We must decide whether federal securities law preempts the enforcement of California’s forced-patronage statute against brokerage houses that forbid their employees from opening outside trading accounts.

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Federal law requires brokerage firms to take measures reasonably designed to prevent their employees from misusing material, nonpublic information. To meet that obligati... More...   $0 (04-09-2013 - CA)

Plan B and Plan B One-Step are emergency contraceptives that can be taken to reduce the risk of pregnancy after unprotected intercourse. In 1999, Plan B became the first emergency contraceptive drug approved for prescription-only use in the United States. In 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDAâ€�) approved non-prescription access to Plan B for women 18 and older, and with a prescription... More...   $0 (04-06-2013 - NY)

Pawnee, OK - Aethena Fisher and David Bryan Fisher sued Nathan Anthony Halom, Frank L. Davis, Davis Pipe Testing on negligence theories.

Date Code Description Count Party Amount
04-05-2013

FILE & ENTER PETITION

Document Available at Court Clerk's Office
$ 163.00
(Entry with fee only) $ 6.00
(Entry with fee only) $ 2.00
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Appellants, Paul Perry, Felicia Davis Perry, and Orene Perry, challenge the dismissal of their complaint against respondent, County of Fresno (County), following the sustaining of the County‟s demurrer without leave to amend and the granting of the County‟s summary judgment motion. Appellants alleged that the County was liable for damages caused by the County‟s employee, Alejandro Vital when... More...   $0 (04-03-2013 - CA)

Defendants South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) (collectively referred to as "defendants") appeal from a judgment in plaintiff Janet Henebema's favor, entered after a jury trial, and an order denying their motion for a remittitur. Plaintiff cross-appeals from an order denying her request for pre-judgment interest pursuant to Rule 4:58-2(a)(2).1
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This certiorari proceeding requires us to address the agricultural exemption from county zoning. See Iowa Code § 335.2 (2011). The property owners who brought this action had a lengthy dispute with Linn County over whether houses they had built were subject to the county’s zoning and subdivision ordinances. We are asked to review two separate decisions by the Linn County Board of Adjustment—i... More...   $0 (03-29-2013 - IA)

Appellant Conejo Wellness Center, Inc. (Conejo) is located in the City of Agoura Hills. Conejo is a California cooperative corporation that operates as a nonprofit collective engaged in the distribution of medical marijuana to its members. Respondent is the City of Agoura Hills (Agoura).

In the court below, Conejo filed a complaint which sought injunctive and declaratory relief against Agou... More...   $0 (03-29-2013 - CA)

This case arises from a longstanding dispute between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA). NHTSA is a federal agency within the Department of Transportation that writes and enforces safety standards for motor vehicles. NTEA is

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a trade organizatio... More...   $0 (03-28-2013 - OK)

2 Richard James and Ronald Mallay appeal from judgments
3 of conviction based on their participation in a wide-ranging
4 conspiracy that involved fraudulently obtained life insurance
5 policies for members of their extended families and others in the
6 Guyanese and Guyanese-American community, and, in several
7 instances, murder of the insured in order to collect on those
8... More...   $0 (03-28-2013 - NY)

Klein-Becker USA and Klein-Becker IP Holdings (collectively “Klein-Becker�)
sued Patrick Englert and Mr. Finest, Inc., for trademark infringement, copyright
infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition under the Lanham Act; false
advertising under the Utah Truth in Advertising Act; unfair competition under the Utah
Unfair Practices Act; fraud; civil conspiracy; and i... More...   $0 (03-27-2013 - UT)

Atheists of Florida and Ellenbeth Wachs, Director of the Lakeland Chapter
of the Atheists of Florida, (collectively “AOF�), appeal from the district court’s
order denying their motion for summary judgment and granting summary
judgment in favor of the City of Lakeland, Florida and its mayor, Gow Fields,
(collectively “Lakelandâ€� or “Lakeland Cityâ€�) in this action filed ... More...   $0 (03-26-2013 - FL)

The Powder River Basin Resource Council sued the State of Wyoming, ex rel. Wyoming Oil and Gas Resource Council Conservation Commission on an open records request denial theory claiming that the Defendant failed and refused to provide public information in its possession about the chemicals sued by oil companies to frack geological formations in their efforts to produce oil and gas.

The S... More...   $0 (03-26-2013 - WY)

Defendant Stacy Robert Newcomb appeals his convictions on one count of rape and one count of aggravated indecent liberties for his conduct with his third-grade stepdaughter, as well as his two consecutive Jessica's Law hard 25 life sentences.

Newcomb argues: (1) Rape is an alternative means crime, and the State's proof of at least one of the means on which the jury was instructed was insuff... More...   $0 (03-22-2013 - KS)

In this termination appeal, A.H.’s father, P.H. (Father), contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s findings supporting termination grounds under section 161.001(1) and 161.002 of the family code. A.H.’s mother, C.R. (Mother), contends that the evidence is factually insufficient to support the trial court’s best interest finding. We aff... More...   $0 (03-21-2013 - TX)

Appellants Mother and Father separately appeal the termination of their parental rights to K.R.G. We affirm.

II. Procedural Background

K.R.G. was born on November 11, 2005, and her brother A.G. was born on July 4, 2010. The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) filed its original petition in this case on July 29, 2010, with regard to both K.R.G. and A.G., listing... More...   $0 (03-21-2013 - TX)

An Abbey of the Benedictine Order of the Catholic Church challenges as
unconstitutional rules issued by the Louisiana Board of Funeral Directors
granting funeral homes an exclusive right to sell caskets. The district court
enjoined their enforcement, finding that they deny equal protection and due
process of law. We will AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

Case: 11-... More...   $0 (03-20-2013 - LA)

A federal jury found Sears, Roebuck and Co. liable for causing Lisa
Learmonth’s injuries in an automobile accident. In a general verdict, the jury
awarded her $4 million in compensatory damages. On Sears’ motion, the district
court interpreted the award to include $2.2 million in noneconomic damages,
then reduced this portion of the award to $1 million pursuant to Mississippiâ€... More...   $0 (03-20-2013 - MS)

¶1 Appellants brought suit to enjoin the enforcement of a law, claiming that the law violated the state constitution in four respects. The district court dismissed the first two claims and rejected the second two claims on summary judgment. On appeal, we consider whether Appellants had standing to bring these claims in the first place. We hold that, although they lacked the personal injury requir... More...   $0 (03-19-2013 - UT)

The “exclusive rightsâ€� that a copyright owner has “to distribute copies. . . of [a] copyrighted work,â€� 17 U. S. C. §106(3), are qualified by the application of several limitations set out in §§107 through 122, including the “first saleâ€� doctrine, which provides that “the owner of a particular copy or phono record lawfully made under this title . . . isentitled, without the authori... More...   $0 (03-19-2013 - NY)

Appellant Benjamin Carter appeals the district court’s dismissal
of his complaint with prejudice. The matter was initiated
upon Carter’s filing of a qui tam lawsuit under the False
Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729. The subject matter
underlying this case involves Appellees’—Halliburton Company;
KBR, Inc.; Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc.; and
Service Employees... More...   $0 (03-18-2013 - VA)

2 This case is before the court on certified questions of Oregon law from the 3 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit). See generally ORS 4 28.200 to 28.255 (granting authority to answer certified questions and describing 5 procedure). The questions arise out of an action for personal injury brought in federal 6 district court against defendant Boyle and his employer,... More...   $0 (03-15-2013 - OR)

A jury convicted defendant, Bernard Steppe, of second degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)),1 during which he discharged a firearm causing death (§ 12022.53, subd. (d)), discharged a firearm (§ 12022.53, subd. (c)) and used a firearm (§§ 12022.53, subd. (b) & 12022.5, subd. (a)). The jury also convicted defendant of attempted murder (§§ 664/187, subd. (a)), during which he discharged ... More...   $0 (03-15-2013 - CA)

This case returns to us after the Supreme Court’s review in Reynolds v. United States, 132 S. Ct. 975 (2012). Remand requires that we reach the merits of Reynolds’s claim that the regulatory rule upon which his

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indictment was based was promulgated in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APAâ€�). This claim gives rise to three questions: (1) What is the appropri... More...   $0 (03-14-2013 - PA)

On August 22, 1997, forty-six days after giving birth to her child, C.A.B., Lana Bevering obtained a divorce from Joseph Bevering. In addition to granting a divorce, the decree ordered no child support payments, terminated Joseph’s parental rights, and specifically terminated C.A.B.’s inheritance rights from Joseph. Nearly fourteen years later, Lana, as next friend of C.A.B.,1 brought an equit... More...   $0 (03-13-2013 - TX)

[¶1] The Salvation Army and Chesterfield Services, Inc. have petitioned for our discretionary review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Knopf, HO) pursuant to 39-A M.R.S. § 322(1) (2011) and M.R. App. P. 23.1 The Board awarded death benefits to the Estate of Gregory Sullwold. We conclude that the appeal is not properly before us, however, and so we dismiss the petition.

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