Magnuson Moss Law
 
State Of Tennessee v. Pettie

This case arises from a traffic stop of the Defendant by Shelbyville Police Officer Shane George on June 26, 2012. At the trial, Officer George testified that he was assigned to the drug task force and was stopped at a traffic light when he saw a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle was wearing a chrome helmet, a bandana, and a black jacket. Although it was dark outside... More...   $0 (12-03-2015 - TN)

DANIEL LEE PHERIGO vs. STATE OF MISSOURI

Rex and Carol Malson lived in Branson and, in September 2010, went on vacation. On
September 29, 2010, Deputy Donald Piveral of the Taney County Sheriff’s Department received
a report of a burglary at the Malsons’ home. When he arrived at the scene, the front door and
garage door of the residence were open. Items in the home were strewn about. Deputy Piveral
photographed th... More...
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Bobby Joe Pinkney a/k/a Bobby Pinkney v. State of Mississippi

In 1984, Bobby Joe Pinkney murdered Tracey Thompkins Hickman during a burglary.
He was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death. Pinkney v. State, 538 So. 2d
329, 333 (Miss. 1988). The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and
sentence. Id. at 359. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari, vacated the
judgment, and remanded the case to the su... More...
   $0 (11-25-2015 - MS)

Reginald Clemons vs. Steve Larkins

Reginald Clemons was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and
sentenced to death for the April 5, 1991 murders of sisters, Julie Kerry and Robin Kerry.
Mr. Clemons filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court, seeking to vacate
his convictions because he claims that newly discovered evidence shows that he was
prejudiced when the state violated Brady v. ... More...
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State of Tennessee v. Mario Norfleet and Terence Mitchell

This case arises from the theft of furniture from a warehouse where items were stored for Fox Lane Furniture in Memphis, Tennessee. A Shelby County grand jury indicted the defendants for theft of property valued at more than $60,000.1 At the trial for these charges, the parties presented the following evidence: Robert Landshof, the sole proprietor of Fox Lane Furniture, testified that he starte... More...   $0 (11-23-2015 - TN)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ARVIS D. OWENS

While assigned to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as the Strategic Management Branch Chief within the Order Management Division, the appellant, a married man, worked with SD, a GS-4 civilian employee in the same Division. SD had been hired through the Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP), which was designed, at least in part, to facilitate the hiring of persons with learning disabilities. The ... More...   $0 (11-21-2015 - DC)

United States v. McFadden

Appellant was implicated in a series of robberies in Wichita, Kansas. On 3 March 2013, Appellant robbed a Family Dollar store, assaulting an employee in the process. Civilian law enforcement officials responded, and Appellant fled to a nearby apartment building where he unlawfully entered the basement in an attempt to evade police. He was eventually apprehended. Through the use of DNA collecte... More...   $0 (11-21-2015 - MD)

United States v. McFadden

Appellant was implicated in a series of robberies in Wichita, Kansas. On 3 March 2013, Appellant robbed a Family Dollar store, assaulting an employee in the process. Civilian law enforcement officials responded, and Appellant fled to a nearby apartment building where he unlawfully entered the basement in an attempt to evade police. He was eventually apprehended. Through the use of DNA collecte... More...   $0 (11-21-2015 - MD)

Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo

Plaintiffs Dale Sharp, et al., filed a "Class Action and Representative Action Complaint" against Defendant Tyson Foods, Inc., on February 6, 2007. Dkt. # 2. Plaintiffs bring two claims against Tyson: (1) a class action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 for Tyson's alleged violations of the Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law (IWPCL), and (2) a collective action under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) for Ty... More...   $0 (11-14-2015 - DC)

Amir Meshal v. Chris Higgenbotham

Amir Meshal filed this Bivens action, see Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), against several agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), claiming they violated his Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights when they detained, interrogated, and tortured him over the course of four months in three African countries. Meshal insists a Bivens remedy ... More...   $0 (11-07-2015 - DC)

Clarke, ex rel v Mikhail

Plaintiff commenced this wrongful death and medical malpractice action
against Dr. Ashraf Gad Bakhom Mikhail (“Dr. Mikhail”), Jessica Hardin (“Ms.
Hardin”), and Coastal Carolina Neuropsychiatric Center (“CCNC”) on 30 September
2011. Plaintiff alleged Ms. Hardin was negligent in prescribing and dosing a drug,
Lamictal, to treat Erica Bohn’s (“Ms. Bohn’s”) severe mental illness.... More...
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State of Tennessee v. Antoine Tony Blugh

On August 12, 1996, Blugh entered a guilty plea to the charge of Rape, Third Degree in the state of New York. As a result of his guilty plea, Blugh was required to register with New York‟s sex offender registry. Trial. Jeanne Broadwell, general counsel for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and legal advisor to the Sex Offender Registry Unit, testified that the TBI maintains ... More...   $0 (11-02-2015 - TN)

William P. Aubin v. Union Carbide Corporation

William P. Aubin worked as a construction supervisor for his father’s
company between 1972 and 1974, overseeing construction of the residential
development Desoto Lakes in Sarasota, Florida. While at work on the construction
site, Aubin was exposed to and inhaled respirable dust created by the sanding and
sweeping of drywall joint compounds and spraying of ceiling texture spra... More...
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United States of America v. Daniel Cantu-Lopez

Lafayette, LA - Moss Bluff man sentenced to 98 months in prison for warehousing and selling marijuana

A Moss Bluff man was sentenced to 98 months in prison for operating a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana.

Daniel Cantu-Lopez, 43, of Moss Bluff, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik on one count of conspiracy to po... More...
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Christopher Tiplick v. State of Indiana

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 (10-13-2015 - IN)

John Barks v. Silver Bait, LLC

John Barks and Brenda Hoffman appeal the district
court’s declaratory judgment, entered after a bench trial, holding that the term “agriculture” in
the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) includes the activities of their former employer, Silver Bait
LLC (Silver Bait), in growing and raising worms for sale as fishing bait. We AFFIRM.
No. 15-5175 Barks, et al. v. Silver Bait, et al. Page... More...
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HOFER v. REDSTONE FEEDERS

Donny Hofer (Hofer) filed a workers’ compensation action against Redstone Feeders, L.L.C. (Redstone). The parties exchanged discovery and Redstone filed a motion for summary judgment. Finding no disputes of material fact, the circuit court granted the motion. The circuit court held that Hofer was a farm or agricultural laborer under SDCL 62-3-15(2), and thus exempt from workers’ compensation. ... More...   $0 (10-02-2015 - SD)

United States of America v. Cedric Moss

Central Islip, NY - Leader Of Oxycodone Ring Sentenced To 15 Years’ Imprisonment For His Leadership In Long Island Oxycodone Distribution Ring

Moss Led Criminal Organization that Illegally Obtained and Distributed Over 95,000 Oxycodone Pills

Cedric Moss, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert. Moss pleaded guilty to conspiring to ille... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Giorgio

Michael Giorgio admitted to soliciting money from “straw campaign donors” in violation of federal campaign-finance laws and signed a plea agreement to that effect. After a jury acquitted his co-conspirators on similar charges, he had second thoughts, trying twice to withdraw his plea. The district court declined each time. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.
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No. 14-4193 Unite... More...
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Pang v. International Document

On appeal from a motion to dismiss, we must accept the factual allegations in the complaint as true1 and view all reasonable inferences from them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.2 We outline the pertinent facts consistent with this standard. ¶4 Between 2009 and 2012, Mr. Pang worked as a compliance officer for Internal Document Services (IDS) and Progressive Finance. Resource Managem... More...   $0 (09-20-2015 - UT)

DENISE BROWN VS. STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND JOHN STEET, DETECTIVE (NJSP), ET AL.

Two members of the New Jersey State Police entered
plaintiff Denise Brown's home without a warrant and without
consent in order to "secure the apartment" while they sought a
search warrant for the premises. They were looking for evidence
of a home invasion they believed had been committed by her
boyfriend, and, specifically, for a stolen piece of jewelry they
had rea... More...
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United States v. Bert

On January 19, 2012, Bert was arrested in the hallway outside his
girlfriend’s apartment at 55 Holland Avenue, a Staten Island building
participating in New York City’s Field Trespass Affidavit Program. Earlier that18
evening, Officer John Fahim and Officer Besim Pelinku received a radio report
that five black males were trespassing at 55 Holland Avenue. Upon arriving at
the bu... More...
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United States of America v. Reheem Bert, aka Raheen Linwood, aka Radio

2 Defendant Raheem Bert appeals his conviction in the United States District
3 Court for the Eastern District of New York (Mauskopf, J.), after a jury found him
4 guilty of possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number, in violation of 18
5 U.S.C. § 922(k), and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in
6 violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The Speedy Tria... More...
   $0 (09-10-2015 - NY)

Carolyn Cox v. Stanley Glanz

After Charles Jernegan committed suicide at the David L. Moss Criminal
Justice Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma (�Jail�), his mother, Plaintiff-Appellee Carolyn
Cox, commenced this 42 U.S.C. � 1983 action against Defendant-Appellant
Stanley Glanz, the Tulsa County Sheriff (�Sheriff Glanz� or �the Sheriff�). Ms.
Cox sought to hold Sheriff Glanz liable for Mr. Jernegan�s sui... More...
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DOE(s) v. Boy Scouts of America, CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

The underlying case arose out of the claims of several men who joined Boy Scout troops when they were children and were allegedly sexually abused by their scout leaders. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church) sponsored some of the troops at issue in this case. On June 24, 2013, Does I–IV1 filed a complaint—which was later amended—against Boy Scouts of America and the LDS Chur... More...   $0 (08-29-2015 - ID)

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