John Charles Alfrey v. The State of Texas |
John Charles Alfrey was found guilty of deadly conduct and he was then sentenced, based on the jury’s findings, to serve a sentence of one year in jail. In his appeal, Alfrey challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court’s decision to admit evidence over his objection during the punishment phase of his trial that showed he was subject, at the time of his trial, to an order req... More... $0 (09-03-2014 - TX) |
United States of America v. Dulton Earl Johnson |
POCATELLO, ID – Dulton Earl Johnson, 23, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 10, 2013. |
The People v. Kelvyn Rondell Banks |
Defendant Kelvyn Rondell Banks was convicted by a jury in 1998 of two counts of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187; all further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated), one count of attempted murder (§§ 187, subd. (a), 664), one count of forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2)), one count of forcible oral copulation (§ 288a, subd. (c)), one count of first degree r... More... $0 (08-14-2014 - CA) |
In the Interest of B.M. |
A mother appeals1 from the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights to her child, B.M., contending reasonable efforts to reunify the mother and child were not made, there was not clear and convincing evidence to support termination under Iowa Code section 232.116(1)(k) (2013), and termination was not in the best interest of the child. Despite years of intensive services offered to ... More... $0 (08-13-2014 - IA) |
The Estate of B.I.C. v. Linda Gillen |
Brooklyn Coons (called “Brook” by her estate) died from being shaken and possibly struck on the head while in the care of her father’s girlfriend. Her estate, the remaining plaintiff in this case, alleges that Defendant Linda Gillen, a social worker, knew that Brook was in danger and subject to abuse but did not respond to reports of the abuse, increasing Brook’s vulnerability to danger. T... More... $0 (07-31-2014 - KS) |
In the Interest of A. S. v. Department of Family and Protective Services |
This is an appeal from the termination of the parental rights of a mother, C.L.H., with respect to her daughter, A.S. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 161.001 (West Supp. 2012). On appeal, the mother argues that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s findings that she committed a |
In the Interest of S.C., a child |
Appellant, R.C., appeals the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to her daughter S.C.1 By a single issue, she maintains the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s finding that termination of her parental rights was in S.C.’s best interest as specified in section 161.001(2) of the Texas Family Code. We affirm. |
United States of America v. Angela Sloan |
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Angela Sloan, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging her with child abuse. |
Meera Upasani v. State Farm General Insurance Company |
Meera Upasani and Mohan Upasani, policyholders of State Farm General Insurance Company and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (collectively, State Farm), were sued for conspiring to aid a mother in abducting her son from his father. State Farm denied the Upasanis’ tender of the defense of that action because abduction claims were not covered claims under the terms of the State Farm policies. T... More... $0 (06-26-2014 - CA) |
State of Utah v. DAniella Ruiz |
¶1 The State charged Daniella Ruiz with depraved indifference murder and reckless child abuse homicide after an infant died in her care and an autopsy revealed that the infant’s |
Bruce R. Wisan v. City of Hildale and Twin City Water Authority |
¶1 This case comes to us as another installment in the ongoing dispute surrounding land owned by the United Effort Plan Trust (Trust) located in Hildale, Utah. In early 2007, appellee Bruce Wisan, court-appointed trustee of the Trust, filed a complaint against the City of Hildale (Hildale) and the Twin City Water Authority (TCWA) to compel the subdivision of certain parcels of Trust property loca... More... $0 (06-17-2014 - UT) |
Nichole Turner v. The State of Texas |
A jury convicted appellant Nichole Turner of intentionally or knowingly causing serious bodily injury to her boyfriend’s five-year-old son, see Tex. Penal Code § 22.04(a)(1), and sentenced her to 35 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, see id. § 12.32. In three points of error on appeal, appellant asserts that the evidence is insufficient to support her conviction, the omission o... More... $0 (06-17-2014 - TX) |
In The Interest of O.L.R.M. |
After the infant child, OLRM, was adopted, appellant, Brandon O., filed a petition to adjudicate parentage. Appellee, Adoption Advocates, Inc., filed a plea to the jurisdiction and request for the trial court to dismiss Brandon’s suit on the grounds that he lacked standing. The trial court granted appellee’s motion and dismissed the case with prejudice. This appeal by Brandon ensued. We affirm... More... $0 (06-04-2014 - TX) |
Conchita Franco Serri v. Santa Clara University |
Plaintiff and appellant Conchita Franco Serri brought this action against her former employer (defendant and respondent Santa Clara University (the University)) and other individually named defendants after the University terminated her employment. Serri had worked as the University’s Director of Affirmative Action since 1992. The University terminated her employment in 2007 because she failed t... More... $0 (05-28-2014 - CA) |
United States of America v. Sosefina Amoa |
WASHINGTON, DC – Sosefina Amoa, 26, formerly of Samoa, was sentenced today to four years in prison on a charge of voluntary manslaughter stemming from the death of her infant son at a convent in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced. |
United States of America v. Benjamin James Brekke |
Spokane, WA – Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Benjamin James Brekke, age 23, of Moses Lake, Washington, was sentenced after having previously pleaded guilty in February of 2014 to Distribution of Child Pornography. United States District Court Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Brekke to a five year term of imprisonment, to be followed... More... $0 (05-21-2014 - WA) |
United States of America v. Robert Dale Schrader |
LOS ANGELES, CA – An Antelope Valley man pleaded guilty this morning to a federal charge of producing child pornography, admitted that he used his camera phone to make videos while he molested a 3-month-old relative. |
Kraton McGugan v. Linda L. Aldana-Bernier, M.D., et al. |
2 Plaintiff Kraton McGugan appeals from the judgment of the United States |
In re I.R. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. |
The minors appeal from orders of the juvenile court placing them in long-term foster care after finding both the parental beneficial relationship and the sibling exceptions to the preference for adoption applied. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395.)1 |
Kim Ellen Murie v. Pillip Wade Harting and Lillian Harting |
1 The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error when it denied Defendant's motion to vacate a default judgment based on irregularity in obtaining a judgment pursuant to 12 O.S. 2011 1031(3). We hold that it did and reverse the judgment. |
Kim Ellen Murie v. Phillip Wade Harting and Lillian Harting |
¶1 The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error when it denied Defendant's motion to vacate a default judgment based on irregularity in obtaining a judgment pursuant to 12 O.S. 2011 §1031(3). We hold that it did and reverse the judgment. |
Altavion, Inc. v. KOnia Minolta Systems Laboratory, Inc. |
Trade secret protection “ ‘promotes the sharing of knowledge, and the efficient operation of industry,’ ” by “ ‘permit[ting] the individual inventor to reap the rewards of his labor by contracting with a company large enough to develop and exploit it.’ [Citation.]” (DVD Copy Control Assn., Inc. v. Bunner (2003) 31 Cal.4th 864, 878 (DVD Copy Control).) Trade secret law allows the in... More... $0 (05-08-2014 - CA) |
Nagakrishna Reddy, M.D.; and New Braunfels Ob/Gyn, P.A. v. Haley Hebner and Darrin Charles Scott, Individually and as Next Friends of R. M. S., a Minor |
Haley Hebner and Darrin Scott sued Nagakrishna Reddy, M.D., and others alleging that the treatment that Hebner received resulted in the death of her infant daughter, R.M.S. In addition, Hebner and Scott also brought vicarious liability claims against the medical association that Dr. Reddy belonged to, New Braunfels Ob/Gyn, P.A. (the Association). A few months after Hebner and Scott filed their sui... More... $0 (05-02-2014 - TX) |
In re Felicity S. |
Contra Costa County Bureau of Children and Family Services (the bureau) filed an amended petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b) and (c),1 alleging, among other things, that Felicity S. was at substantial risk of harm due to the failure of Elizabeth V. (mother) to provide for the child’s medical and emotional needs. Felicity had been hospitalized for unco... More... $0 (05-01-2014 - CA) |
Company Doe v. Public Citizen |
This appeal presents numerous issues relating to transparency in federal courts and the public’s constitutional and common-law rights of access to judicial records and documents. The plaintiff in the underlying proceedings, known to the public only as “Company Doe,” filed suit under the Administrative Procedure Act to enjoin the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (the Commissio... More... $0 (04-16-2014 - ) |
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