¶1 The Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar) filed a complaint against John McPherson Hayes (Hayes) pursuant to Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP). Okla. Stat. tit. 5, ch. 1, app. 1-A (2001). The Bar alleged that Hayes violated Rule 8.4(b) of the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC), Okla. Stat. tit. 5, ch. 1, app. 3-A (2001), and Rule 1.3 RGDP1. The parties submitted stipulati... More...   $0 (07-06-2011 - OK)

[¶1.] Arrowhead Ridge I, L.L.C. initiated this forcible entry and detainer action when its tenant, Cold Stone Creamery, Inc., defaulted on its lease. The trial court granted Arrowhead partial summary judgment, concluding that it was entitled to seventeen months of unpaid rent and late fees. The issues of mitigation of damages, interest, and attorneys’ fees proceeded to trial. After a court tria... More...   $0 (07-06-2011 - SD)

On June 18, 2007, Plaintiff Old Republic Insurance Company sued Defendant Marlana Edwards for breach of contract, alleging that she failed to make payments on an installment contract for home improvements she entered with Nationwide Building Systems, a non-party (“the Agreement”). Old Republic’s Petition states that it is “the owner and holder of this note and is entitled to receive all m... More...   $0 (06-30-2011 - TX)

Appellant, Tracy Griffin, challenges the trial court’s rendition of summary judgment in favor of appellees, Shell Oil Company (“Shell”) and CH2M Hill IDC Facilities, Inc. (“CH2M”), in Griffin’s personal-injury suit against Shell and CH2M. In a single issue, Griffin contends that the trial court erred in granting the summary-judgment motions of Shell and CH2M on his negligent-activity ... More...   $0 (06-23-2011 - TX)

In 2004, the City of Portland resolved to update its Greenway Plan for the land along the Willamette River. As part of that process, the city divided the river into three sections: the North Reach, the Central Reach, and the South Reach. The North Reach, a 12-mile stretch between the Broadway Bridge and the confluence with the Columbia River, was the first phase of the update, and in April 2010, t... More...   $0 (06-22-2011 - OR)

¶1 Plaintiff Cimarron River Ranch, LLC, appeals from the trial court's orders filed January 22, 2009, and May 8, 2009, granting Defendants'1 multiple summary judgment motions. This case proceeds pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 1.36, 12 O.S. Supp. 2009, ch. 15, app. 1, without additional appellate briefing.2 We have reviewed the record and applicable law and considered oral arguments presented to t... More...   $0 (06-07-2011 - OK)

Buzzards Bay is a brilliant jewel in the diadem of Massachusetts waters. It comprises an inlet flowing landward from the Atlantic Ocean, thirty miles long and up to ten miles wide. Many people regard it as the gateway to Cape Cod.

The name "Buzzards Bay" is a fluke. Folklore has it that early settlers mistook an indigenous flight of ospreys for buzzards, and the rest is history.

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¶1 James A. Coddington was tried by jury and convicted of Murder in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S.1991, § 701.7, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-97-1500. In accordance with the jury's recommendation, the Honorable Jerry D. Bass imposed a sentence of death. This Court affirmed Coddington's conviction, but reversed the sentence, and remanded the case for resentencin... More...   $0 (05-13-2011 - OK)

Appellants Linda and Thomas Richards sued Sequoia Insurance Company (Sequoia) for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, due to Sequoia‟s delay in providing a defense and coverage for a wrongful death action tendered by the Richards. The trial court granted summary judgment for Sequoia on the basis that the Richards sustained no damages as a result of Sequo... More...   $0 (05-10-2011 - CA)

¶1 Devra West appeals a judgment of the District Court, Twenty-First Judicial District, Ravalli County, awarding $42,000 in compensatory damages to John Watson. We affirm.

ISSUES

¶2 We restate the issues on appeal:

1. Whether the District Court followed this Court’s instructions on remand.

2. Whether the District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to award dam... More...   $0 (04-05-2011 - MT)

¶1 Wendell Arden Grissom, Appellant, was tried by jury and found guilty of Count 1, murder in the first degree, in violation of 21 O.S.Rev.Supp.2005, § 701.7(A); Count 2, shooting with intent to kill, in violation of 21 O.S.Rev.Supp.2005, § 652(A); Count 3, grand larceny, in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 1705; and Count 4, possession of a firearm after former conviction of a felony, in violation... More...   $0 (04-01-2011 - OK)

This appeal involves the application of the Fourteenth Amendment‘s Due Process Clause to the suspension of policemen in Pennsylvania. Michael Schmidt, an officer in Pennsylvania‘s Capitol Police, claims that appellees, senior officers of the Capitol Police and officials of Pennsylvania‘s Department of General Services, violated his due process rights when they failed to provide him a hearing... More...   $0 (03-30-2011 - PA)

Appellant Stephen Wollmer asks this court to reverse the denial of his petition for administrative mandamus challenging two approvals by respondents City of Berkeley and the Berkeley City Council (collectively, the City) for a mixed-use affordable housing or senior affordable housing project located at 1200 Ashby Avenue.1 Specifically, he denounces the approvals as violative of the state‟s densi... More...   $0 (03-30-2011 - CA)

¶1 Appellant, Kevin Ray Underwood, was charged in McClain County District Court (Case No. CF-2006-102) with First Degree Murder (21 O.S.Supp.2004, § 701.7(A)). The State alleged three aggravating circumstances in support of the death penalty. The district court granted Appellant's request for a change of venue, and the case was transferred from McClain County to Cleveland County (Case No. CF-200... More...   $0 (03-25-2011 - OK)

¶1 Appellant, Kevin Ray Underwood, was charged in McClain County District Court (Case No. CF-2006-102) with First Degree Murder (21 O.S.Supp.2004, § 701.7(A)). The State alleged three aggravating circumstances in support of the death penalty. The district court granted Appellant's request for a change of venue, and the case was transferred from McClain County to Cleveland County (Case No. CF-200... More...   $0 (03-25-2011 - OK)

Appellants Trinity Park, L. P. and Classic Communities, Inc. (hereafter, collectively Trinity) are the developers of a residential housing project known as Trinity Park, which consists of 42 houses in a subdivision located in respondent City of Sunnyvale (City). The City‟s 2007 approval of the Trinity Park development was conditioned upon compliance with the City‟s below market housing ordinan... More...   $0 (03-24-2011 - CA)

Constable sought review of the court of appeals’ judgment in Northglenn, LLC v. Constable, No. 08CA2045 (Colo. App. Nov. 19, 2009) (not published pursuant to C.A.R. 35(f)), reversing the district court’s order of summary judgment in her favor. The district court had concluded that an indemnity provision of the parties’ lease agreement was unenforceable for reasons of public policy. The court... More...   $0 (03-21-2011 - CO)

Plaintiff-Appellant Larry D. Hysten appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (“BNSF”). Mr. Hysten argues that he has presented circumstantial evidence from which a reasonable jury could conclude that BNSF wrongfully discharged him in retaliation for exercising his rights under the Federal Emp... More...   $0 (03-16-2011 - KS)

[¶1.] Western Consolidated Cooperative (WestCon) sued Lynn Pew for conversion of grain he stole and sold to LaBolt Farmers Grain Company (LaBolt). WestCon also sued LaBolt for conversion for its role in purchasing the stolen grain from Pew. After discovery, WestCon’s motion for summary judgment was granted and the circuit court ordered judgment jointly and severally against Pew and LaBolt. LaBo... More...   $0 (03-09-2011 - SD)

¶1 Kimberly Gentry appeals the denial of her motion for class certification. The district court denied her motion finding that she had failed to satisfy three of the five prerequisites for certification found in 12 O.S.2001 § 2023(A) and (B). We reverse.

BACKGROUND

¶2 On March 1, 2006, a fire started in Stephens County that eventually covered more than 13,000 acres. The fire destr... More...   $0 (03-07-2011 - OK)

¶1 Marlon Deon Harmon was tried in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-2004-4956, and found guilty of First Degree Felony Murder in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 701.7(B). The jury imposed the death penalty after finding that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, the murder was committed by Harmon while serving a sentence of imprisonment on conviction of a felony, ... More...   $0 (01-27-2011 - OK)

¶1 Marlon Deon Harmon was tried in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-2004-4956, and found guilty of First Degree Felony Murder in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 701.7(B). The jury imposed the death penalty after finding that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, the ... More...   $0 (01-27-2011 - OK)

As alleged in this case, plaintiff, a married woman, obtained an adjustable rate loan from a bank to purchase real property secured by a deed of trust on her residence. About two years into the loan, she could not afford the monthly payments and filed for bankruptcy under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 701–784). She intended to convert the chapter 7 proceeding to a chapter 13 p... More...   $0 (01-27-2011 - CA)

¶1 On April 8, 2010, the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) filed a formal complaint against the attorney Timothy Charles Edwards, pursuant to Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S. 2001, Ch. 1, App. 1-A, alleging violations of Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.15, 1.16, 8.1(b) and 8.4(a)(c)(d) of the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct (ORPC), 5 O.S. 2001, Ch. 1, App. 3-A... More...   $0 (01-25-2011 - TX)

Plaintiffs-appellants Margaret Gaeta, as guardian ad litem for A.G., a minor child, and Augustine Gaeta (collectively, “the Gaetas”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Perrigo Pharmaceutical Company. The district court determined that the Gaetas’ state law failure-towarn claims against Perrigo, a manufacturer of a generic version of ibuprofen, were preempted ... More...   $0 (01-24-2011 - CA)