Plaintiff Carlos Cuesta appeals from a judgment entered in connection with the complaint he filed against defendant Classic Wheels, Inc., alleging, in part, violation of the Consumer Fraud Act, N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to 106 (the Act). The trial court found that, although defendant violated the Act, plaintiff failed to establish damages. Consequently, the trial court dismissed the complaint. On appeal,... More...   $0 (03-21-2003 - NJ)

The dispute arises in the following context. In September 1999, Luz and Elder Vergara granted a pu... More...   $0 (03-18-2003 - NJ)

¶1 The complainant, Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar Association), charged the respondent, Robert I. Mayes, Jr., with two counts of professional misconduct involving the mishandling of settlement funds1 and failure to cooperate in the grievance process.2 [66 P.3d 400] Upon a de novo review,3 we hold that clear and convincing evidence4 supports findings of the respondent's misappropriation of settlem... More...   $0 (03-11-2003 - OK)

1 The complainant, Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar Association), charged the respondent, Robert I. Mayes, Jr., with two counts of professional misconduct involving the mishandling of settlement funds1 and failure to cooperate in the grievance process.2 [66 P.3d 400] Upon a de novo review,3 we hold that clear and convincing evidence4 supports findings of the respondent's misappropriation of settle... More...   $0 (03-11-2003 - OK)

The f... More...   $0 (03-07-2003 - KS)

This case involves a proposal to construct an eighteen-hole golf course and residential development along the Snake River in Wyoming, an area that provides important nesting and foraging habitat for the bald eagle, a threatened species. Two environmental groups, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance (collectively, the "plaintiffs"), challenge the Army Corps o... More...   $0 (02-20-2003 - WY)

1 The complainant, Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar Association), charged the respondent, Donna Dee McLain, with one count of professional misconduct arising from the drafting and execution of a codicil for the decedent, Corrine Childs Dennis (Childs/decedent), which left property to the respondent's relatives. The Bar Association alleged that the respondent's actions involved dishonesty, fraud, d... More...   $0 (02-18-2003 - OK)

In addition to the documents discussed above, the parties stipulated to other facts. On July 13, 2000, the respondent, Jami Lynn Stewart, was suspended from the practice of law for three years in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The suspension was based on an agreement between Ms. Stewart and the bankruptcy trustee. Ms. Stewart had failed to disclose her att... More...   $0 (02-11-2003 - OK)

Petitioner-Appellant Maurice Allen Mason ("Mason") was convicted by an Ohio jury of aggravated felony murder, rape, and having a weapon while under disability; he was also found guilty of the death-penalty specification of committing murder in the course of a rape and further specifications that involved firearms, prior felony, and prior offense of violence. Mason was sentenced to death. Mason now... More...   $0 (02-05-2003 - OH)

Class counsel submit this memorandum in support of the parties' joint motion for an order preliminarily approving the Stipulation of Settlement ("Settlement"). Class counsel also seek approval of the proposed notices of settlement to the Class and request the Court schedule a date for a ... More...   $36000000 (02-04-2003 - OK)

Defendant Management and Training Corporation appeals from orders in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas awarding compensatory damages, back pay, and prejudgment interest to Plaintiff Randall B. Godinet for intentional employment discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964.(1) Plaintiff, a Samoan male formerly employed at Defendant's Flint Hills ... More...   $197751 (01-08-2003 - KS)

In April 2000, a grand jury indicted defendant, Robert E. Hampton, on one count of burglary and one count of theft over $300. Defendant was later indicted on one count of aggravated robbery. In August 2000, defendant entered into an open guilty plea on the charge of burglary, and the State agreed to drop the remaining counts. In October 2000, the trial court sentenced defendant to 20 years in p... More...   $0 (01-02-2003 - IL)

Poland Spring is a bottler of non-carbonated water with bottling facilities in Maine. In 2000, Leo Beaupre worked for Poland Spring as a palletizer operator. A palletizer is a machine that loads cases of bottles onto pallets and wraps the full pallets in plastic for shipping. As a palletizer operator, Beaupre was responsible for placing empty pallets on the machine, removing loaded pallets, and ke... More...   $0 (12-30-2002 - ME)

In this breach of lease action, the district court ruled that Radioshack was liable for damages stemming from its guaranty of a lease between one of Judith Kallman's companies and Color Tile. In this appeal, Radioshack challenges the district court's ruling that Radioshack is liable for Color Tile's breach, that it is responsible for the cost of repairs to the property, and that it must pay... More...   $0 (12-20-2002 - IL)

Plaintiff-appellant Stephen J. Kearney, a police officer, repeatedly took issue with his employer, the Town of Wareham (the Town), over the extent of the Town's obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219 (FLSA). He asserts that the Town and its hierarchs, angered because he had prevailed in those disputes, cashiered him. Claiming illegal retaliation, he sued the Town, its... More...   $0 (12-11-2002 - MA)

Plaintiff-appellant Service Professionals, Inc. ("SPI") is a minority-owned business. Defendant-appellee Allstate Insurance Company maintains a list of vendors to which it refers its insureds for repair work. SPI was on this list, but allegedly received a disproportionately low number of the referrals. SPI filed the present suit alleging that Allstate's referral practices amounted to racial discri... More...   $0 (11-27-2002 - OK)

The interveners challenge [FN2] a judgment of the Land Court declaring that a zoning amendment enacted by the town of Belmont (town) and affecting property owned by the McLean Hospital Corporation (McLean) is a valid exercise of the town's zoning authority and does not constitute illegal contract zoning. [FN3] The interveners assert that the rezoning represents an unlawful bargaining away of the t... More...   $0 (11-25-2002 - MA)

Dorman Hartley, a former employee, sued Dillard's, Inc., a department store chain, for age discrimination after his termination. A jury awarded Hartley back pay of $237,669.00. Based on a wilfulness finding by the jury, the district court1 awarded Hartley front pay of $246,774.05, and attorney's fees and costs of $65,268.86. Dillard's then filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in ... More...   $448443 (11-19-2002 - AR)

Southwoods Residential Care Facility is a long-term residential care facility for the treatment and housing of mentally handicapped patients. The estate of Mary Mills (hereinafter Mills) sued Southwoods after a patient, Haywood Wilder, left the facility on January 12, 1996, stole a car, and crashed into Mills's vehicle head-on, killing her. After a number of amended complaints, Mills also sued Beh... More...   $750000 (11-15-2002 - AR)

Plaintiff, the Terrebonne Parish School Board ( "School Board"), as royalties holder of a Section 16 tract, appeals the district court's dismissal of its diversity-based delictual and contractual action against the defendant, Mobil Oil Corporation ("Mobil"), on statute of limitation grounds. The School Board argues that its claims against Mobil are imprescriptible under Louisiana law, and thus ... More...   $0 (11-13-2002 - LA)

In this breach of contract action, defendant, Postle Enterprises I, Inc., appeals from the trial court's judgment on remand determining that it failed to mitigate its damages against plaintiff, Westec Construction Management Company. Westec separately appeals the trial court's awards of postjudgment interest, attorney fees, and costs to Postle, and Postle cross-appeals the calculation of per diem ... More...   $168371 (11-08-2002 - CO)

In June 1994, plaintiffs purchased an 8,000 square foot Victorian residence situated on 1.5 acres of property in... More...   $362100 (10-23-2002 - NY)

Edwin David brought this action on the basis that the pro-cedures used by the City of Los Angeles after a car has been towed and stored for an alleged parking violation do not com-port with the demands of due process. See U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1. The district court granted summary judgment against David and in favor of the City. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part. * * * On ... More...   $0 (10-09-2002 - CA)

Mr. O'Toole was employed by Grumman Aerospace when, in 1994, the company loaned him to the federal government under a four-year "secondment agreement" to work on a project in San Diego. Aplt. App. at 27-28, 121. The secondment agreement included an agreement to pay for Mr. O'Toole's relocation at the end of his secondment. Id. at 139. A "buy out" option on his house was part of that agreement. Id.... More...   $0 (09-27-2002 - NM)

1. Did the District Court e... More...   $0 (09-20-2002 - MT)