This is the State’s second appeal from the First Judicial District Court’s
injunctions preventing implementation of certain provisions of the Act. Montana
Cannabis Industry Association v. State, 2012 MT 201, 366 Mont. 224, 286 P.3d 1161
(hereafter MCIA I). The Act repealed the 2004 Medical Marijuana Act (2004 Act)—
which was established by voter initiative (I-148)—and replaced... More...   $0 (02-28-2016 - MT)

On August 30, 2014, Deputy Bryan Estes with the St. Tammany Parish
Sheriff's Office investigated a complaint that a male and female had attempted to
purchase prepaid gift cards at the Dollar General Store on Fremaux Avenue in
Slidell, using numerous credit cards that were declined. The store clerk who
reported the suspicious activity advised Deputy Estes of the defendant's name, More...   $0 (02-27-2016 - LA)

The current appeal results from a patent infringe- ment suit and countersuit between Apple Inc. (“Apple”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications Ameri- ca, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”). Apple alleged in- fringement of five U.S. patents that it owns: U.S. Patent Nos. 5,946,647 (the ’647 patent), 6,847,959 (the ’959
patent)... More...   $0 (02-26-2016 - DC)

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and § 15 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights protect against unreasonable searches, which in the criminal context means a search must be conducted pursuant to a warrant or a wellrecognized exception to the warrant requirement. One of these well-recognized exceptions—the consent exception—arises when an individual voluntarily agrees to al... More...   $0 (02-26-2016 - KS)

This action's relevant procedural history is not complex.
One month after Loury's nearly two-year employment as a Concord
executive ended, he filed a four-count complaint against
Concord. Three of the counts were dismissed for failure to
state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The surviving
count alleged Concord breached the parties' employment
agreement.... More...   $0 (02-26-2016 - NJ)

This appeal raises the issue whether the spousal disqualification set forth in G. L. c. 233, § 20, First, which bars a spouse from testifying "as to private conversations with the other," applies when one spouse has disclosed the substance of a private conversation to a third party. The defendant was convicted by a jury of rape, G. L. c. 265, § 22 (b). The victim, whom we shall call Sally,1 is ... More...   $0 (02-16-2016 - MA)

On April 16, 2005, Esteban Carpio stabbed eighty-four-year-old Madeline Gatta with a
knife when he attempted to steal her handbag. Suspecting Carpio of that assault, the Providence
police brought him to headquarters. He was brought without handcuffs to a conference room,
where he was interviewed by Det. James Allen, who openly wore his handgun on his hip. At the
outset Carpio... More...   $0 (02-15-2016 - RI)

This is a contract dispute. Plaintiff Joseph Grayzel,
M.D., an interventional cardiologist, is the inventor of a
balloon catheter device used for cardiac angioplasty. He holds
a patent for that device (the "'629" patent1) and also for
variations of his invention that he subsequently created.
Dr. Grayzel brought a lawsuit in federal court against
defendant Boston Sc... More...   $0 (02-14-2016 - NJ)

Akzo owns by assignment the ’956 patent, directed to an extrusion process that generates low viscosity aqueous polymer dispersions. ’956 patent, at [57]. In order to achieve uniform distribution of the polymer in the aqueous medium, the specification notes that “the mixture cannot be heated above the boiling point of the carrier liquid, or else the liquid boils and it becomes impossible to dispe... More...   $0 (01-31-2016 - DC)

Collins was originally charged with first degree sexual assault of a child and third degree sexual assault of a child. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Collins pled no contest to first degree sexual assault, pursuant to § 28-319(1)(c). On June 26, 2013, he was sentenced to 10 to 15 years’ imprisonment, with credit for 396 days’ time served. The child in question was Collins’ 12-year-old stepdaughter.... More...   $0 (01-29-2016 - NE)

In this case we must decide whether Texas partnership law requires a plaintiff seeking to
enforce a partner’s liability for a partnership debt to sue the partner within the limitations period on
the underlying claim against the partnership. Here, a judgment creditor attempted to collect from a
partnership after litigating a contract claim for over a decade and a half, only to find the ... More...   $0 (01-24-2016 - TX)

Following a jury trial, Valverde was convicted of two counts of third degree sexual assault of a child, second offense; four counts of child abuse; and three counts of first degree sexual assault of a child, second offense, relating to acts committed against H.L. and B.V. at locations in Sarpy County between June 1, 2008 and December 10, 2010. On direct appeal, Valverde assigned error to the proce... More...   $0 (01-23-2016 - NE)

16 Plaintiff Tyrone Simmons appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for
17 the Eastern District of New York (Irizarry, J.) dismissing his suit on grounds of untimeliness.
18 Simmons, who is a writer and performer of hip-hop music, brought this suit against hip-hop
19 producer William C. Stanberry, Jr., the well-known rapper Curtis Jackson (who performs under
20 ... More...   $0 (01-17-2016 - NY)

Fresno, CA - Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Connection with Extensive Counterfeit Media Conspiracy in Central Valley

Miguel Angel Gomez Rebolledo, 35, of San Jose, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and related crimes.

Gomez Rebolledo was the last defendant to plead guilty in connection with an ... More...   $0 (01-15-2016 - CA)

This appeal marks the latest chapter in a long-running business dispute between two siblings: Jimmy and Larry Flynt. At issue is whether the district court erred in modifying a 2011 permanent injunction that prohibited Jimmy (and his associated entities) from using trademarks owned by Larry (and his associated entities), including a trademark featuring their shared last name: Flynt. Because t... More...   $0 (01-14-2016 - OH)

This case arises out of Plaintiff Larry Holmberg’s allegation that Defendant, the United States, has violated 28 U.S.C. § 1498 through the use or manufacture of the invention described in United States Patent Nos. 6,988,332 (“the 331 patent”) and 7,100,321 (“the 321 patent”). Specifically, the alleged violation arises from Defendant’s use of an allegedly infringing product produced by Third-Party... More...   $0 (01-12-2016 - DC)

York, PA - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged Mark A. Haynes, David M. Whitcomb and Daniel H. Graff official oppression in violation of 18 P.S. 903, conspiracy in violation of 18 P.S. 5301 and harassment in violation of 18 P.S. 2709 claiming that they defendants county prison guards staged fights between inmates as part of a "Fight Club" that pitted inmates against one another. The State cla... More...   $0 (01-08-2016 - PA)

A jury found the appellant, Tyler C. Bain, guilty of four felonies stemming from his assaults of his former wife with whom he was living: kidnapping, first degree sexual assault, second degree assault, and making terroristic threats. Regarding the kidnapping conviction, the court found that statutory mitigating circumstances did not exist. It convicted Bain of a Class IA felony for kidnapping and ... More...   $0 (01-08-2016 - NE)

Luis Alberto Munoz Miranda and Francisco Jose Valderrama Carvajal, citizens of Colombia, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA). They contend on appeal that the MDLEA is unconstitutional as applied to their conduct, that the MDLEA fails to reach extraterritorially to encompass their conduct in Colombia, and that the facts in the record fail ... More...   $0 (01-04-2016 - DC)

On July 23, 1999, William R. McDonnell filed a provisional patent application: "Launch and Recovery System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." 3rd Am. Compl. ~ 25. On July 24, 2000, Mr. McDonnell also filed a Patent Cooperation Treaty patent application ("PCT No. US00/20099"), claiming priority to the provisional application filed on July 23, 1999. 3rd Am. Comp!. Ex. A.
On January 23, 2002, pursua... More...   $0 (01-01-2016 - DC)

The Plaintiff filed his Verified Complaint on October 11, 2012. The
Complaint alleged seven counts against the Defendants: Count I alleges that DNREC
violated numerous statutes to illegally build the Turbine; Count II alleges that the
City violated statutes and zoning ordinances to illegally issue the Building Permit;
Counts III and IV allege violations of the Delaware Freedom... More...   $0 (01-01-2016 - DE)

In 2013, Arrow, a Delaware limited liability company, hired 3 Bears, a North Dakota limited liability company, to be the general contractor for the construction of a pipeline located on a right-of-way easement acquired by Arrow from the Bureau of Indian Affairs over Indian trust land on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. See 25 U.S.C. §§ 321 and 323. The easement was "for the purpose of install... More...   $0 (12-30-2015 - ND)

Mr. White took indecent liberties with a child in North Carolina on February 6, 2005, in violation of section 14-202.1 of the North Carolina Criminal Code. On July 27, 2006, Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Mr. White was indicted by the State of North Carolina on December 11, 2006, and convicted on February 14, 2007. On February 28, 2007, two weeks after ... More...   $0 (12-26-2015 - OK)

The challenged portions of the indictment are as follows. Counts Seven through Twelve charge violations of three similar statutes: 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 (in the indictment, "Interstate Prostitution"), 2421 ("Mann Act"), and 2423 ("Illicit Transportation of a Minor"). The Interstate Prostitution counts allege that Defendant induced "one or more individuals to travel in interstate commerce to engage in ... More...   $0 (12-26-2015 - NY)

This case requires us to determine whether a private company that operates service plazas on New Jersey highways acted “under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State,” U.S.C. § 1983, when it removed brochures belonging to a “gentleman’s club” from the common areas of its service plazas. We hold that it did not. The absence of any direct involvement by the stat... More...   $0 (12-24-2015 - NJ)