This case involves allegations of fraud and misrepresentation in the issuance of securities related to oil and gas interests. Following a jury verdict for plaintiffs, defendants-appellants/cross-appellees Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation (“OKO”) and Carol L. Campbell, both individually and as executrix of the Estate of William M. Griffith, appeal numerous rulings of the district court. Plaintiffs... More...   $0 (04-04-2012 - OH)

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge. This litigation concerns a segment of the Eastern Trail in Scarborough, Maine. The Eastern Trail is a public recreational trail which is part of a network of trails running along the Eastern Seaboard. http://www.easterntrail.org. The portion of the Trail at issue in this case is over three miles long, runs through a 32-acre tract of land owned by the state of Maine, and is u... More...   $0 (03-23-2012 - )

A.I.M. Controls, L.L.C., Resam Holdings Trust, and Clifford William (together, the Petitioners) appeal the Tax Court’s order dismissing their action against the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (“Government”) for lack of jurisdiction. We AFFIRM.

I Royce and Susan Mitchell formed A.I.M. Controls, L.L.C. (“A.I.M. Controls”) in 1998 as a limited liability partnership under Texas l... More...   $0 (02-24-2012 - LA)

This appeal is from the grant and denial of cross-motions for summary judgment in a contract case. 84 Lumber contends that David Powers is liable as a matter of law in his capacity as personal guarantor for the debt of David Powers Homes, Inc. We reverse and render.

Background

David Powers Homes, Inc. applied for credit with 84 Lumber by filling out a written credit... More...   $0 (01-26-2012 - TX)

Joseph A. Sorge appeals after the trial court modified the child support awarded to his ex-wife, Maryanne K. Sorge, and awarded Maryanne1 sanctions and attorney fees, both related to the costs of the underlying litigation, as well as pendente lite attorney fees for defending against Joseph's appeal.

On appeal, Joseph first contends that the trial court erred in calculating the child support... More...   $0 (01-05-2012 - CA)

Jean Mathia is the widow of Doyle Mathia, a limited partner in Greenwich Associates. Greenwich was a partnership that incurred losses that were passed through to the couple’s income tax returns for the years 1982–84. After an investigation of numerous related tax shelters, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue disallowed these losses and in 2003, following lengthy administrative and judicial pr... More...   $0 (01-05-2012 - OK)

The issue presented by this case is whether Scott and Lori Cannon and their son-in-law, Christopher Lundgren, formed a partnership under Iowa Code section 486A.202 (2009) in their operation of a dairy farm. We agree with the district court that no partnership was formed and affirm its judgment so holding.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Scott and Lori Cannon own a farm in northe... More...   $0 (12-21-2011 - IA)

“Losses were not discussed and not assumed.” That is how Steven Dallenbach described the rosy outlook of a four-person Iowa partnership formed to purchase, remodel, and sell an upscale residence on Florida’s Gulf Coast. But the “perfect storm”—both figuratively and literally—of a plummeting real estate market and hurricane winds between 2006 and 2008 created unexpected losses for the... More...   $0 (12-21-2011 - IA)

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in favor of appellee following a suit for slander. Because we conclude the evidence is legally insufficient to support the jury findings on liability and on damages, we reverse and render a take-nothing judgment against appellee and in favor of appellant.

BACKGROUND

Appellant, Juan Oliva, and appellee, Pioquinto Davila, have known each other ... More...   $0 (12-14-2011 - TX)

The petitioners in these consolidated cases, Ricardo Calma and Oleh Khomyshyn, have a great deal in common. Both have been in the United States for many years without permission, and each would like to adjust his status to that of lawful permanent resident through relatives who are legitimately in the United States. When the time came for an Immigration Judge (IJ) to issue a decision, each was fou... More...   $0 (12-14-2011 - IL)

Geneva Colbert appeals from the county court’s judgment favoring Langwick Senior Residences in Langwick’s forcible detainer action against Colbert.1 In its judgment, the trial court determined that Langwick was entitled to possession of the premises in question and ordered Colbert to pay all court costs. In three issues, Colbert contends that the trial court erred in its judgment because (1) t... More...   $0 (12-13-2011 - TX)

The petitioners in these consolidated cases, Ricardo Calma and Oleh Khomyshyn, have a great deal in common. Both have been in the United States for many years without permission, and each would like to adjust his status to that of lawful permanent resident through relatives who are legitimately in the United States.

When the time came for an immigration judge to issue a decision, each was f... More...   $0 (12-05-2011 - IL)

The plaintiffs, Christopher E. Johnson, individually and in his capacity as administrator of the estate of Debra L. Johnson, his deceased wife, brought the present declaratory judgment action seeking, inter alia, a determination that certain medical malpractice claims that they had asserted in an action against the defendant Middlesex Obstetrics and Gynecology Associates, P.C. (Middlesex), were co... More...   $0 (11-07-2011 - CT)

Doctors of Magnetic Resonance, Inc.; Saint Alphonsus Diversified Care, Inc.; Mednow, Inc.; and HCA of Idaho, Inc.,2 formed a general partnership named MRI Associates (MRIA). The parties executed a written partnership agreement that was effective on April 26, 1985. The purpose of the partnership was to acquire and operate diagnostic and therapeutic devices, equipment, and accessories, beginning wit... More...   $52000000 (11-05-2011 - ID)

Plaintiffs David Duncan, Lynne Y. Duncan, Michael V. Fillebrown, Gerald Lung, Jeannie Lung, the Lung Family Revocable Trust, Richard Marino, Angela Marino, Weldon K. Schapansky, individually and as the sole beneficiary of the Grabe, Schapansky, Moss, Levy & Julian DDS PC 401 Retirement Plan, Noah Sever, Linda Washington, Carl D. West, and Chung C. Faulkner (hereafter collectively, plaintiffs) appe... More...   $0 (10-28-2011 - CA)

International Management Associates, LLC, and several related entities (the “Debtors”) were operated as the instruments of a Ponzi scheme.1 A receiver ultimately filed voluntary petitions in the bankruptcy court seeking relief for each of the Debtors under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. A consolidated plan of liquidation was approved and William F. Perkins was appointed as Plan Trustee. Th... More...   $0 (10-27-2011 - GA)

¶1 This is a second appeal resulting from a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Marsha Schubert, operating as Schubert and Associates (Schubert). The facts are set forth in the first appeal, Dept. Of Securities ex rel. Faught v. Blair, 2010 OK 16, 231 P.3d 645 (Blair). The defendants herein, Marvin and Pamela Wilcox, were among the appellants in Blair appealing from summary judgments obtained by the plai... More...   $0 (10-11-2011 - OK)

The principal proposition presented in this appeal is whether a beneficiary of a trust has standing to maintain an action claiming impropriety on the part of a third party who settled a prior case with the trustee. On the facts presented in this matter, we hold that the beneficiary does not have such standing.

The plaintiffs, Jeffrey Naier and Andrea Naier, both individually and in their ca... More...   $0 (09-27-2011 - CT)

Donald Trump, the plaintiff in a suit for defamation, appeals from a Law Division order granting summary judgment to defendants, Timothy O'Brien, the author of TrumpNation, The Art of Being The Donald, and his publishers, Time Warner Book Group, Inc. and Warner Books, Inc.1 On appeal, Trump contends that he produced clear and convincing evidence of actual malice on the part of O'Brien and that iss... More...   $0 (09-13-2011 - NJ)

These two appeals arise out of various postjudgment proceedings stemming from the parties’ dissolution of marriage.1 In AC 31500, the plaintiff, Caroline Hirschfeld, claims that the trial court improperly (1) concluded that swimming pool expenses were ‘‘shelter expenses’’ in accordance with the parties’ separation agreement, (2) entered a postjudgment order dividing assets when it attr... More...   $0 (09-12-2011 - CT)

Sean Alderman appeals an adverse final judgment entered on his claims for negligence and breach of contract against BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc. (BCI).

The circuit court entered the final judgment after it made separate rulings granting BCI's motions for summary judgment—first on the negligence claim and then on the contract claim. Because BCI did not meet the required showing for the... More...   $0 (09-02-2011 - FL)

Appellant, Betty Domingo, challenges the trial court's judgment rendered in favor of Appellees, Cindy Skidmore, Donna Walker, Estella Barron, Brenda Mitchell, Gina Schultz, Sharla Pierce and LGroup, a Texas General Partnership1 in Domingo's suit for breach of contract. Presenting four issues, Domingo maintains the trial court erred when it failed to grant (1) her request for a jury instruction tha... More...   $0 (08-31-2011 - TX)

SABATINO, J.A.D.

This appeal concerns the enforceability of arbitration provisions contained in various form documents that a consumer signed in connection with her purchase of a new motor vehicle from a New Jersey dealership. After making her purchase and disputing several charges that the dealership had billed her, the consumer and a local chapter of the National Association for the Advan... More...   $0 (08-02-2011 - NJ)

Lisa Minor appeals from an order to enforce a settlement agreement against her, which she signed after mediation of several lawsuits concerning six family-run real estate partnerships. The procedural history is complex but, in the end, the central question is whether the district court had authority to enter the order in question, which helps bring to a close at least four lawsuits in multiple cou... More...   $0 (07-22-2011 - MA)

Debra Parks, the Appellant, filed a one-count complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleging that she had been “wrongful[ly] terminat[ed] . . . in violation of public policy” from her job at Alpharma, Inc., the Appellee, a pharmaceutical company incorporated in Delaware, which had been headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey until being acquired in November of 2008 by King Pharmac... More...   $0 (07-19-2011 - MD)