Valdosta, GA - Co-Conspirators Plead Guilty To Tax Fraud

Belinda Harris, age 33, of Valdosta, GA; Cynthia Clarkston, age 38, of Valdosta, GA; and Susie Hall Sherman, age 46, formerly of Valdosta, GA, all entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court April 4, 2018 before Senior District Court Judge Hugh Lawson. Co-defendants Tanya Franklin, age 42, of Valdosta, Georgia and Johnny Gary a/k/a

Jackson, MS. - Mississippi Real Estate Investors Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Rig Bids at Public Foreclosure Auctions

Real estate investors Kevin Moore, Chad Nichols, and Terry Tolar pleaded guilty on April 10, 2018 for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Mississippi.

Including Moore, Nichols, and Tolar, five real estate investo

Charles Jones and Josh Watson seek to hold Royal
Administration Services, Inc. (“Royal”) liable for several
telephone calls made in violation of the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 227, by telemarketers
employed by All American Auto Protection, Inc. (“AAAP”).
Though a broad range of agency theories may form the basis
4 JONES V. ROYAL ADMIN. SVCS.

¶1 Bruce W. Lauritzen purchased five lots of undeveloped
real property in Hurricane, Utah based on a description in a
recorded subdivision plat map. Lauritzen then purchased title
insurance for these lots through First American Title Insurance
Company (First American). Subsequently, Lauritzen learned that
the plat map had a material defect: one of his lots partially
overlap

Petitioner Monica A. Gutierrez (“Monica”), together with her parents Javier and Monica E. Gutierrez (collectively “Petitioners”), seeks review of the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal in Vargas v. Gutierrez, 176 So. 3d 315 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with decisions of other district courts of appeal on a question of law. We have jurisdict

The facts underlying this case were established at the evidentiary hearing on Garcia's motion to suppress by Master Deputy Brad Clover from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. He testified that he responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle outside of Lawrence, Kansas, in the early morning hours on January 2, 2016. At about 3 a.m., an identified caller reported that a sedan had pulled into her

After the engine of a brand new Mercedes-Benz died, the
car’s manufacturer offered to repurchase the car for the full
amount less the $3,090 the buyer paid the dealer for additional
products and services (“dealer add-ons”). After the buyer sued
the manufacturer for breach of the implied warranty of
merchantability under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act
(the Act) (Civ.

Troy Williams appeals the denial of his application for postconviction relief
(PCR). Williams maintains his PCR counsel committed structural error and asks
that we remand for a new trial of his PCR application.1
Though Williams’s right to effective assistance of counsel in a PCR action
is statutory, not constitutional, we review his claim de novo. See Lado v. State,
804

Seattle, WA - Former Vessel Captain Convicted of Discharging Oily Waste Into the Ocean

Randall Fox, one-time captain of the fishing vessel Native Sun, was found guilty on April 5, 2018 in U.S. District Court in Seattle of discharging oily waste directly into the ocean, a felony violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. The jury deliberated 5 hours following a three-day trial b

Margaret Herster (“Herster”) and her husband Scott Sullivan
(“Sullivan”) appeal the dismissal of their claims against the Board of
Supervisors of Louisiana State University (“LSU”) related to alleged gender
discrimination. Prior to the jury trial for this case, the district court granted
LSU’s motion for summary judgment dismissing Herster’s Louisiana state law
spoliation claim

Bob Berry, who resides in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, has been a nurseryman and businessman for more than fifty years. In the 1960s, Bob began working in the nursery business in Tahlequah, and in the early 1970s, he founded Midwestern Nursery. Bob grew and developed Midwestern Nursery, which later became American Nursery Products, and eventually took the company public. Upon his departure from American

Dallas, TX - Chinese Citizen Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud and Smuggling Related to Dietary Supplement Scheme

Gao Mei Fang (a.k.a. Amy Gao), of Shanghai, China, pleaded guilty in Dallas to mail fraud and smuggling charges in connection with a scheme to sell mislabeled dietary supplements, the Department of Justice announced today.

Gao was the supply chain manager for Genabolix USA

New York, NY - Recording Artist And Performer DMX Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 1 Year In Prison For Tax Fraud

Earl Simmons, an internationally known recording artist, performer, and actor known professionally as “DMX” and “X,” was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year in prison for tax fraud in connection with evading the payment of income taxes in the period f

Atlanta, GA - John Darin and Charlotte Darin v. Robin Pemberton, Mercer Transportation Company, Inc. and ACE American Insurance Company on auto negligence theories.

Dallas, TX - Jury Awards Plaintiffs $9 Billion

Stephen Hopper and Laura Wassmer sued JPMorgan Chase & Co. on breach of fiduciary duty theories claiming that JPMorgan mismanaged the estate of Max Hopper, a former American Airlines executive.

JPMorgan denied wrongdoing.

Max Hopper was worth $19 million when he died.

The Plaintiff claimed that JPMorgna grossly mi

The defendant, Kyvonte Latrell Eaglin, attended a party at the American
Legion Hall in Jennings on August 8, 2015. An altercation broke out, and a group
moved outside. The defendant went to his vehicle and retrieved a gun. Shots from
one or more firearms were fired, and the victim, Jawon Lennette, was killed.
The defendant was indicted for second degree murder, a violation o

Bountiful, UT - Barbara Ann Rueckert sued American National Property and Casualty on a breach of insurance contract theory.

Sergei Carlson was born in Russia and claims he was raised by an abusive and alcoholic father. When Carlson was five and a half years old he was dropped off at a Russian orphanage, where he allegedly suffered mental, physical, and sexual abuse. Carlson was adopted by an American family. Carlson indicates his adoptive father was abusive and Carlson suffered from social isolation and an addiction to

After a seven-day trial and two days of deliberation, a jury found that Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, and Clifford Harris, Jr.’s song “Blurred Lines,” the world’s best-selling single in 2013, infringed Frankie Christian Gaye, Nona Marvisa Gaye, and Marvin Gaye III’s copyright in Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit song “Got To Give It Up.” Three consolidated appeals followed.

Appellants and Cross-A

Chad Barnes is a seaman who was injured when the boat on which he was working, the M/V Tehani, exploded. During his recovery, Barnes received some monetary assistance from either Sea Hawaii Rafting, LLC (“SHR”), which owned the Tehani, or Kris Henry, SHR’s owner and manager, but those payments soon stopped. Seeking the ancient maritime remedy of maintenance and cure,1 among other relief, Barnes su

Defendant‐Appellant  Aldric  Bordeaux  (“Bordeaux”)  appeals  the District Court’s judgment convicting him of one count of unlawful  possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)1 and of  1 “It shall be unlawful for any person . . . who has been convicted in any  court of[ ] a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceedin

Springfield, MO - Larry Kelley sued American Family Mutual Insurance Company on an insurance law issue.

Date Filed # Docket Text
02/26/2018 70 MOTION to alter judgment filed by Mark Eldon Meyer on behalf of American Family Mutual Insurance Company. Suggestions in opposition/response due by 3/12/2018 unless otherwise directed by the court. (Meyer, Mark) (Entered: 02/26/2018)
02/2

St. Louis, MO - Federal Jury Finds Tax Preparer Guilty on Preparing Fraudulent Tax Returns

After a four-day trial, a federal jury returned two verdicts for the United States finding that Asmerom �Ace� Keleta conspired to defraud the United States through tax fraud and prepared fraudulent tax returns.

According to court documents, Keleta, 32, of St. Louis, operated Unive

Since ancient times, people have been
celebrating the winter solstice, which occurs around the third
week of December in the Northern Hemisphere. Many of
these celebrations are religious in nature, and so in the modern
United States they have led to a depressingly steady
stream of First Amendment challenges, in which one party
wishes to express its religious views in the pu

Authors write books. Filmmakers make films. Playwrights
craft plays. And television writers, directors, and producers
create television shows and put them on the air -- or, in these
modern times, online. The First Amendment protects these
expressive works and the free speech rights of their creators.
Some of these works are fiction. Some are factual. And some are
a combinat