Mandamus Law
 
In Re: Joshua Hughes

In August 2014, the Department of Family and Protective Services filed in Bowie
County, Texas, its petition for protection of a child, for conservatorship, and for termination in a
suit affecting the parent-child relationship. On the same day, the trial court entered an order for
protection of the child naming the Department as the child’s temporary managing conservator
and issue... More...
   $0 (10-03-2014 - TX)

In Re: Craig Watkins

Craig Watkins, the elected District Attorney of Dallas County, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus1 in these pending capital murder cases arguing that the trial court improperly ordered a pretrial determination of whether the defendant is intellectually disabled.2 Because we
1 Relator first attempted to file its petition for writ of mandamus in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. That cou... More...
   $0 (10-03-2014 - TX)

Amanda Nora Singh v. Will Lightbourne

Amanda Norasingh—a young adult suffering from significant medical and mental
disabilities—appeals from the trial court’s denial of her petition for writ of administrative
mandamus. Through these writ proceedings, Norasingh seeks reinstatement of protective
supervision benefits under the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program
administered by the California Department of So... More...
   $0 (09-09-2014 - cA)

Barbara Lynch v. California Coastal Commission

The California Coastal Commission (Commission) appeals from a judgment in a
mandamus action directing the Commission to remove three conditions from a coastal
development permit amendment (permit) issued to Barbara Lynch and Thomas Frick
(collectively, respondents). The Commission contends respondents waived any challenge
to these conditions by signing and recording documents agree... More...
   $0 (09-09-2014 - CA)

Jim L. Irving v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

The real party in interest, the Los Angeles Unified School District (the district), appeals from an order granting a mandate petition filed by plaintiff, Jim L. Irving. Defendant, the California Unemployment Appeals Board (the board), after an administrative hearing, refused to grant plaintiff unemployment compensation benefits pursuant to Unemployment Insurance Code section 1256.1 The trial court... More...   $0 (09-12-2014 - CA)

State of Oklahoma v. Michelle Dawn Murphy

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Michelle Dawn Murphy with first-degree murder in conjunction with the death of her 15-month-old son in 1994. Murphy was convicted by a Tulsa County jury in November of 1996 and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Murphy always asserted that she was innocent.

The Innocence Project intervened in post-convict... More...
   $0 (09-12-2014 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. John David Walker

Pawhuska, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged John David Walker with with endeavoring to manufacture methamphetamine and possession of controlled dangerous substance.


01/16/2013 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR AFTER FORMER CONVICTION OF TWO OR MORE FELONIES
01/16/2013 WARRANT ISSUED $50.00
(Entry with fee only) $25.00
01/16/2013 PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT (ORIGINALLY FI... More...
   $0 (01-16-2013 - OK)

In the Estate of Rosa Elvia Guerrero, Deceased

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 order is permitted b... More...   $0 (09-04-2014 - TX)

State of Oklahoma v. Jeremy Jermaine Jacobs a/k/a Jeremy Jacobs a/k/a Jermaine Jacobs a/k/a Charles Perry

State of Oklahoma v. Jeremy Jermaine Jacobs a/k/a Jeremy Jacobs a/k/a Jermaine Jacobs a/k/a Charles Perry

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: DI6AM, DUI ALCOHOL - SECOND OFFENSE (MUNICIPAL ARREST) , in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902 A 2
Date Of Offense: 12/20/2012

(After Prior Convictions)

Count # 2.
Count as Filed: OBS, OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER , in violation of 21 ... More...
   $0 (09-08-2014 - OK)

Timothy White v. University of California

In this appeal, we consider whether the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (“NAGPRA” or “the
Act”) abrogates tribal sovereign immunity and, if not,
whether the district court properly dismissed this declaratory
WHITE V. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 5
judgment action because the tribes and their representatives
were indispensable parties under Fed. R.... More...
   $0 (08-27-2014 - CA)

Jana Maree Lemons v. Leslie Jean Rotledge and T-Med Surgical Devices and Bracing, LLC

Jana Maree Lemons v. Leslie Jean Rotledge and T-Med Surgical Devices and Bracing, LLC

Issue # 1.
Issue: AUTO NEGLIGENCE (AUTONEG)
Filed by: LEMONS, JANA MAREE
Filed Date: 12/03/2010
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: RUTLEDGE, LESLIE JEAN
Disposed: DISMISSED, 07/15/2011. Dismissed by Court.

Defendant: T-MED SURGICAL DEVICES AND BR... More...
   $0 (08-18-2014 - OK)

Scott R. James v. State of California

Title 18 United States Code section 922(g)(9)1 prohibits the possession of firearms by those convicted of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.” Section 921(a)(33)(A)(ii) defines “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence,” in pertinent part, as an offense that “has, as an element, the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon .…” Penal Code s... More...   $0 (08-26-2014 - CA)

Mariama Monique Changamire v. Keiba Lynn Shaw

Appellant Mariama M. Changamire Shaw seeks review of a circuit court
order dismissing her amended petition for dissolution of marriage, and Appellee Keiba
Lynn Shaw has filed a notice of cross-appeal of that order. Appellant and Appellee are
same-sex partners who married in Massachusetts in 2010 and subsequently relocated
to Florida. The couple separated in October 2013, and Appell... More...
   $0 (08-27-2014 - FL)

Thomas O. Bennett, Jr., James B. Bonham Corporation, and Wayne H. Paris v. Randy Reynolds, Larry Grant and Richard T. Miller

Thomas O. Bennett, Jr. and the James B. Bonham Corporation appeal a final takenothing
summary judgment on claims they had asserted against Randy Reynolds, Larry Grant,
and Richard T. (Dick) Miller. The judgment also imposed sanctions jointly and severally against
Bennett, Bonham, and their attorney in this proceeding, Wayne H. Paris, and all three of them
(collectively, and as appl... More...
   $0 (08-23-2014 - )

Lefiell Manufacturing Company v. O'Neil Watrous

Labor Code section 45581 provides an exception to the exclusivity of the workers’ compensation system for employees injured as a result of the employer’s knowing removal of, or knowing failure to install, a point of operation guard on a power press. The issue presented here is the correct definition and application of the term, “point of operation guard.” The meaning of this term is not de... More...   $0 (08-06-2014 - CA)

In re Gary Donnell Williams

While awaiting trial on a variety of sex crime charges, petitioner Gary Donnell Williams was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial due to developmental disability. (Pen. Code, § 1370.1.)1 Pursuant to its statutory obligation, the regional center provided a recommendation to the trial court to place Williams where he was to receive services designed to restore him to competency. (§ 1370, s... More...   $0 (08-08-2014 - CA)

Robert Lindner v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

Robert Lindner’s parents were killed
when a Union Pacific train derailed and caused a bridge to
collapse. Soon after the accident, Lindner filed this wrongful2
No. 13-1422
death action against Union Pacific in Illinois state court. Union
Pacific removed the case to federal court, asserting diversity
jurisdiction: The Lindners were domiciled in Illinois, whereas
Union ... More...
   $0 (08-11-2014 - IL)

Seven Hills Commercial, LLC v. Mirabal Custom Homes, Inc., et al.

In this consolidated, interlocutory appeal, we examine whether the trial court erred by denying appellants’ motions to compel arbitration. Appellant Seven Hills Commercial, LLC (Seven Hills) appeals from three orders issued by the trial court in which the trial court refused to compel arbitration and stay the case pending in the trial court. Appellants Catenary Group, LLC (Catenary), Post Real E... More...   $0 (08-11-2014 - )

Western Dairy Transport, LLC v. Marcial Felipe Vasquez

In this consolidated interlocutory appeal and petition for writ of mandamus, Appellant/Relator, Western Dairy Transport, LLC, challenges the trial court's order denying its motion to compel arbitration in the suit filed by Appellee/Real Party in Interest, Marcial Felipe Vasquez. We conclude that we lack jurisdiction over the petition for writ of mandamus. In the interlocutory appeal, we conclude t... More...   $0 (07-30-2014 - TX)

Doyle Anderton v. E. Douglas Lane, Doris S. Lane, Larry D. Lane, Teri L. Lane, Kelly L. Lane and Lisa K. Lane

Doyle Anderton appeals the trial court’s judgment in favor of E. Douglas Lane, Doris S. Lane, Larry D. Lane, Teri L. Lane, Kelly L. Lane, and Lisa K. Lane (collectively referred to as “Lane”), stemming from Lane’s trespass to try title suit. In a single issue on appeal, Anderton contends no legally sufficient evidence supports the trial court’s finding that Lane adversely possessed a por... More...   $0 (07-23-2014 - TX)

Josafat Rodriguez, Jr. v. City of Santa Cruz

Petitioner Josafat Rodriguez, Jr., a former Santa Cruz police officer, applied to the City of Santa Cruz (the City) for industrial disability retirement, alleging psychiatric disability due to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The City denied Rodriguez’s application. Rodriguez challenged that denial by means of a petition for a writ of administrative mandate, which the superior court denied.... More...   $0 (07-17-2014 - CA)

In the Matter of the Marriage of Kriss Camp and Belinda Camp

Appellant Kriss Camp, an indigent inmate appearing pro se, appeals the judgment of the trial court declaring his marriage to appellee Belinda Camp, n/k/a Belinda Ingram, void. We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Background
This is the second appeal of litigation concerning the relationship of Camp and Ingram. In 2011, in Camp’s absence, the trial court rendered a divorce decr... More...
   $0 (07-18-2014 - TX)

In the Interest of J.D., a Minor Child

John Henry Dupree’s failure to obey a court order requiring him to make child support payments and to provide medical support for J.D. resulted in Dupree being placed on community supervision. Because Dupree thereafter continued missing these payments, the trial court revoked his community supervision and ordered him committed to the Cass County jail for 180 days.1 On appeal, Dupree attacks the ... More...   $0 (07-16-2014 - TX)

Mark Fisch v. The Honorable Rogert Stuart, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma

¶1 Original jurisdiction is assumed, art. 7 §4, Okla. Const. The issue presented is whether the plaintiff/petitioner is entitled to have a representative present and to videotape an neuropsychological examination requested by the defendant. The applicable unambiguous statute, 12 O.S. 2011 §3235, answers this question. It provides in pertinent part:

A. SCOPE WHEN ELEMENT OF CLAI... More...
   $0 (06-19-2014 - OK)

In the matter of the Guardianship of Berry

¶1 This proceeding involves a request for an extraordinary writ that is recast as appeal from an order in a guardianship that adjudicated the wards' selection of counsel and adjudicated a motion concerning unsupervised visitation and selection of a guardian.This proceeding also involves two requests for extraordinary relief that were made during the appeal.1 The first involves an emergency motion... More...   $0 (06-24-2014 - OK)

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