Jesus Gonzalez was active in Wisconsin’s “open carry” movement, which advocates for the right to carry unconcealed firearms in public. On two occasions in 2008 and 2009, he openly carried a holstered handgun into retail stores in the Village of West Milwaukee and the City of Chilton, Wisconsin. On each occasion he was arrested for disorderly conduct and his gun was confiscated. He was not pr... More...   $0 (02-02-2012 - WI)

The question presented in this appeal is whether the Eleventh Amendment protects New Mexico from a suit for money damages under Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131–65. We conclude it does. New Mexico has state sovereign immunity from a claim that it violated the ADA when it revoked the medical license of a physician whose practice the state claimed constit... More...   $0 (01-11-2012 - NM)

28 Carlos Garcia was born in the Dominican Republic on
29 December 24, 1978. His family immigrated to the United
30 States in 1984, and shortly thereafter, he became a lawful
31 permanent resident. When Garcia’s family arrived in the
32 United States, they resided on West 107th Street in
33 Manhattan.
34 In 1988, while his family was vacationing in the
35 Dominican Re... More...   $0 (12-29-2011 - NY)

The Hague Conference on Private International Law is “a global intergovernmental” organization that “develops and services multilateral legal instruments.” HCCH Overview, http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=text.display &tid=26 (last visited Dec. 15, 2011). The organization consists of 71 States and the European Union. Id. In 1980, the Hague Conference developed the Hague Convention on th... More...   $0 (12-28-2011 - CO)

Dr. Anthony Jennings ("Dr. Jennings") brought suit against SSM Health Care St. Louis ("SSM") in the Circuit Court of St. Charles County. He appeals from the trial court's granting of SSM's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Dr. Jennings argues that his claims were sufficiently pled to survive SSM's motion to dismiss. We affirm in part, and reverse and ... More...   $0 (12-20-2011 - MO)

Jennifer Keeton was enrolled in the Counselor Education Program at Augusta State University (ASU), a Georgia state school, seeking to obtain her master’s degree in school counseling. After Keeton completed her first year in the program, ASU’s officials asked her to participate in a remediation plan addressing what the faculty perceived as deficiencies in her “ability to be a multiculturally ... More...   $0 (12-16-2011 - GA)

Petitioner Grace Muthoni Mwathi (“Mwathi”) petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the decision of the immigration judge (“IJ”) denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). For the reasons stated below, Mwathi’s petition for review is DENIED.

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Oracle Corporation (“Oracle”), a large software company, has employed hundreds of workers to train Oracle customers in the use of its software. During the period relevant to this suit, Oracle classified these workers as teachers who were not entitled to compensation for overtime work under either federal or California law. Three nonresidents of California brought a would-be class action agains... More...   $0 (12-13-2011 - CA)

In this action brought under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Convention), as implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, title 42 United States Code section 11601 et seq., a father appeals from a decision denying his petition for return of his young son, who was abducted by his estranged wife from Italy and brought to the United ... More...   $0 (12-05-2011 - CA)

APPELLEES' ANSWER BRIEF

This answer brief is jointly filed by the City of Tulsa, Kathy Taylor, the Tulsa Stadium
Trust and the intervening property owners (collectively, when appropriate, the "appellees"). For
the reasons addressed below, this Court should reject the appeal in its entirety.

NATURE OF THE CONTROVERSY

Downtown Tulsa is a clearly delin... More...   $0 (11-30-2011 - OK)

Christine Hines originally brought this action in Massachusetts state court against the State Room, Inc., where she formerly was employed. In the amended complaint, which was before the district court following removal, Ms. Hines and her coplaintiffs sought unpaid overtime wages that they claimed were due under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219, and related... More...   $0 (11-29-2011 - MA)

This case involves a dispute over control of property belonging to the oldest church in Georgia, Christ Church in Savannah (“Christ Church”), with a history spanning almost three centuries. As with so many hierarchical church property disputes that end up in court, this case had its genesis in doctrinal positions taken by the general denomination – the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Unit... More...   $0 (11-21-2011 - GA)

AutoZone, Inc. (AutoZone) challenges a judgment against it in an action for sexual harassment brought by its former employee, Marcela Fuentes. It claims that critical portions of Fuentes‟s testimony were inherently improbable, and that the evidence of sexual harassment was insufficient. AutoZone also challenges as excessive the attorney fees awarded to Fuentes and her counsel. In the published p... More...   $0 (11-16-2011 - CA)

Demecio Cristobal, a native and citizen of Guatemala, seeks review of the final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his petition for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We DENY the petition for review.

I.

Cristobal entered the United States on October 22, 1994, and fi... More...   $0 (11-03-2011 - OH)

While she was President and Chief Executive Officer of Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences (“KCUMB”), Appellant Karen Pletz came under investigation concerning allegations of excessive compensation and improper reimbursement of personal expenses. Although KCUMB initially advanced Pletz‟s legal expenses, it later terminated her employment and ceased the advance payment of her leg... More...   $0 (11-01-2011 - MO)

This is an Alien Tort Statute (ATS) case arising out of the operations of Rio Tinto mining group (Rio Tinto) on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the uprising against Rio Tinto in the late 1980’s that resulted in the use of military force and many deaths. The Plaintiffs are current or former residents of the island of Bougainville. The ATS provides that “district courts ... More...   $0 (10-25-2011 - CA)

Gary Smallwood contracted with Allied Van Lines, Inc. and SIRVA, Inc. (collectively, AVL) to move some of his household goods from southern California to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to move the remainder of the goods — including a box full of firearms and ammunition — to storage. Instead, AVL shipped his weapons to the UAE. When UAE officials discovered Smallwood’s weapons, they arres... More...   $0 (10-18-2011 - ca)

In June 2008 the Supreme Court held the District of Columbia laws restricting the possession of firearms in one’s home violated the Second Amendment right of individuals to keep and bear arms. See District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570. In the wake of that decision, the District adopted the Firearms Registration Amendment Act of 2008 (FRA), D.C. Law 17-372, which amended the Firearms Contr... More...   $0 (10-06-2011 - DC)

Alan Parsons, Appellee, and the Training Chief for the El Paso Fire Department (fire department), filed suit against the City of El Paso, Appellant, for violations of the Texas Whistleblower Act. Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 554.002 (West 2004). The trial court rendered judgment on the jury's verdict in favor of Chief Parsons and awarded to him attorneys' fees among other sums. The City appeals asserti... More...   $0 (10-05-2011 - TX)

Michael Chijoke Osuji, a citizen of Nigeria, entered the United States in August 2004, stayed past the period authorized by his non-immigrant visa, and applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), claiming past persecution and a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of his Christian religion. After a hearing, the Immigration ... More...   $0 (10-05-2011 - MO)

The appeal before us arises from events held in connection with the seventh annual Gay Games (the “Games”), a series of athletic and cultural gatherings with the stated mission “to foster and augment the self-respect of gay men and women throughout the world and to engender respect and understanding from the non-gay world.” The events took place in Chicago, Illinois during July 2006. The p... More...   $0 (10-04-2011 - IL)

Todd Ernest Hague sued Mercy Hospital, Kerby Lamb, D.O., and John S. Gilliam M.D. on medical negligence (medical malpractice) and loss of chance theories claiming that he received substandard care in 2007 when he sustained a severe disabling neurological injury and was treated at Southwest Hospital in the emergency room in Weatherford and Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Plaintiff was ta... More...   $1 (09-30-2011 - OK)

n six issues, Appellant W. Graeme Roustan appeals from the trial court’s judgment awarding damages to Appellees Michael Sanderson, his wife Ann Gainous, and Ridglea Entertainment, Inc. (collectively S&G) on their breach of contract and fraud claims against him. Because we hold that the evidence is insufficient to support an award of damages against Roustan individually on S&G’s breach of cont... More...   $0 (09-30-2011 - TX)

The issues presented by these appeals and cross appeals center on the scope of an implied easement located on a lawn that lies between a beachfront development and Long Island Sound (sound) in the town of Branford. The defendants1 appeal from the judgments rendered by the trial court concluding that the implied easement over the lawn in favor of the defendants conferred only a right-of-way to acce... More...   $0 (09-27-2011 - CT)