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Golba v. Dick's Sporting Goods

This class action was filed in May 2011 by Leslie Golba (Plaintiff), individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, against Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (Dick’s). The class action complaint alleged violations of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (Civ. Code, § 1747 et seq.) (specifically, Civil Code section 1747.08), based on Dick’s alleged practice of requesting personal infor... More...   $0 (07-26-2015 - CA)

Randolph A. Lopez, d/b/a Brown Hand Center and d/b/a Brown Medical Center v. Cox Texas Newspaper

Randolph A. Lopez, d/b/a Brown Hand Center and d/b/a Brown Medical Center,
appeals from a post-answer default summary judgment in favor of Cox Texas Newspapers, L.P.,
d/b/a Austin-American Statesman, in a suit on a sworn account to collect on unpaid advertising
services. In two issues, Lopez asserts that the trial court erred by declining to grant his motion for
new trial because i... More...
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United States of America ex rel. Maurice Keshner v. Nursing Personnel Home Care, Watler Greenfield

21 Defendants‐Appellants Nursing Personnel Home Care and its president
22 Walter Greenfield (collectively, “Nursing Personnel”) appeal from a January 6,
23 2014 partial judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District
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of New 1 York (Block, J.) awarding Plaintiff‐Appellee Maurice Keshner $185,962.12
2 in attorneys’ fees pursuant to the attorney... More...
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Landon Rothestein v. Balboa Insurance Company

Plaintiffs are borrowers who failed to purchase hazard insurance on their
mortgaged properties, as required by the terms of their loan agreements. Their
loan servicer, GMAC Mortgage LLC (“GMAC”), bought lender-placed insurance
(“LPI”) from Balboa Insurance Company and MeritPlan Insurance Company
(together, “Balboa”) at rates that were approved by regulators. GMAC then
sought re... More...
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Yigal Bosch v. Frost National Bank

This is the second appeal arising from a dispute between Frost Bank and Yigal Bosch regarding several defaulted business loans. We dismissed Bosch’s first appeal because there was no final judgment in the case at that time. Bosch v. Frost Nat’l Bank, No. 01-13-00190-CV, 2013 WL 1932138 (Tex. App.—Houston
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[1st Dist.] May 9, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op.). The trial court has since issued a fin... More...
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Leroy Haeger v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

On November 8, 2012, after a six-hour evidentiary
hearing, and after considering the record in the case and
fifteen briefs filed by the potentially-sanctionable parties,
then-Chief United States District Judge Roslyn O. Silver, of
the United States District Court for the District of Arizona,
handed down a sixty-six-page order (Order) imposing
sanctions ultimately calculated... More...
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CENTURION PROPERTIES III, LLC; SMI GROUP XIV, LLC. v. CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Nebraska company,

This case arises from a dispute between plaintiffsappellants Centurion Properties III, LLC (“CPIII”) and SMI Group XIV, LLC (“SMI”) (together, “Plaintiffs”), and defendant-appellee Chicago Title Insurance Company (“Chicago Title”) over whether Chicago Title breached a duty of care to Plaintiffs, causing damages, when it recorded unauthorized liens on CPIII’s property. We have jurisdiction under 2... More...   $0 (07-19-2015 - )

United States of America v. Robert F. McDonnell

On November 3, 2009, Appellant was elected the seventy-first Governor of Virginia. From the outset, he made economic development and the promotion of Virginia businesses priorities of his administration. The economic downturn preceding the election had taken a personal toll on Appellant. Mobo Real Estate Partners LLC (“Mobo”), a business operated by Appellant and his sister, was losing money on ... More...   $0 (07-18-2015 - )

Allan M. Shine et al. v. Charles Moreau et al. :

There were several individuals who served as Receiver for the City of Central Falls during the period of time preceding the filing of these cases and during the pendency of the cases. We shall simply make a generic reference to “the Receiver.” On November 14, 2013, by order of this Court, Allan M. Shine, Esq. (the Trustee) was substituted as Appellee in the place of the Receiver in all three of ... More...   $0 (07-16-2015 - )

JENNIFER PIKE v. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE

The petitioner, Jennifer Pike, appeals an order of the Superior Court (McNamara, J.) granting summary judgment to the respondent, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee (Trust), in her action to enjoin the foreclosure sale of real property located in New London. On appeal, the petitioner argues that the trial court erred when it determined that she lacked standing to challenge the assig... More...   $0 (07-15-2015 - )

J.A. CARR v. RONALD A. ROSIEN et al.

John Carr filed a prior quiet title action against Earnest Ortiz and Anna Colón. In
connection with that action, he recorded a lis pendens. However, he did not mail the lis
pendens to either Ortiz or Colón; instead, he filed a declaration that their addresses were
unknown. He also did not examine the county assessor‟s roll, which would have shown
that Ortiz and Colón h... More...
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Hsin-Chi-Su aka Nobu Su v. Vantage Drilling Company

Appellee, Vantage Drilling Company (“Vantage”), sued appellant, Hsin-
Chi-Su aka Nobu Su (“Su”), seeking, inter alia, to recover Vantage shares held by
Su’s wholly-owned affiliate, F3 Capital, on the ground the stock was acquired via
Su’s fraud and breach of fiduciary duties. The trial court signed a temporary
injunction precluding Su from disposing of, or otherwise encumbering, th... More...
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Allan M. Shine et al. : v. : Charles Moreau et al

These consolidated cases come before this Court on
appeal from a decision of the Providence County Superior Court, which contained three distinct
holdings. First, the Superior Court granted the Central Falls Receiver’s1 motion for partial
1 There were several individuals who served as Receiver for the City of Central Falls during th... More...
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United States of America v. Gregory Violette

Bangor, ME - Gregory Violette, 59, of Waterville, was resentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release for failing to pay restitution.

Court records reflect that on October 31, 2002, Violette was sentenced to 87 months in prison for wire, mail and bankruptcy fraud; making false statements to financial institutions; and... More...
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Allan M. Shine et al. v. Charles Moreau et al. :

These consolidated cases come before this Court on
appeal from a decision of the Providence County Superior Court, which contained three distinct
holdings. First, the Superior Court granted the Central Falls Receiver’s1 motion for partial
1 There were several individuals who served as Receiver for the City of Central Falls during the... More...
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FOGE INVESTMENTS, L.L.C. and AJR PEAKVIEW, INC. vs. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WAHOO, NEBRASKA

FoGe Investments, LLC, and AJR Peakview, Inc. (together “FoGe”),
appeal from the district court’s decree granting sanctions against it and its
counsel, which included a judgment in favor First National Bank of Wahoo,
Nebraska (First National), as well as monetary sanctions. We conclude that, due
to FoGe’s lack of compliance with the rules of civil procedure, the court did not ... More...
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United States of America v. Robert F. McDonnell

Over the course of five weeks of trial, federal prosecutors sought to prove that former Governor of Virginia Robert F. McDonnell (“Appellant”) and his wife, Maureen McDonnell, accepted money and lavish gifts in exchange for efforts to assist a Virginia company in securing state university testing of a dietary supplement the company had developed. The jury found Appellant guilty of eleven counts of... More...   $0 (07-11-2015 - VA)

Johnny Jr. Gatewood v. CP Medical, LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Gatewood appeal from an order of the bankruptcy court1 granting
summary judgment to the defendant in an adversary proceeding concerning a proof
of claim filed by the defendant on a time-barred debt. We have jurisdiction over this
appeal from entry of the bankruptcy court’s final order pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 158(b). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
FACTU... More...
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Ray Dan Ripley and Pamela Sue Ripley v. McDonald Land Services, Inc., Ion Geophysical, Inc., High Mount Exploration and Tesla Exploration, Inc. Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals MoreLaw Will Make Your Phone Ring $0 to $1000+ Per Month - No Contract 888-354-4529

Pawnee, OK - Ray Dan Ripley and Pamela Sue Ripley sued McDonald Land Services, Inc., Ion Geophysical, Inc., High Mount Exploration and Tesla Exploration, Inc. on negligence theories.

Date Code Description Count Party Amount
07-09-2015

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James L. Janes, Sam Britton Pyland, Jr. as Independent Executor of the Estate of Lucy Pyland, Deceased, and Dennis Spence Janes as Independent Executor of the Estate of Woodrow Wilson Janes, Deceased v. Mary Adams as Independent Executor of the Estate of Bettie Maxey, Deceased

James L. Janes, Sam Britton Pyland, Jr. as Independent Executor of the Estate of Lucy Pyland, Deceased, and Dennis Spence Janes as Independent Executor of the Estate of Woodrow Wilson Janes, Deceased appeal from a denial of their contest of the will of Bettie Maxey, who had passed away in 2011. The appellants complain that the evidence
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was legally and factually insuff... More...
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United States of America v. Al Hakeem Muhammad

DALLAS, TX — Al Hakeem Muhammad, II, 26, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to one count of misrepresentation of a Social Security number. Muhammad, who is on bond, faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is set for October 21, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn.

According to p... More...
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United States of America v. Daniel Rankins

CHICAGO, IL — A former Chicago resident who accepted cash payments to help 80 people file false bankruptcy petitions as a way of avoiding City of Chicago impound fees was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.

Daniel Rankins, 32, of Storm Lake, Iowa, and formerly of Chicago, pleaded guilty in December to one count of bankruptcy fraud. He was ordered to pay $142,737.00 in restitution by... More...
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Defense Resource Services, LLC v. First National Bank of Central Texas

In two issues, appellant, Defense Resource Services, LLC (“DRS”), challenges a judgment entered in favor of appellee, First National Bank of Central Texas (“FNB”). Specifically, DRS asserts that the trial court erred because it determined: (1) that FNB’s 1991 lien secured both a 1991 loan and a 2008 loan, even though the 1991 loan was paid in full; and (2) that the payment of the 1991 loan did not... More...   $0 (07-02-2015 - TX)

In re: Michael James Baker and Suzie Carmen Baker

Michael James Baker and Suzie Carmen Baker, the debtors in this
bankruptcy appeal, failed to disclose in their bankruptcy schedules their interest in a cause of
action until years after the close of the bankruptcy case. After learning about the cause of action,
Douglas S. Ellmann, the bankruptcy trustee, requested that the case be reopened so that he could
pursue the cause of actio... More...
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Sauer Incorporated d/b/a Sauer Southeast v. Carrie D. Larson

Sauer Incorporated ("Sauer") filed an adversary proceeding objecting to the discharge of a debt
owed by Carrie Lawson ("Ms. Lawson") that she allegedly obtained
as part of a fraudulent scheme to prevent Sauer from collecting a
previous judgment from her father, James Lawson. See 11 U.S.C.
§§ 523(a)(2)(A), 523(a)(6). The bankruptcy court dismissed for
failure to state a claim ... More...
   $0 (07-02-2015 - RI)

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