of Appeal regarding the requirements for the admission of a record or memorandum of past recollection recorded under section 90.803(5), Florida Statutes (... More...   $0 (06-06-2013 - FL)

¶1 On April 2, 2009, Richard Douglas was admitted to the Defendant's rehabilitative care center for extended care. Douglas remained at the facility for approximately 21 days and was discharged on April 23, 2009. He died a short time later on May 12, 2009. The decedent's estate filed a wrongful death action in Tulsa County against the Defendant, alleging Douglas died as a result of the facility's ... More...   $0 (06-04-2013 - OK)

¶1 The dispositive issue presented is whether, in the aftermath of Zeier v. Zimmer, 2006 OK 98, 152 P.3d 861, the legislative amendment to 12 O.S. 2011§191 , removed the unconstitutional infirmity from the requirement of an affidavit of merit in any civil action for professional negligence. An examination of the Okla. Const. art. 5, §462, art. 2, §63, 63 O.S. 2011 §1-1708.1C, as well as prior... More...   $0 (06-04-2013 - OK)

This is an ultra-accelerated appeal.2 In a single issue, Appellant Mother argues that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial

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1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

2See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2(a) (requiring appellate court to dispose of appeal from a judgment terminating parental rights, so far as reasonably possible, within 180 ... More...   $0 (06-01-2013 - TX)

Carl Shaum sued Cunningham Grain, Inc. and ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc. on personal injury negligence theories.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available.

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Court Minutes from May, 2013:

05/02/2013 105 DESIGNATION OF DEPOSITION TESTIMONY by Carl Shaum of Todd Young. (Stein, Sam) (Entered: 05/02/2013)

05/02/2013 106 ... More...   $600000 (06-01-2013 - OK)

In this case, the mother1 and the attorney ad litem for the mother’s children T.B., K.Y., D.R.-1, and D.R.-2 appeal the trial court’s order terminating the parent-child relationship between the mother and K.Y., D.R.-1, and D.R.-2.2 The parental rights of

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1 T.B., K.Y., D.R.-1, and D.R.-2 were ages fifteen, eleven, eight and six respectively at the time of t... More...   $0 (05-31-2013 - TX)

Summit Quality Homes, Inc. and Pepper Mackey Building Company, LLC sued the City of Moore, Oklahoma on negligence theories claiming:

1-Plaintiff Snnimit Quality Homes, Inc. isa corporation duly authorized by the State of Oklahoma and having its principal place of business in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.

2- Plaintiff Pepper Mackey Building Company, L.L.C. is an Oklahoma Limited Liabili... More...   $106200 (05-31-2013 - OK)

The United States of America charged Sami Samir Hassoun with use of certain weapons of mass destruction in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2332 and explosive penalities - if death results in violation of 18 U.S.C. 8441 as a result of Defendant placing what he believe to be a powerful bomb along a bustling city street near the Chicago Cubs' baseball stadium. The bomb was actually a fake given to him by an ... More...   $0 (05-31-2013 - IL)

This case concerns the “actual innocence” gateway tofederal habeas review applied in Schlup v. Delo, 513 U. S. 298 (1995), and further explained in House v. Bell, 547
U. S. 518 (2006). In those cases, a convincing showing of actual innocence enabled habeas petitioners to overcomea procedural bar to consideration of the merits of theirconstitutional claims. Here, the question arises in the ... More...   $0 (05-29-2013 - )

Defendant-Appellant Swahili Johnson appeals from an order of the United States District 11 Court for the Southern District of New York (Denny Chin, Judge)1 granting his motion for a 12 sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), pursuant to Amendment 750 of the United 13 States Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”). Johnson challenges the District Court’s order 14 reducing his sentence ... More...   $0 (05-23-2013 - NY)

¶1 The Tulsa City Council adopted a resolution to finance a multi-purpose facility in downtown Tulsa now known as ONEOK Field. The Improvement District Act, 11 O.S. 2011 §39-101 et seq. governs the creation of improvement districts and outlines a procedure for paying for them by means of assessments to interested property owners.

¶2 In this consolidated appeal, under surviving Case No. 1... More...   $0 (05-22-2013 - OK)

2 Mother appeals the trial court's supplemental judgment modifying child
3 support; she asserts that the amount of child support the trial court ordered father to pay is
4 too low. Father cross-appeals; he asserts that the amount is too high. Both parties
contend that the trial court erred in calculating father's presumed income.1 5 In addition,
6 mother contends that, even if the ... More...   $0 (05-22-2013 - OR)

This is an appeal from a trial court’s order terminating appellant A.A.M’s parental rights to S.A.C., a minor child.1 A.A.M. contends the trial court erred in terminating her parental rights because the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s findings that: (1) A.A.M. constructively abandoned S.A.C., and (2) termination was in S.A.C.’s best interest. We ... More...   $0 (05-22-2013 - TX)

This appeal of the trial court’s order denying the City of San Antonio’s plea to the jurisdiction arises from a suit seeking a declaratory judgment that the City’s Fair Notice Ordinance is void. In its plea, the City asserted that the plaintiffs, the Greater San Antonio Builders Association and Indian Springs, Ltd., lacked standing to pursue their declaratory judgment claim because no justic... More...   $0 (05-22-2013 - TX)

Our question is whether the Constitution permits the Arizona legislature to prohibit abortion beginning at twenty weeks gestation, before the fetus is viable. We hold that it does not.

Arizona House Bill 2036 (“H.B. 2036” or “the Act”), enacted in April 2012, forbids, except in a medical emergency, abortion of a fetus determined to be of a gestational age of at least twenty weeks.... More...   $0 (05-22-2013 - AZ)