TULSA, Okla.—James Patrick Okey, 45, pleaded guilty to sale of a firearm to a convicted felon. Okey was a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) who owned and operated a gun store, Hunters Choice, located in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

“As a FFL, Okey had a duty to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons,” said United States Attorney Williams. “The United States Attorney’s Office is committed t... More...   $0 (07-06-2015 - OK)

CONCORD, NH – Jason Martinez, 20, of Methuen, Massachusetts, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 48 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to make a false statement during the acquisition of a firearm. Upon his release, Martinez will be placed on three years of supervised release which is monitored by the United States Probation ... More...   $0 (07-06-2015 - NH)

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Michael Campbell, 31, of Hampden, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to 2½ years in prison and 3 years of supervised release for conspiring to make false statements to a federal firearms licensee. He pleaded guilty to the charge on October 2, 2014.

According to cour... More...   $0 (06-24-2015 - ME)

This is an appeal out of Ada County from a declaratory judgment holding that TracFone
is a telecommunication provider under Idaho Code section 31-4802(15)(d). We affirm that
judgment.

I.
Factual Background.
TracFone Wireless, Inc., is a non-facilities-based commercial mobile radio service
provider (a pure wireless reseller) that provides prepaid wireless telecommunicat... More...   $0 (06-23-2015 - ID)

In Brulotte v. Thys Co., 379 U. S. 29 (1964), this Court held that a patent holder cannot charge royalties for the use of his invention after its patent term has expired. The sole question presented here is whether we should overrule Brulotte. Adhering to principles of stare decisis, we decline to do so. Critics of the Brulotte rule must seek relief not from this Court but from Congress.
I In ... More...   $0 (06-22-2015 - DC)

In 2013, the Iowa Board of Medicine passed a rule establishing
standards of practice for physicians who prescribe or administer
abortion-inducing drugs. These standards require the physician to
personally perform a physical examination and to be physically present
when the abortion-inducing drug is provided. It is not disputed the rule
would have the effect of prohibiting telem... More...   $0 (06-19-2015 - NE)

In two issues, appellant Austin Jockey Club, Ltd. (AJC) contends the trial court erred by granting a declaratory judgment that AJC’s termination of a stock purchase agreement with appellee Dallas City Limits Property Co., L.P. (DCL) was wrongful and ineffective and by awarding attorney’s fees to DCL. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
Factual Background
In August 2005, Longhorn Do... More...   $0 (06-05-2015 - TX)

Challenged in this case are land and water use permits allowing intensive
mineral exploration on State land. The main question we address is whether the
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had to give public notice before issuing the
permits. Because the Alaska Constitution requires public notice when interests in land
are transferred, the answer to this question depends on wheth... More...   $0 (05-29-2015 - AK)

Petitioner and appellant Michael Sela, M.D., (petitioner) filed an appeal from the trial court’s judgment denying his petition for writ of mandate. Petitioner sought in the trial court to set aside the decision of respondent Medical Board of California (Board) that rejected his request for early termination of the probationary restrictions on his medical license. Petitioner appealed despite the ... More...   $0 (05-28-2015 - CA)

Lisa Karl brought a premises liability action against the Brazos River
Authority (Authority). The Authority is a conservation and reclamation district
created by statute that is a “river authority, a governmental agency, a municipality,
and a body politic and corporate.� TEX. SPEC. DIST. CODE ANN. § 8502.001(a)
(West Pamph. 2014). The Authority filed a plea to the jurisdiction... More...   $0 (04-23-2015 - TX)

A California Highway Patrol officer stopped a car driven by plaintiff Ashley Jourdan Coffey after he observed her driving erratically. Four subsequent chemical tests revealed her blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) ranged from 0.08 to 0.096 percent. The officer then confiscated plaintiff‘s driver‘s license and served her with a notice that her license would be suspended pursuant to Vehicle Code ... More...   $0 (04-06-2015 - CA)

Appellant, the Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS), appeals the trial court’s judgment by which TDPS’s denial of Joseph Trent Jones’s application for a concealed handgun license was overruled and judgment rendered that Jones was eligible for a concealed handgun license. On appeal, TDPS contends that a 2010 deferred adjudication for a misdemeanor offense rendered Jones ineligible for suc... More...   $0 (04-01-2015 - TX)

¶1 Monica Cecilia Cook challenges the Department of Commerce’s decision to revoke her Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license, revoke her license to prescribe and administer controlled substances, and fine her $5,000 for unprofessional conduct. We approve the decision as to the unprofessional-conduct determination and the fine, but we set aside the Department’s revocation of her lic... More...   $0 (03-19-2015 - UT)

Jay, OK - Duane and Donna Kerns sued Woodshed IV, L.L.C. and Woodshed of Monkey Island, L.L.C. on wrongful death negligence theories claiming that Defendants sold their underage son Colton a bottle of vodka and, as a direct result, the was involved in an auto accident and was killed. The alleged that their son had successfully purchased alcohol at Defendant's store on numerous occasions without be... More...   $1500000 (03-13-2015 - OK)

Plaintiff Hillel Sanowicz (Sanowicz) and defendant Ben Bacal (Bacal) are licensed real estate salespersons. Sanowicz alleges that he and Bacal agreed to share commissions earned by either of them on certain sales of real property, but that Bacal breached that agreement. Sanowicz sued both Bacal and Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. (Sotheby’s), dismissing the latter shortly after filing sui... More...   $0 (02-26-2015 - CA)

Oklahoma City, OK - Thomas Willhoite, next of kin and as special administrator of the Estate of Edna Horn, deceased, sued Sun Healthcare Group, Inc., Peak Medical Corporation, Sunbridge Healthcard Corporation, Peak Medical Oklahoam No. 4, Inc., collectively d/b/a South Park Health Care Center on negligence wrongful death theories alleging:

1. Defendant Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. is a fore... More...   $1 (02-18-2015 - OK)

This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Give Kids the World, Inc. v. Sanislo, 98 So. 3d 759 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012), in which the Fifth District held that an exculpatory clause was effective to bar a negligence action despite the absence of express language referring to release of the defendant for its own negligence or negligent acts. The dist... More...   $0 (02-12-2015 - FL)

Plaintiffs and appellants Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission (Commission) and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Association (Association)1 appeal from a judgment and order of dismissal entered following the sustaining without leave to amend of demurrers by defendants and respondents Insomniac, Inc. (Insomniac); Pasquale Rotella (Rotella); Go Ventures, Inc. (Ventures); and Reza Gerami (Gerami).2 ... More...   $0 (01-27-2015 - CA)

In order to access their home in Novato, California, James Scott Richardson and Lisa Donetti (respondents) had to traverse land belonging to their neighbors, Greg and Terrie Franc (appellants) on a 150-foot long road which was authorized by an easement for “access and public utility purposes.â€� Over a 20-year period, both respondents and their predecessors-in-interest maintained landscaping, ir... More...   $0 (01-27-2015 - CA)

Jose Vargas (Vargas or plaintiff) and Luis Felipe Villalobos (Villalobos) were a two-man team driving a tractor-trailer across the country. Villalobos was driving and Vargas was in the sleeper berth when the tractor-trailer rolled over, injuring Vargas. Vargas sued FMI, Inc. (FMI) (the motor carrier and trailer owner), Eves Express, Inc. (Eves) (the tractor owner), Eswin Suchite (Suchite) (Eves’... More...   $0 (01-23-2015 - CA)

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Cody Allen Little, 34, of Lovington, N.M., was sentenced in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 150 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 5th Judicial District Attorney Janetta B. Hicks, Thomas G. Atteberry, Special Agent in Charge of the P... More...   $0 (01-20-2015 - NM)

The issue presented is whether a business violates the Song-Beverly Credit Card
Act of 1971 (the Credit Card Act) (Civ. Code, § 1747 et seq.)1 by recording the birth
date of a customer who purchases alcohol with a credit card. We conclude the
prohibition against recordation of personal identifying information (a date of birth) in
connection with a credit card transaction does not... More...   $0 (01-13-2015 - CA)

Gulfport, MS – Aubrey Knox, 35, of Gautier, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release in a case involving the theft of 46 firearms, including machine guns, from a federal firearms licensee, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

Knox entered a guilty plea on September 24, 2014, to ... More...   $0 (12-16-2014 - MS)

Here we hold that when hearing an administrative appeal from discipline imposed on a correctional officer, an arbitrator may rule upon a discovery motion for officer personnel records, commonly referred to as a Pitchess motion. (Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d 531 (Pitchess); Evid. Code, §§ 1043, 1045.) Evidence Code section 1043 expressly provides that Pitchess motions may be filed ... More...   $0 (12-01-2014 - CA)

Appellant Texas Department of Public Safety (“DPSâ€�) filed this interlocutory appeal to challenge the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss in a slip and fall case brought against it by appellee Raquel Guzman.1 By two issues,2 DPS argues: (1) the trial court erred because DPS did not have actual knowledge of the alleged water on the floor; and (2) the ... More...   $0 (11-14-2014 - tx)