¶1 In this appeal we address whether the county zoning inspector and deputy county zoning inspectors of Yuma County (“the County”) were lawfully appointed within the meaning of Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 11-808 (2001). We hold that the county zoning inspector was properly appointed, the deputy zoning inspectors must be appointed by the County Board of Supervisors (“Boar... More...   $0 (05-05-2009 - AZ)

When a defendant challenges venue, may the circuit court grant leave for the plaintiff to add a party whose presence makes venue proper?

Facts and Background

The writ at issue arises out of a suit for personal injury and wrongful death resulting from a train-car collision that occurred in the state of Louisiana between plaintiffs' car and a train owned by the relator, defendant Kansa... More...   $0 (05-05-2009 - MO)

In these accelerated, interlocutory appeals, Appellants Tyler Scoresby, M.D. and Yadranko Ducic, M.D. (collectively, AAppellants@) appeal the trial court=s order denying their motions to dismiss the health care liability claims of Appellee Catarino Santillan, individually and as next friend of Samuel Santillan, a minor. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. ' 51.014(9) (Vernon 2008). In three iss... More...   $0 (04-30-2009 - TX)

Appellant SP Star Enterprises, Inc. (Star) holds a certificate of occupancy from the City of Los Angeles (the City) permitting Star to operate an adult club featuring nude entertainment in a two-story, 7,000 square-foot converted warehouse/manufacturing facility zoned M3-1 on Ducommon Street north of Little Tokyo. Star also holds a franchise to operate a Penthouse branded adult cabaret.

Thi... More...   $0 (04-28-2009 - CA)

Appellant, Elizabeth Okorafor (Elizabeth) did not prevail on her motion to compel arbitration in the trial court, and now seeks to set that ruling aside in this interlocutory appeal. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 171.098(a)(1) (Vernon 2005) (authorizing appeal of interlocutory order denying motion to compel arbitration brought pursuant to Texas General Arbitration Act (TGAA), which is ch... More...   $0 (04-23-2009 - TX)

¶1 Defendant/Appellants, Rex Urice (Urice) and Bancfirst, seek review of the trial court's judgment in favor of Plaintiff/Appellee, Patricia Bowers Edwards (Edwards), individually and as next friend of her son, Robert Drew Bowers (Drew), on Edwards' claims to set aside for undue influence amendments her mother, Eloise Cooper Bowers (Bowers), made to The Eloise Cooper Bowers 1991 Trust (Bowers 199... More...   $0 (02-27-2009 - OK)

This court granted two petitions for review of the court of appeals’ decision in Brookshire v. Adcock, 101 Ark. App. 134, 270 S.W.3d 879 (2008). The petitions, filed by then-Bank Commissioner Robert Adcock, Jr. and separate appellees Farmers Bank of Greenwood and Wilkinson Banking Corporation (appellees), assert that the court of appeals erred in reversing the Bank Commissioner’s decision to d... More...   $0 (04-17-2009 - AR)

The principal issue in this appeal is one of statutory interpretation. N Neb. R Rev. S Stat. § 17-201 (Reissue 2007) permits the incorporation of a village upon the petition of “a majority of the taxable inhabitants of any town or village, not incorporated under any laws of this state.” T The issue presented here is whether this statute permits the incorporation of a village lying entirely wi... More...   $0 (04-08-2009 - NE)

Appellants Parker County=s Squaw Creek Downs, L.P. (Athe limited partnership@) and James R. Dunnagan separately appeal the trial court=s orders appointing a receiver to wind up the limited partnership=s affairs and ruling that the limited partnership=s attorney has no authority to act on behalf of the limited partnership. Dunnagan also filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking relief from the... More...   $0 (04-02-2009 - TX)

In these consolidated appeals, the principal issue we consider is whether the circuit court correctly applied Code § 15.2-2307 in finding that the owner/developers of a parcel of real property obtained a vested right to a particular use of the property under a rezoning ordinance subject to their proffers and, thus, are not subject to a subsequent amendment to the locality’s zoning ordinance tha... More...   $0 (02-27-2009 - VA)

Knapp appeals the trial court's final judgment. After a trial, the jury found against Knapp on his claim for breach of contract and in favor of the Wilson N. Jones Memorial Hospital d/b/a Wilson N. Jones Regional Health System (WNJ) on its counterclaims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and negligence. WNJ was awarded $101,569 in damages, $939,000 in attorneys' fees, and $30... More...   $0 (02-18-2009 - TX)

In these consolidated proceedings, S. Stacy Eastland and Nancy Eastland Leaton (collectively “appellants”) complain of the trial court’s order denying their motion to compel arbitration.

Factual and Procedural Background

Camp Mystic is a summer camp for girls in Hunt, Texas. Until June of 1998, it was a family owned and operated company named Camp Mystic, Inc. (“... More...   $0 (02-22-2009 - TX)

California’s eminent domain law permits acquisition of property only for “a particular use,” to wit: a “proposed project.” (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1240.020, 1240.030.)1 A public entity desiring to condemn private property must pass a “resolution of necessity” (§ 1240.040) that describes the proposed project and contains findings that the proposed project is necessary for the greater ... More...   $0 (02-13-2009 - CA)

In 2007, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) terminated its contractual relationship with Normandy Apartments. Pursuant to this contract, Normandy had received financial subsidies for making housing available to low-income tenants who were qualified to receive assistance under the Section 8 federal housing program. Normandy sought injunctive and declaratory re... More...   $0 (02-11-2009 - OK)

This appeal arises from State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and State Farm General Insurance Company’s (together “State Farm”) conversion of certain Louisiana homeowner insurance policy forms, namely State Farm’s forms HO-1, HO-3, and HO-5, to form HO-W, upon each existing policy’s expiration and renewal by the policy holder. See La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 22:635.4 (“Section 22:635.4”).... More...   $0 (01-21-2009 - LA)

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a coroner’s autopsy report is an “official” record or paper within the meaning of Section 1251 of the act commonly referred to as the “Coroner’s Act.”1 The Commonwealth Court held that it is not. We granted allowance of appeal in order to clarify the matter in light of apparent inconsistencies among this Court, the Commonwealth Court, and t... More...   $0 (01-22-2009 - PA)

14 In this case — a dispute about how to count to three — the plaintiffs-
15 appellants are Medicare beneficiaries who appeal from a grant of summary
16 judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
17 (Hall, J.). Each of them spent at least three days in the hospital but was
18 discharged less than three days after having been formally admitted, ... More...   $0 (01-16-2009 - CT)

This action arises out of a contract between Donald Maynard and the University of South Florida ("the University") that regulated the terms and conditions of Maynard's participation as a resident in the University's surgical residency program.

The University's decision to terminate Maynard from the program resulted in both state and federal litigation, culminating in the instant appeal.
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Michael Shaw, his wife, Joanne Shaw, and their business, JN and MC Shaw Management Corp., doing business as JM Management Company1 appeal from the trial court’s adverse judgment after a bifurcated bench trial on liability issues relating to their claims against the County of Santa Cruz and two of its employees for inverse condemnation, negligence, trespass, and nuisance.2 The judgment also dismi... More...   $0 (01-16-2009 - CA)

On July 31, 2006, AOL LLC (formerly America Online, Inc.) made publicly available the internet search records of more than 650,000 of its members. The records contained personal and sometimes embarrassing information about the members. Plaintiffs, members of AOL, brought an action in federal district court in California on behalf of themselves and a putative nationwide class of AOL members, allegi... More...   $0 (01-16-2009 - )

Plaintiffs Vernon Lane Bledsoe and the Biggs Unified Teachers Association appeal the denial of their petition for writ of administrative mandamus. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5.) Their petition alleged the Biggs Unified School District (District) abused its discretion by laying off Bledsoe, a tenured teacher with the District, in violation of the requirements of section 44955 of the Education Code (... More...   $0 (01-15-2009 - CA)

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (“Blue Cross”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, USAble Corporation (“USAble”), brought this action against Little Rock Cardiology Clinic, P.A., and Little Rock HMA, Inc. (jointly, “the health care providers”), seeking to enjoin a civil action between the parties pending in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas.1 The district court2 granted th... More...   $0 (01-07-2009 - AR)

The issue presented by this original action for mandamus is whether Jesse White, the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, is required by section 5(1) of the Secretary of State Act (15 ILCS 305/5(1) (West 2006)) to countersign and affix the seal of the state to the document issued by Governor Rod R. Blagojevich on December 31, 2008, certifying the Governor’s appointment of Roland Burris t... More...   $0 (01-14-2009 - IL)

Appellant Gloria Celeste Loving filed a suit for writ of mandamus against appellee City of Houston to compel disclosure of requested information under the Texas Public Information Act. Appellee filed a special exception, stating that a mandamus action was not proper under the Texas Government Code when the attorney general had issued a letter ruling excepting the information from disclosure. The... More...   $0 (01-08-2009 - TX)

Petitioners, River Riders, Inc. and Matthew Knott, seek a writ of prohibition to vacate three pre-trial orders of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County that (1) excluded from the forthcoming trial the Release and Assumption of Risk Agreements that had been signed by fourteen plaintiffs prior to embarking on a whitewater rafting expedition provided by the Petitioners; (2) ruled that the rafting in... More...   $0 (12-10-2008 - WV)