This is an appeal from a take nothing and declaratory judgment rendered by the trial court following a bench trial. The trial court ordered that Nine Syllables, LLC (Nine) take nothing on its counterclaim against Gary C. Evans and declared the promissory note and deed of trust securing it, the subject of Nine’s counterclaim, were uncollectable and unenforceable by Nine.
The dispute aris

¶ 1 This appeal comes to us from the circuit court of Cook County, the court having declared
sections 4.5, 14, and 14b of the Collection Agency Act (Act) (225 ILCS 425/4.5, 14, 14b (West
2008)) unconstitutional. Following remand from an appellate court decision in which that
court held—referencing, inter alia, the Act’s penalty provisions—that “a complaint

In 2000, Arizona voters adopted an initiative, Proposition
106, aimed at “ending the practice of gerrymandering
and improving voter and candidate participation in elections.”
App. 50. Proposition 106 amended Arizona’s Constitution
to remove redistricting authority from the Arizona
Legislature and vest that authority in an independent
commission, the Arizo

Plaintiff Delton R. Fair was working on the railroad. After he injured his back and
knee while trying to throw a switch, he brought this action against BNSF Railway
Company (BNSF) under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) (45 U.S.C. § 51 et
seq.), alleging that he was injured as a result of BNSF’s negligence. A jury found in
Fair’s favor and awarded

Plaintiff Ironridge Global IV, Ltd., sued defendant ScripsAmerica, Inc., to recover
a debt. The parties were able to reach a settlement, by which defendant agreed to give
plaintiff shares of defendant’s stock in satisfaction of the debt. The agreement also
provided a mechanism whereby plaintiff would receive additional shares if the value of
defendant’s stock decrease

The defendant appeals from an order extending an abuse
prevention order under G. L. c. 209A. We affirm.
Background. This is the second appeal involving the
parties. Briefly, the defendant (R.M.) and the minor
plaintiff's mother (K.M.) were divorced in February, 2010. The
minor plaintiff (C.F.) is the defendant's former stepdaughter.
The mother and the defendant also have a

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Donna M. Mills, J.), entered September 27, 2013, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied defendant's motion for attorneys' fees and sanctions, unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, to impose sanctions on plaintiff in the amount of $5,000, payable to the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130-1.2 and

A jury found that the defendant, the
Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, acted
negligently and recklessly when it assigned Father Ivan
Ferguson, an alcoholic whose admitted acts of child
molestation were understood to be linked to his drinking,
to serve as the director of Saint Mary’s Elementary
School in Derby (Saint Mary’s School), where he sexuall

¶ 1. Mother appeals the parent-child contact and property division orders in a final divorce decree that assign her sole parental rights and responsibilities with regard to the parties’ children. On appeal, mother argues that the trial court was bound to consider findings of fact made by the presiding magistrate at a temporary hearing and that the court’s findings do not

Michael Gallner (Gallner) filed a complaint against C.
Gregg Larson alleging breach of fiduciary duty arising out of
the attorney-client relationship, breach of fiduciary duty arising
out of the duty of a trustee, and conversion. Gallner sought
either money damages or the imposition of an oral or constructive
trust as to proceeds paid out to Larson as beneficiary of
various

The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach,a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow
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Opinion of the Court
persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity. The petitioners in these cases seek to find thatliberty by marrying someone of the same sex and having their marriages deemed lawful on the same terms andcon

Appellant Joseph Sweeney downloaded the contents of respondent Keri Evilsizor’s cell phones around the time Evilsizor gave birth to the couple’s daughter. After these dissolution proceedings were initiated a few months later, Sweeney filed with the court copies of some downloaded text messages. Evilsizor sought a restraining order under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA) to

Placed in removal proceedings
after his arrest on state charges, Michael Jonathan Mazariegos
sought to forestall his removal based on his marriage to a United
States citizen and the hardship his removal would cause his family.
He prevailed before an immigration judge (IJ), but lost when the
government appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).
Mazariegos did not se

Beldon Roofing Company appeals the district court’s order denying its motion to
compel arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). See generally 9 U.S.C.
2
§§ 1–16 (West, Westlaw through P.L. 113-296). By one issue, Beldon contends that it
has the legal right to arbitrate pursuant to its original contract. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2008,

By two issues, appellant Lee Ann Cholopisa (Lee Ann) appeals the trial court’s division of property with appellee Roy William Cholopisa (Roy). Lee Ann asserts that (1) the trial court based its decision upon inadmissible hearsay evidence, and (2) Roy committed fraud. We affirm.
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I. BACKGROUND
Lee Ann and Roy married on January 2, 2002, and the couple separated in March 2010. On

This is an appeal from an award of attorney’s fees assessed against appellant Charles Derron Clements (“Charles”) in favor of appellee Rachel Kelly Jenkins Clements (“Rachel”).1 By one issue, Charles asserts that the trial court erred by awarding Rachel
1 We note that the record contains different variations of appellee’s name. However, we will refer
2

¶ 1. This case calls upon us to consider Vermont’s statutory residency requirement for filing a divorce action. The trial court dismissed husband’s divorce complaint on the ground that the residency requirement was not satisfied. We affirm.
¶ 2. Husband, Dain Gosbee, filed a divorce action in the Superior Court, Washington Unit, Family Division, on

[¶1] As surviving spouse of Frank Mattern, Jeanette Mattern appeals a district court judgment dividing the couple's marital homestead into three individual apartments and ordering Jeanette Mattern to pay rent retroactively and in the future while she lives in the homestead. We affirm the portion of the district court judgment granting Jeanette Mattern a homestead in the second-floor residence o

After plaintiff and appellant Jessica Chan’s mother died from internal
hemorrhaging related to Coumadin use following heart surgery, Chan successfully sued
defendant and respondent Peter Curran for medical malpractice. Neither the sufficiency
of the evidence to support the malpractice verdict, nor any other issue associated with the
trial and the rendition of the jury verdic

Defendant David Parse appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District
25 Court for the Southern District of New York following a jury trial before William H. Pauley III, Judge,
26 convicting him on one count of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2, and on one count
27 of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the administration of the internal r

This appeal principally concerns the jurisdictional deadlines for noticing and ruling on a motion for new trial under Code of Civil Procedure1 sections 659 and 660. Specifically, we must decide whether service of notice of entry of judgment by the party moving for new trial triggers the statutes’ jurisdictional deadlines. We hold that it does not.
The appeal arises from a rear end autom

[¶1.] Patrick and Kacie Nickles divorced. Patrick appeals the circuit court’s decisions on child custody, child support, rehabilitative alimony, property division, and attorney’s fees. We affirm the circuit court’s decision on child custody. On all other issues, we reverse and remand for the entry of findings sufficient to permit appellate review.
Facts and Procedural H

Kari Johnson filed a petition for further review of the Nebraska Court of Appeals’ decision which affirmed in part
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and reversed in part the order of the district court for Douglas County which modified his child support obligation. We conclude that (1) the Court of Appeals correctly determined that the district court erred when it

In this action for legal malpractice, the trial court
dismissed plaintiff’s third amended complaint for failure to
state a claim, ORCP 21 A(8), and on the ground that the
complaint showed that the action was not commenced within
the time limited by statute, ORCP 21 A(9). On appeal, plaintiff
challenges those rulings in her first and second assignments
of error. We co

Jessica M. and Daniel M. appeal from a judgment that terminated the parent-child relationship between them and their children, E.M. and J.M. TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 161.001 (West 2014). Jessica complains that (1) the trial court erred by admitting statements made by E.M. to her therapist; (2) the evidence was legally and factually insufficient to support the jury's findings regarding the three pr