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Sheaneter J. Bogan v. MTD Consumer Group, Inc.





Sheaneter Bogan filed suit alleging that she was fired because of her race and sex. A jury found in her favor but awarded her just $1. The district court then denied Bogan both reinstatement and front pay, leaving her with no remedy. We review the distric... More...
   $0 (03-26-2019 - MS)

STATE OF OHIO - vs - IAN M. DOTY





On June 15, 2018, a detective with the Union Township Police Department
filed three complaints charging Doty with three separate counts of menacing, all fourth
degree misdemeanors. According to the supporting affidavits, the c... More...
   $0 (03-24-2019 - OH)

Ione Valley Land, Air, and Water Defense Alliance, LLC v. County of Amador, Newman Minerals, LLC, Real Parties in Interest

In 2012, the County of Amador (County) certified a final environmental impact
report (EIR) and approved the Newman Ridge Project (Project), an aggregate quarry and
related facilities near Ione owned by real parties in interest Newman Minerals and others
(Applicants). Ione Valley Land, Air, and Water Defense Alliance, LLC (LAWDA) filed
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a petition for writ of mandate under the... More...
   $0 (03-24-2019 - CA)

STATE OF OHIO v. CLARENCE FRY





Mr. Fry admittedly stabbed his girlfriend four times, which resulted in her death.
Following a jury trial, he was convicted of aggravated murder with two death specifications,
aggravated murder, murder, and other felonies. Th... More...
   $0 (03-22-2019 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. JAMAL TURNER





On December 8, 2016, Appellant was indicted for: aggravated robbery occurring on July 28, 2016 at a Dunkin’ Donuts; a firearm specification; having a weapon under disability; and three counts of kidnapping corresponding to the three sto... More...
   $0 (03-21-2019 - OH)

Raymond Eugene Johnson v. Mike Carpenter





Oklahoma charged Raymond Johnson with one count of first-degree arson
and two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of his former girlfriend,
Brooke Whitaker, and the couple’s seven-month-old daughter. The charges
stemmed from Johnson’s brutal attack on Wh... More...
   $0 (03-20-2019 - OK)

STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. ALEXANDER L. BEDNAR

¶1 Alexander L. Bednar (Respondent) is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar) and is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma. The Bar initiated this action under Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S.2011, ch.1, app. 1-A, by filing an eleven-count Complaint on December 21, 2017. Respondent did not respond to the Complaint or to the Bar's Motion to Deem Allegati... More...   $0 (03-12-2019 - OK)

STATE OF OHIO v. JUSTIN M. EVANS





In the late evening hours of April 14, 2017, Evans entered a Taco Bell along with
his wife and a teenage boy and proceeded to get into an altercation with several employees. The
incident occurred after the restaurant’s dining ... More...
   $0 (03-11-2019 - OH)

State of Ohio v. Ron Harris





On April 12, 2017, appellant was indicted on one count of trespass in
violation of R.C. 2911.12(B), a felony of the fourth degree. One month later, appellant
was indicted in a separate case and charged with three counts of ag... More...
   $0 (03-10-2019 - OH)

State of Tennessee v. James Wallace Norton





During March 2015, Special Agent Kathryn Gamble with the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) was working undercover, investigating chatrooms on Kik, a cell phone application used to exchange texts, pictures, and videos. At the time, a cha... More...
   $0 (03-09-2019 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Wayne Luster Boykin, Sr.





During the execution of a search warrant where over 100 grams of marijuana was found i... More...
   $0 (02-28-2019 - TN)

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Yum Yum Donut Shops, Inc.




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Plaintiff Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA) sued defendant Yum Yum Donut Shops, Inc.
(Yum Yum) in eminent domain ... More...
   $0 (02-27-2019 - CA)

Julio De Lima Silva v. State of Wisconsin, Department of Correction, et al.





Plaintiff-appellant Julio de Lima Silva, a Brazilian citizen who self-identifies as Latino, worked as a correctional sergeant for the State of Wisconsin, Depart-ment of Corrections (“DOC”). His use of force on an inmate triggered an i... More...
   $0 (02-24-2019 - WI)

Teresa Ann Johnson v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al.


Parties typically may appeal only after a court has entered final judgment resolving all claims. But the growth of multiclaim and multiparty litigation led to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b), which allows entry of an appealable judgment on one or more claims even when trial court litigation remains for other claims. 10 Charles Alan Wright et al., FED. PRAC. & PROC. §§ 2653, 2654 (4th ed... More...
   $0 (02-24-2019 - TX)

Brandon Deshawn Humes v. The State of Texas





Appellant and Jane began dating while Jane was pregnant with her daughter
Kate, and later they had a daughter, Amy, together. On the morning of December 10,
2016, when Kate was four years old and A... More...
   $0 (02-22-2019 - TX)

Donald Jamar Johnson v. Commonwealth of Virginia




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“Under familiar principles of appellate review, we will state ‘the evidence in the light
most favorable to the Commonwealth, the prevailing party... More...
   $0 (02-20-2019 - VA)

State of Ohio v. James T. Conway, III





This is the second petition for postconviction relief that Conway has filed in this case. See State v. Conway, 10th Dist. No. 05AP-76, 2005-Ohio-6377 (hereinafter "Conway I.") We adopt the following summary of the facts of this case fro... More...
   $0 (02-18-2019 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. ESTARLING MELENDEZ





In 2003, Melendez pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to “15 years to life in
prison,” and a five-year term of postrelease control. On the same date, he was also sentenced on
an unrelated case where he pleaded guilty t... More...
   $0 (02-18-2019 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. JERMAINE REID





} In February 2017, Reid was named in a six-count indictment, charging him with
felonious assault of a peace officer in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1); assault of a peace officer
in violation of R.C. 2903.13(A); domestic viole... More...
   $0 (02-18-2019 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. SCOTT A. SHANKLAND





The state indicted Scott A. Shankland on one count of tampering with
evidence in violation of R.C. 2921.12(A)(1), a felony of the third degree, and filed a bill
of information charging Shankland with one count of trafficking in... More...
   $0 (02-17-2019 - OH)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ANTHONY JAMES HILL





In February 2012, Hill pointed a firearm at a woman during a drunken argument and fled be... More...
   $0 (02-13-2019 - OR)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ANTHONY JAMES HILL





In February 2012, Hill pointed a firearm at a woman during a drunken argument and fled before the pol... More...
   $0 (02-10-2019 - OR)

UNITED STATES OF AMERIC v. MALIKI HASSAN CHAPMAN, a/k/a Terrence Wallace





For several years, Chapman engaged in the selling of narcotics in Williamsport and Harris... More...
   $0 (02-10-2019 - PA)

United States of America v. Maliki Hassan Chapman, a/k/a Terrence Wallace





In June of 2016, Maliki Hassan Chapman pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. After several continuances, the District Court set a date for Chapman’s sentencing hearing in March of 2017. On the scheduled date, Chapman immediately informed ... More...
   $0 (02-07-2019 - PA)

STATE OF KANSAS v ZEBULIN RICHARD BARRON










Aggravated indecent liberties against a child under age 14



Barron pleaded no c... More...
   $0 (02-05-2019 - KS)

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