In 2011, state authorities successfully prosecuted and incarcerated Chilinski for
cruelty to animals. Crucial to that prosecution was the Jefferson County Sheriff’s search
of Chilinski’s four parcels of property, including his residence, for evidence relating to
his inhumane treatment of dogs. That search, conducted pursuant to a warrant, revealed
not only an unlawful and cr

Tulsa, OK - The Oklahoma Department of Transportation sued Twenty-First Properties, L.L.C. on an eminent domain theories seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interest in property owned by the defendant for public use.

The Commissioners appointed by the Court assessed the damages that Twenty-First Properties would suffer as a result of the taking of its property at

Anchorage, AK - California Man Sentenced for Role in Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy

Robert Craggs was sentenced to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Craggs pleaded guilty on May 27, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and conspiracy to launder money. Craggs’ co-conspirators were previously sentenced.

According to

Ocoee Utility District of Bradley and Polk Counties, Tennessee (“the Utility”) is a utility district that operates a water and sewer system in Bradley and Polk Counties. The Wildwood Company, Inc. (“Wildwood”) is a private fishing club with eleven memberstockholders. For decades, Wildwood owned about 120 acres of land in Bradley County, which included wetlands, a lake, and a nearby freshwater sp

On December 23, 2010, Julie Hynes agreed to babysit her 4-year-old grandson overnight. About 11 p.m., Keenan, the boy's father, unexpectedly came into Hynes' residence. He was acting "bizarre," according to Hynes—speaking nonsensically, slurring his speech, stumbling, and swaying. He also smelled of alcohol. He picked up the sleeping boy and stumbled while carrying him out to his vehicle. It was s

New Jersey has a significant body of statutory and
decisional law protecting employee rights -- protections that
exist whether the employee is a union member or not. Among
those are wage and hour and whistleblower protections. Facts
that can give rise to a violation of those state-law protections
can often (for union workers) also give rise to a claim based on
a col

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Thomas F. Rivet, Karen A. Rivet and Board of County Commissioners of Comanche County on eminent domain theories seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interested in real property owned by the Rivets located in Comanche County, Oklahoma for public use.

The Commissioners appointed by the Cour

In 1952, the Mississippi State Highway Commission, MTC’s predecessor, acquired
an easement over certain property of Wallace Walker for “all highway purposes” by an
agreed judgment.3 The property was used to reconstruct a bridge spanning the Bay of St.
Louis, between Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis, after the bridge had burned in 1948.4 After
Hurricane Katrina destroyed the bridge

Stillwater, OK - Saddlehorn Pipeline Company, LLC sued Kollin James Lewis, Julie Anne Lewis, Payne County and Central Rural Electric Cooperative seeking to acquire through the exercise of eminent domain certain rights, title and interest in real property owned by Lewis for use for the construction and operation of a pipeline by condemnation.

The Commissioners appointed by the Court report

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma ex rel Department of Transportation sued Charles Anthony Benke and the Comanche County Board of County Commissioners on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interested in real property for public use.

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CIVIL RELIEF MORE THAN $10

BridgeTex is a limited liability company engaged in the location and construction of a pipeline in Texas for the transportation of crude petroleum. The pipeline is intended to transport crude petroleum from the Permian Basin to the Texas Gulf Coast. In January 2013, the Texas Railroad Commission designated BridgeTex as a common carrier and granted it a T-4 permit. Pursuant to its designation as

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Richard L. Frazier, Kimberly Frazier, Farm Credit of Central Oklahoma, FLCA, Comanche Board of County Commissioners on eminent domain theories seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property for public use.

Tulsa, OK - The City of Tulsa sued One Gas, Inc., Oklahoma Natural Gas Company and others on eminent domain theories seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property owned by the Defendants for public use to improve the intersection of 36th Street North and Lewis Avenue.

The Court appointed Jim Clark, Becky Newport and Max Tinersley to serve as court

Tulsa, OK - The City of Tulsa sued Midwest Salvage, Inc. and MBros, LLC on eminent domain theories seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property owned by the Defendants for public use to construct the North Lewis, 36th to 46th Street Project in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

The Court appointed Jan Gordon, Mike Craddock and Kevin Newport to apprai

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Tulsa, Interests, LLC, RCB Bank, El Chico Restaurants, Inc. on eminent domain theories seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interested in real property in which the Defendants held some interested to the improvement of Interstates Highway I-44 in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

The Commissioners a

At 9:37 p.m. on 12 April 2014, Wilmington Police Department (“WPD”) Officer
Scott Bramley was dispatched to Penn Street in the Long Leaf Park subdivision in
response to an anonymous 911 caller’s report that there was a possible dispute and a
black man with a gun standing outside. Bramley activated his patrol car’s blue lights
and siren on his way to the scene, stopped a few blo

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Fikes Center, Inc. and Bank of America on eminent domain theories seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property owned or upon which the defendants had ownership or lien interests for public use in the construction and operation of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 44 in T

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued H.W. Allen Co., L.L.C. on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights title and interests in real property owned by the Defendant for public use (I-44) in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

The Court appointed Sheila Brunton, George O'Connor and Jim Clark to serve as commissioners on the case

A criminal suspect’s state and federal rights to counsel and confrontation of witnesses are essential to a fair trial. Here, police officers and a prosecutor eavesdropped on a criminal suspect’s pre-interrogation consultation with his lawyer, overhearing information regarding both evidence and trial strategy. Then, when called to testify about that eavesdropping in depositions and a suppression he

Tulsa, OK - State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Fikes Center, Inc. on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interest in real property owned by the Defendant for improvements in Interstate Highway I-44.

The Commissioners appointed by the Court awarded the Defendant $2,395,550.00.

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued H.W. Allen Co., L.L.C. on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property owned by the Defendant for public purposes.

The Commissioners appointed by the Court to appraised the value of the property taken and the damages, if any, sustained by the rem

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Betty Joy Rowland Young and Betty Rowland Nursery School, Inc. on eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interest in real property for use for a public improvement.

The property in question was needed for a perpetual utility easement of 0.06 acres fronting on I-44.

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transporation sued Tulsa Interests, LLC, RBC Bank, El Chico Restaurants on eminent domain theories seeking to acquire certain rights, title and interests in real owned by the Defendants for public purposes. The allegations made by the State are not available for this case.

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