Seattle, WA - The State of Washington charged Michele Anderson with six counts of first-degree murder for killing her parents, her brother, his wife and two of their children on Christmas Eve in 2007.

The defense asserted that the killings were not premeditated and that the defendant was guilty on not more than second-degree murder.

Docket Entries:


Court: King Co Su... More...   $0 (03-04-2016 - WA)

Lamar has owned and operated many billboards in the Knoxville area for several years. Two of these billboards are central to the present case, i.e., one located at 6739 Kingston Pike and the other at 406B North Peters Road. When they were originally constructed, they were vinyl and non-electronic. Both were properly permitted by the City. In addition, each was a free standing structure, which ... More...   $0 (02-25-2016 - TN)

In 2003, a Hidalgo County jury convicted appellant Jose Isaac Reyes of capital
murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN.
§ 19.03(a)(2) (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.S.). Reyes’s attorney filed an untimely
notice of appeal, and we dismissed his appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Reyes v.
State, No. 13-03-00370-CR, 2003 WL 21824503, at *1 (T... More...   $0 (02-18-2016 - TX)

Between approximately 2003 and 2009, Zarauskas served as
a confidential informant for the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service ("FWS"), providing information about individuals engaged
in the smuggling of whale teeth and other wildlife contraband.2
In this capacity, Zarauskas developed a relationship with FWS Agent
Andrey Guidera, with whom he spoke on many occasions. <... More...   $0 (02-14-2016 - ME)

This is a school finance case concerning Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution, which imposes a duty on the legislature to "make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state." Kan. Const. art. 6, § 6(b). In Gannon v. State, 298 Kan. 1107, 1163, 319 P.3d 1196 (2014) (Gannon I), we confirmed that Article 6 contains both adequacy and equity requirements. It necessitates tha... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - KS)

On direct appeal from petitioner‟s convictions, this court adduced the following
facts:
On November 24, 1992, . . . [“the victim”] was working the 4:30 p.m. to midnight shift at [a] library. At midnight, [the victim] locked the doors to the library and began her short journey home to her . . . apartment . . . . After entering her parking “space” at the apartment complex, she pro... More...   $0 (02-11-2016 - TN)

On February 2, 2012, Plaintiffs/Appellants Bishop David A. Hall, individually and on behalf of Gospel Center Temple Church of God in Christ (“Gospel Center COGIC”), filed a complaint for injunction, accounting, and damages against L.M. Haley Ministries, Inc., Gospel Center Temple Church Moscow, Inc. (“Gospel Center, Inc.”), and some of its members and trustees, Lonnie M. Haley, III, Jeremiah R. Ha... More...   $0 (01-30-2016 - TN)

This case arises out of one of humanity’s darkest hours. In the summer of 1944, upon the arrival of German troops in Nazi-allied Hungary, the Hungarian government implemented an accelerated campaign to deport Hungarian Jews to Nazi death camps for extermination before the War’s end. At the outset of the War, the Jewish population in Hungary numbered more than 800,000. By the end of the War, mo... More...   $0 (01-29-2016 - DC)

Synthetic cannabinoids, also known as “spice,” are compounds designed to mimic the psychoactive properties of marijuana, first reported in the United States in 2008. See Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of Three Synthetic Cannabinoids Into Schedule I, 78 Fed. Reg. 28,735–39 (May 16, 2013) (to be codified at 21 C.F.R. pt. 1308.11(h)(9)–(11)). Regulation of “spice” is a part... More...   $0 (01-25-2016 - IN)

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 Vermont Human Rights Commission and three female employees of the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) filed suit against the State—the DOC and the Vermont Department of Human Resources (DHR)—claiming that the DOC violated the Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act (VFEPA), 21 V.S.A. §§ 495-496a, by paying a male employee in the same position as the female plaintiffs as much as $10,000 more ... More...   $0 (12-29-2015 - VT)

In 2004, SIGA acquired technology for ST-246, an antiviral drug for the treatment of smallpox. At that time, the viability, potential uses, safety, and efficacy of the drug, as well as the likelihood of SIGA obtaining regulatory approval or making sales to the government, were, as is typical in this industry, uncertain. By late 2005, SIGA was running out of money, its largest shareholder, MacAndr... More...   $0 (12-23-2015 - DE)

This case arises from the efforts of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (ʺEPAʺ) pursuant to section 402(a) of the Clean Water Act (the ʺCWAʺ), 
33 U.S.C. § 1342(a), to regulate the discharge of ballast water from ships. 1  A ship 
takes on and discharges ballast water to compensate for changes in its weight 
caused by activities such as loading and unloading c... More...   $0 (12-20-2015 - )

On February 14, 2010, Kenton Wesley Wolf was shot with a BB gun and stabbed to death in his Smyrna residence. The police arrested Juan Restrepo Duque (“Restrepo”), an eighteen-year-old Colombian national who had been living in the U.S. for seven years, and charged him with Wolf’s murder. A Superior Court jury found Restrepo guilty of second degree murder, possession of a deadly weapon during th... More...   $0 (12-20-2015 - DE)

Plaintiff Pipal Tech is a closely-held corporation formed in 2011 under the laws of India with its principal place of business in India.4 Pipal Tech is in the business of developing, licensing, and supporting mobile and web-based applications. Non-parties Amit Baid, Raviteja Dodda, and Yashwanth Kumar are the founders of Pipal Tech.6 Dodda and Kumar are also former executives and board The fact... More...   $0 (12-19-2015 - DE)

Intervenors’ motion for rehearing is denied. However, our prior opinion filed
4 on November 12, 2015 is withdrawn and the following is substituted in its place.
5 {2} Since the adoption of the New Mexico Constitution on January 21, 1911, New
6 Mexico has had a constitutional responsibility to provide a free public education for
7 all children of school age. N.M. Const. art. XII,... More...   $0 (12-18-2015 - NM)

This case presents the question whether the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security – acting through the Coast Guard – may impose certain conditions (nonfinancial in nature) upon the release of ships suspected of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. Ship owners appeal from the district court’s holding that the case is nonjusticiable. We disagree as to justiciability, but af... More...   $0 (12-15-2015 - DC)

The petitioner’s employees conducted a strike that they said was intended to protest the company’s unlawful termination of and failure to reinstate a prominent union supporter. At the same time, they honored a clause in an agreement they had with the company not to strike -- for any reason -- on one particular construction project. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that the strike... More...   $0 (12-10-2015 - NY)

ABINGDON, VIRGINIA – Timothy Gerace Sentenced to Ten Years

United States Attorney Anthony P. Giorno announced today that Timothy Gerace was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon after having previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Gerace was the final defendant ... More...   $0 (12-07-2015 - VA)

Portland, OR - "Operation Pongo" Leads to Arrest of Two Malaysian Men on Federal Charges of Smuggling Wildlife into the U.S.

Two Malaysian nationals have been arrested on federal wildlife smuggling charges after they allegedly used mail parcels to illegally smuggle orangutan skulls and parts of other protected wildlife into the United States.

Eoin Ling Churn Yeng, 35, and Galvin ... More...   $0 (12-07-2015 - OR)

Liu was apprehended in the United States by the U.S. Border Patrol in September
1998. The former Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) filed a Notice to
Appear charging that Liu was subject to removal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(A)(i).
Liu conceded that she was removable and, in September 1999, applied for asylum,
withholding of removal, and protection under th... More...   $0 (12-07-2015 - )

Jason Dean was found guilty of all charged offenses and was sentenced to death for the aggravated murder of Titus Arnold and the attempted murder of six other people. On direct appeal, we reversed Dean's convictions, vacated the death sentence, and remanded the case for a new trial. See State v. Dean, 127 Ohio St.3d 140, 2010-Ohio-5070, 937 N.E.2d 97. In this direct appeal of Dean's convictions u... More...   $0 (11-29-2015 - OH)

We consider the constitutionality of Tucson’s unusual
system for electing members of its city council.
FACTS
Tucson’s elections are ordinary in many ways. The city
is divided into six wards of approximately equal population,
and each ward is allotted one seat on the city council. A
candidate for city council must run for the seat in the ward
where he resides. See Tucson... More...   $0 (11-27-2015 - AZ)

Plaintiff/Appellant Tony Hall filed this personal injury lawsuit against Defendant Gaylord Entertainment Company (“Gaylord”) and Defendant/Appellee International Special Attractions, Ltd. (“ISA”) seeking to recover damages for injuries he allegedly sustained by falling on an ice slide that was featured in the ICE! Exhibit at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville (the “Ice Exhi... More...   $0 (11-26-2015 - TN)