This case involves how a limited civil case (here a cross-complaint) gets reclassified as an unlimited civil case.1
We hold that where petitioner Kathleen Leonard filed, through counsel, an amended cross-complaint that added a cross-defendant and added causes of action that increased the amount in controversy to over $25,000 and tried twice to pay the court clerk the reclassification fee, the ... More...   $0 (05-22-2015 - CA)

This is an interlocutory appeal of an order denying a plea to the jurisdiction asserted
by a municipality and three official-capacity defendants.1 We will affirm the order.
The underlying dispute arises under the Civil Service Act, now codified in
Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code.2 The appellants, defendants below, are the City of
New Braunfels—one of the municipalities t... More...   $0 (05-07-2015 - es)

This controversy—which involves the wrongful denial of unemployment
compensation benefits—began in January 2010 because of a pair of shoes. More than
five years later, appellant Employment Development Department (EDD or the
Department) continues to refuse to award Jose Robles (Robles) the benefits to which he
would have been entitled absent the Department’s error, this despit... More...   $0 (05-05-2015 - CA)

The trial court signed an order compelling arbitration of all claims between
appellant KNJ Enterprises, Inc. and appellees Wilbanks & Wilbanks, P.C., H.
Erwin Wilbanks, and Fidelity National Title Insurance Company (collectively
“Wilbanks”). Wilbanks initiated arbitration in conformity with the trial court’s
order. KNJ received notice of the arbitration initiated by Wilbanks ... More...   $0 (04-14-2015 - TX)

Oklahoma City, OK - Susan Ann Arnall Hamm sued Harold Glenn Hamm seeking a dissolution (divorce) of their marriage.

The allegations made by Petitioner in her Petition are not available nor are the allegations made by Respondent in his answer.

Court docket entries:


Date Code Description Count Party Amount
05-18-2012 TEXT

Family and Domestic Init... More...   $0 (04-29-2015 - OK)

Mike Hall Chevrolet, Inc. d/b/a Champion Chevrolet (Champion) brings this
interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying its motion to compel
arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). See Tex. Civ. Prac. &
Rem. Code § 51.016 (providing that matters subject to the FAA may be appealed
under the same circumstances that an appeal from a federal court orde... More...   $0 (04-23-2015 - TX)

Keith Russell Judd, Appellant, filed a petition for divorce in Ector County
Court at Law No. 2 in which he claimed that he was married to Karen Y. Corey-
Steele. The trial court declared that no marriage then existed, or had ever existed,
between Appellant and Corey-Steele. The trial court denied Appellant’s requested
relief, entered a final order, and dismissed the case with pre... More...   $0 (04-16-2015 - TX)

Tulsa, OK - TRAK 1 Technology, Inc. and Premier Staffing Services, LLC sued Kimberly Kramer and Brett Kramer on conversion and other civil theories.

Plaintiff alleged that the following facts were not contested:

1. K. Kramer was employed as the Chief Financial Officer of Premier and Trak- 1
until approximately August of 2009. Exhibit] - Plea of Guilty — Summary of Facts, P... More...   $0 (03-15-2015 - ok)

Brenda Nestor appeals a final judgment holding her personally liable for
outstanding payments due to Tracy Posner Ward pursuant to a settlement
agreement. Nestor contends the final judgment improperly altered an arbitration
award that interpreted the agreement. We reverse in part and affirm in part.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Victor Posner died in 2002. His will made Nestor, ... More...   $0 (04-08-2015 - FL)

Boston, MA - The United States of America charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, age 21, with thirty felonies including three murder counts in conjunction with the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and injured 264 others.

The defense team admitted that he committed the crimes but sought to minimized the punishment based on the Defendant's youth.

The following counts were filed b... More...   $0 (05-16-2015 - MA)

We opine for the third time on the United States' prosecution of Daniel Carpenter for mail and
wire fraud in connection with his mishandling of client escrow
funds. In 2007, we affirmed a district court order setting aside
a jury verdict of guilty in favor of a new trial. United States v.
Carpenter, 494 F.3d 13 (1st Cir. 2007). In 2013, after a second
jury also found Carpenter ... More...   $0 (04-01-2015 - MA)

Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association (VCERA) permits employees to purchase retirement service credit for time spent in military service. It excludes time spent as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy (Academy). Our interpretation of a Ventura County Board of Supervisors' resolution, adopting the County Employees Retirement Law (CERL), leads us to the opposite conclusion. "... More...   $0 (03-23-2015 - CA)

Plaintiff and appellant William Telish (Telish) appeals a judgment denying his petition for writ of administrative mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5)1 wherein he sought to set aside a decision by defendant and respondent California State Personnel Board (SPB or Board) upholding his dismissal from his position with the California Department of Justice (DOJ).
The essential issue presented is t... More...   $0 (03-10-2015 - CA)

We issued an opinion in this case on December 30, 2014, affirming the trial court’s judgment. Appellant, Rick Wood, subsequently filed a motion for rehearing. Without changing our previous disposition, we deny the motion for rehearing,
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withdraw our earlier opinion and associated judgment, and issue this substitute opinion and judgment in their stead.
This is an appeal from a Travis... More...   $0 (03-05-2015 - TX)

In this petition for writ of mandamus, Rosa Maria Trujillo contends that the trial court clearly abused its discretion in denying her discovery requests for various medical and counseling records concerning defendant Jorge Llamas-Soforo. Finding the petitioner has failed to provide us with a sufficient record from which to determine abuse of discretion, we deny the writ.
FACTS
Rosa Maria T... More...   $0 (02-25-2015 - TX)

This is an interlocutory appeal of a temporary injunction ancillary to pending
arbitration proceedings. With the exception of one narrow feature of the order that must be
modified, we will affirm the order.
BACKGROUND
The appellants (collectively, “GEMSS”) are affiliated entities that manufacture
medical equipment. In May 2013, GEMSS executed a “Master Distribution Agreem... More...   $0 (02-26-2015 - TX)

In a land-use dispute, Charles N. Draper, pro se, sued the City of Austin and one of
its employees, Greg Guernsey, “in [Guernsey’s] capacity as Director of Planning and Development
Watershed Protection Review Department.”1 The City and Guernsey filed a motion to dismiss all
claims against him, invoking subsections (a) and (e) of the Tort Claims Act’s election-of-remedies
pr... More...   $0 (02-25-2015 - TX)

In related proceedings, appellant Jay H. Cohen, Individually and as Trustee of the JHC Trusts I and II, challenges the trial court’s summary judgments granted in favor of appellees Sandcastle Homes, Inc. and NewBiss Property, LP Specifically, Cohen challenges the trial court’s conclusion that the Sandcastle and NewBiss established their status as bona-fide purchasers of certain real property i... More...   $0 (02-26-2015 - TX)

In related proceedings, appellant Jay H. Cohen, Individually and as Trustee of the JHC Trusts I and II, challenges the trial court’s summary judgments granted in favor of appellees Sandcastle Homes, Inc. and NewBiss Property, LP Specifically, Cohen challenges the trial court’s conclusion that the Sandcastle and NewBiss established their status as bona-fide purchasers of certain real property i... More...   $0 (02-26-2015 - TX)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Brian Christopher Cripps with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM2, MANSLAUGHTER - 1ST DEGREE - AUTOMOBILE, in violation of 21 O.S. 711
Date of Offense: 03/25/2011
Party Name Disposition Information
CRIPPS, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER Disposed: CONVICTION, 02/18/2015. Jury Trial
Count as Disposed: MANSLAUGHTER - 2ND DEGREE - AUTOMOBILE(HM2)<... More...   $0 (02-23-2015 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Mark Roy Buffalohead with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM2, MANSLAUGHTER - FIRST DEGREE - AUTOMOBILE, in violation of 21 O.S. 711
Date of Offense: 02/02/2008
Party Name Disposition Information
BUFFALOHEAD, MARK ROY Pending.
Count # 2. Count as Filed: DL2, DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION / DUS, in violation of 47 O.S. 6-303(B)
Dat... More...   $0 (02-23-2015 - OK)

New York, NY - Mark I. Sokolow and others sued the Palestine Liberation Organization and others claiming that they were injured and/or damaged by the defendants' violation of the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act by backing a series of terrorist attacks in the early 2000s in Israel that killed or wounded them.

Court docket entries entered in 2015:

Date Filed # Docket Text
01/02/2015 ... More...   $218500000 (02-23-2015 - NY)

Rebecca Gallardo, proceeding pro se, appeals a summary judgment rendered against her regarding her entitlement to supplemental income benefits. In a separate opinion issued this same date, we have determined that part of the summary judgment order is void and have directed the trial court to withdraw that part of the summary
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judgment order. See In re Gallardo, No. 13-14-00203-CV, 2015 WL... More...   $0 (02-19-2015 - TX)

Defendants and appellants City of Los Angeles (City), Los Angeles Housing
Department (LAHD) and Mercedes Marquez, acting general manager of the LAHD
(sometimes collectively referred to as the City) purport to appeal a judgment granting a
petition for traditional writ of mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1085) in favor of plaintiff and
respondent Travis Wade (Wade).1
Wade, an apartme... More...   $0 (02-10-2015 - CA)

Facing for the first time a requirement to review for environmental impacts its
statutorily mandated fish hatchery and stocking enterprise that has been in operation for
more than 100 years, California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (the Department)
chose to use a program environmental impact report (EIR) to analyze the enterprise’s
impacts on a statewide basis. Instead of a... More...   $0 (02-10-2015 - CA)