Plaintiff Matthew N. Fulton, DDS, P.C., a dental practice in Linden, Michigan, brings this suit on behalf of itself and others similarly situated. Fulton alleges that it received a fax from Defendants in September 2016 that was an unsolicited advertisement under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, but that failed to include the requisite opt-out provision. Arguing that t... More...   $0 (11-06-2018 - MI)

Plaintiffs John Brotherston and
Joan Glancy are two former employees of Putnam Investments, LLC
who participated in Putnam's defined-contribution 401(k)
retirement plan (the "Plan"). They brought this lawsuit on behalf
of a now-certified class of other participants in the Plan, and on
behalf of the Plan itself pursuant to the civil enforcement
provision of the Employee Reti... More...   $0 (10-22-2018 - MA)

Defendant SOLO 1 Kustoms, Inc. (SOLO) appeals a
judgment in favor of plaintiff Christopher Vasquez. After a bench
trial, the court found SOLO liable for performing unauthorized
repair work on Vasquez’s car in violation of Business and
Professions Code section 9884.9, and awarded Vasquez $12,000
in damages. On appeal, SOLO contends there is no private cause
of action for vio... More...   $0 (09-15-2018 - CA)

New York, NY - Four Defendants Sentenced Following Convictions At Trial For Stealing Confidential Government Information And Using It To Engage In Illegal Trading

Robert Khuzami, the Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today that DAVID BLASZCZAK, a political intelligence consultant, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison... More...   $0 (09-13-2018 - NY)

Bangor, ME - Old Town Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography

Kenneth McLay, 46, of Old Town, Maine, pleaded guilty on September 10, 2018 in U.S. District Court to distribution and possession of child pornography.

According to court records, the defendant obtained sexually explicit videos of a minor from the internet and uploaded some of these videos... More...   $0 (09-13-2018 - ME)

This case arises out of the foreclosure of a home-equity conversion
mortgage—commonly called a “reverse mortgage.” We are asked to interpret a
federal statute, 12 U.S.C. § 1715z-20, which authorizes the Secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a mortgage-insurance
program designed to encourage lenders to offer reverse mortgages and thereby
allev... More...   $0 (09-12-2018 - GA)

Smith was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, and battery against a law enforcement officer for acts he committed in 1992. Smith pleaded guilty to the offenses and was sentenced in August 1993.

At sentencing, the district court noted that if Smith were sentenced under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA), which took effect on July 1, 1993, Smith would h... More...   $0 (09-10-2018 - KS)

Charter Communications is a provider of video, internet, and voice
communications services. This case arose when Charter underwent a corporate
reorganization in order to segregate its Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) services
from its regulated wholesale telecommunications services. As part of the
reorganization, Charter moved its VoIP accounts from “Charter Fiberlink” to a ne... More...   $0 (09-10-2018 - MN)

Novelette Mack acquired property located at 4601 West
Slauson Avenue in 2004. Through a series of transactions that
Mack contends were fraudulent and a series of lawsuits Mack
contends resulted in void judgments, the title to the property no
longer rests with Mack.
This appeal is from a December 22, 2016 order denying a
motion to vacate an earlier judgment under Code of Civ... More...   $0 (09-03-2018 - CA)

On October 1, 1983, Helen Morrison conveyed to Ralph Stalcup an 80-acre tract of real property located in Stafford County. This property was subject to a 1967 oil and gas lease (the Morrison Lease) entitling the lessor to a one-eighth royalty. The original lessor had drilled an oil well on the property in 1970. In the general warranty deed conveying the property, Morrison reserved mineral rights t... More...   $0 (08-30-2018 - KS)

The theme of this constitutional
suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 is that the Sheriff of Cook
County, Illinois, did not do enough to prevent guards and
other public employees from stealing or losing the belongings
of inmates at the Cook County Jail. New arrivals must
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surrender their possessions. There is no doubt that theft of
these belongings is a crime and a t... More...   $0 (08-27-2018 - IL)

Michael Colaco, and April Barry appeal from the judgment entered against them in this action
arising from Inet’s sale of its assets to respondents Cavotec SA and Cavotec Inet US, Inc.
(collectively Cavotec). Colaco was Inet’s sole shareholder and its chief executive officer
and Barry was Inet’s director of administration. After the transaction, Colaco became
Cavotec Inet US, Inc.’s... More...   $0 (08-11-2018 - CA)

Proceeding pro se,1 Joan Farr appeals the district court’s order granting
summary judgment on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim in favor of the Huckleberry
Homeowners Association and its board members (collectively, HOA). She also
* After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument wouldn’t materially assist in the determination ofMore...   $0 (08-10-2018 - KS)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Julie Anna Dickman with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: EMB, EMBEZZLEMENT, in violation of 21 O.S. 1451
Date of Offense: 03/18/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
DICKMANN, JULIE ANNA Disposed: DEFERRED, 08/06/2018. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: EMBEZZLEMENT(EMB)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1451



A. Embezzleme... More...   $0 (08-06-2018 - OK)

While she was still living, Green’s mother received monthly  benefits payments from the United States Department of Veterans  Affairs  (“VA”).  Each  month,  the  VA  automatically  deposited  approximately $1,154 into a joint bank account that Green held with  her mother. Green’s mother died on January 10, 2009, and Green  notified the VA of her death on February 9, 2009. But the VA continued  t... More...   $0 (08-01-2018 - NY)

In this case, Cecil and Patricia Daughtrey filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition for the sole purpose of preventing the sale of their property in a public auction to be held pursuant to a state court judgment that foreclosed the mortgage on the property. After the public auction was automatically stayed under 11 U.S.C. § 362(a), the trustee of the bankruptcy estate and the judgment creditor, 72 Pa... More...   $0 (07-31-2018 - FL)

Mindy Armstrong was employed by The Arcanum Group, Inc., which serves as a placement agency to staff federal-government positions. She was placed with the Real Estate Leasing Services Department of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). After she complained that BLM employees were falsifying lease-related records, the BLM
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demanded that Arcanum remove her from the placement. Her Arcanum sup... More...   $0 (07-30-2018 - CO)

Kansas Star is one of four state-sponsored gaming enterprises in Kansas authorized under K.S.A. 74-8733 et seq., the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act (KELA), and is located in the south central gaming zone. In 2007 the Legislature passed KELA which divided the state into four gaming zones—northeast, south central, southwest, and southeast—and authorized the Kansas Lottery to operate a single gaming fac... More...   $0 (07-22-2018 - KS)

In 2014 a FedEx employee stole about $380,000 worth of gold coins and gold bars from a
package entrusted to FedEx for delivery. Almost two years later, the sender, Rodger Blanco,
sued FedEx for negligent investigation and conversion. FedEx moved for summary judgment,
which the district court granted principally because the contract of
carriage required Mr. Blanco to file suit wi... More...   $0 (07-19-2018 - OK)