Beverly Mann is persistent if nothing else. Sixteen years ago, the City of Chicago terminated Mann's employment as an Assistant Corporation Counsel. Since then, she has been on a quest to prove that the City wronged her. Mann, for the most part representing herself pro se, has fought the good fight, succeeding on some claims and losing on others. But this long and bitter dispute should hav

Under La. Rev. Stat. 33:1556(B)(1), should the attorney fee expenses incurred by a coroner in a mandamus action to compel the police jury’s providing proper funding for his office be considered “necessary or unavoidable expenses . . . incident to the operation and functioning of the office?” For the reasons that follow, we conclude that they should be so considered.

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This dispute, involving $5,774.50 of allegedly substandard car repairs, makes its third (and hopefully last) appearance before this court. See Burns v. Hacker, No. 97-2579 (Fla. 5th DCA Sept. 25, 1997) (Burns I) and Burns v. Hacker, 729 So. 2d 398 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (Burns II). In Burns II, we held that the circuit court correctly ruled that it was without jurisdiction to consider Burns’

Marvin I. Barish, counsel for the plaintiff Mario Comuso, seeks immediate appellate review of the District Court's order dated April 25, 2000 imposing sanctions against him. We must determine whether we have jurisdiction to hear this appeal under 28 U.S.C. S 1291, and, if not, whether we should issue a writ of mandamus as requested.

I.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Comuso filed

In this mandamus proceeding, we decide whether a trial judge may set aside a venue transfer order one year after signing the order because one of several defendants declared bankruptcy. We hold that the trial judge did not have jurisdiction to set aside the venue transfer order and conditionally grant the writ.

In 1995, Donald Salch was killed in a car accident in Conway County

Plaintiff/appellant Citizen Potawatomi Nation (Citizen Potawatomi), a federally recognized Indian Tribe located in the Western District of Oklahoma, brought this action which the Tribe termed as one for a "mandatory injunction in the nature of mandamus" against federal officials of the United States Department of the Interior challenging their methods for calculating funding the Citizen Potawatomi

Two counts of Second degree murder (automobile), misdemeanor speeding, and misdemeanor speeding.

03/31/1998 SEE APPEARANCE DOCKET FOR FILINGS PRIOR TO THIS DATE
03/31/1998 CM-DT-3/31/98-STATUS CONFERENCE-COURT ORDERS THIS CASE SET ON JURY TRIAL ON 7/7/98 @ 9:00 A.M. AND FURTHER ORDERS ANY MOTION TO SUPPRESS BY DEFT. BE FILED BY 5/5/98 AND THE STATE'S RESPONSE BE FILED BY 5/19/98 A

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged William Joseph Foster with:

Cultivation of marijuana - felony; Unlawful possession of marijuana with intent
to distribute; Possession of controlled drug in presence of a minor child; Failure to obtain
drug stamp - felony; and Possession of paraphrenalia - misdemeanor.

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ODO, OTHER DRUG OFFENSES (MF: 63-00