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Aurelio Duarte v. City of Lewisville, Texas

Aurelio Duarte together with his wife and two children challenge the constitutionality of a Lewisville, Texas, ordinance (“the Ordinance”) that restricts where certain individuals convicted of sex offenses may live within the city. Specifically, they allege that the Ordinance deprives both Duarte individually and the Duarte Family as a whole of procedural due process and violates Duarte’s constitu... More...   $0 (05-31-2017 - TX)

M.C. v. Antelope Valley Union High School District

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”)
guarantees children with disabilities a free appropriate public
education (“FAPE”). 20 U.S.C. § 1400(d)(1)(A). We
consider the interplay between the IDEA’s procedural and
substantive safeguards.
BACKGROUND
M.C. suffers from Norrie Disease, a genetic disorder that
renders him blind. He also has a host of other defi... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS PERRY WAYNE WILLIAMS -AKA- PERRY WILLIAMS Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal

Deputy John Cowan, then an officer with the Ferriday Police Department,1
explained that, in February 2011, he “received information from a Vidalia officer
that there was a subject that wanted to turn over his dealer in Ferriday.” He
testified that, “[a] couple of days after this phone call [he] met up with the guy that
wanted to turn over his dealers; his name was [Ricky] Davenport... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. JUSTIN SEAWRIGHT Jury convicts man of carjacking, attempted robbery

As noted earlier, a jury found Defendant guilty of carjacking and two counts of armed robbery. He used the vehicle from the carjacking in one of the robberies, which he committed at a bank in Lafayette Parish.
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ERRORS PATENT:
In accordance with La.Code Crim.P. art. 920, all appeals are reviewed by this court for errors patent on the face of the record. After reviewing the record, we f... More...
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State of Louisiana v. Peter Haley State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Circuit (Shreveport)

On August 24, 2011, William Tuggle, supervising agent at the
Louisiana Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole,
received a voicemail message from an anonymous male caller indicating that
Haley had been sending inappropriate text messages of a sexual nature to the
caller’s mother. The caller indicated that the matter was serious enough that
he and his mo... More...
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International Refugee Assistance Project v. Donald J. Trump

The question for this Court, distilled to its essential form, is whether the
Constitution, as the Supreme Court declared in Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 2,
120 (1866), remains “a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace.” And if
so, whether it protects Plaintiffs’ right to challenge an Executive Order that in text speaks
with vague words of national security, ... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. GERALD J. DOMINICK Sex Offender

On June 25, 1984, defendant pled guilty to forcible rape and was sentenced
to seventeen years imprisonment at hard labor. Upon his release from prison for
this offense, defendant failed to maintain his registration as a sex offender and was
subsequently charged with a violation of La. R.S. 15:542. On April 5, 2011,
defendant pled guilty to failing to register as a sex offende... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. WILLIE B. RIMMER, JR. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal - State of Louisiana

On October 9, 2015, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of
information charging defendant with driving while intoxicated, third offense, in
violation of La. R.S. 14:98(A) and 14:98.3(A). At the December 11, 2015
arraignment, defendant pled not guilty. Defendant thereafter filed pre-trial
motions, including motions to suppress evidence and statement. On July 1... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. BENJAMIN ANDERSON Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal - State of Louisiana

On November 4, 2015, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office filed a
bill of information charging defendant with eight counts of monetary instrument
abuse in violation of La. R.S. 14:72.2 (counts one, two, seven, nine, ten, nineteen,
twenty, and twenty-two), with seven counts of theft of U.S. currency “valued at
over $750 under $1,500” in violation of La. R.S. 14:67 (co... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA Vs. GLYNN HAWKINS AND ALEX LEWIS Pair found guilty of murder in 2013 death of Xavier pre-med student

On the afternoon of March 9, 2013, Bertrand Dezara was murdered in the
courtyard of an apartment building in eastern New Orleans. Shortly before or
around the time of the murder, the New Orleans Police Department was dispatched
to the scene after a 911 call had been made and an aggravated burglary had been
reported.

Two days later, on March 11, 2013, a shootout oc... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. MEGAN E. MORALES -AKA- MEGAN ELIZABETH MORALES Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal

On December 1, 2015, the defendant was charged by a bill of information for identity theft for the use of Jacueline Clark Wilson’s1 (Wilson) personal information for a Verizon cell phone account valued at $3,739. The defendant entered a guilty plea on September 13, 2016, and a presentence investigation report was ordered.
On November 16, 2016, the trial court sentenced the defendant to five ye... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. BILL ERIC WINTERS Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal

Defendant committed simple burglary when he entered Oncologics, Inc. in Lafayette, Louisiana without authorization on a Sunday morning while the business was closed. One of the employees testified at trial that “her desk drawer was open and ‘some Gobstoppers and some special dark chocolate’ were missing from her desk, and her calendar on her desk had been moved.” Winters, 118 So.3d
1This was t... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. CORLIOUS C. DYSON AKA CORLIOUS CORALL Opelousas Man Arrested In Alleged Murder On Hummingbird Lane

In the early morning of August 26, 2012, the victim, Clement Amos,
encountered Defendant, Corlious C. Dyson, standing outside a neighbor’s door.
When Mr. Amos questioned Defendant as to what he was doing, Defendant shot
the victim five times. Mr. Amos died as a result of the gunshot wounds.
Defendant was indicted for the August 26, 2012 second degree murder of
Clement Amos. A j... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. RICKY WAYNE MILLER AKA RICKY MILLER Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal

At the guilty plea proceeding, the State set forth a factual basis for the charge. The State explained that during the execution of an arrest warrant, a routine search was conducted. During the search, a pill bottle with eighteen “green” pills was found on Defendant.
2The court minutes mistakenly indicate that the proceeding was held on January 11, 2016, but the transcript indicates it was hel... More...
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State of Louisiana v. Paul Jacob Norman, II Court of Appeal, Second Circuit State of Louisiana

On April 17, 2012, Bossier City Police Detective Shawn Poudrier
(“Detective Poudrier”) received information from the school resource officer
at Rusheon Middle School concerning 13-year-old student, C.S.1 A family
member reported C.S. was involved in a sexual relationship with 26-year-old
Paul Jacob Norman, II (“Norman”), who had been living with C.S. and her
family. Ther... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE NIXON State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Circuit

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the trial court and grant counsel’s motion to withdraw. We dismiss any other pending motions as moot. Nixon was charged by bill of information with two counts of distribution of marijuana, in violation of La. R.S. 40:966(A)(1), and one
count of distribution of cocaine, in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(A)(1). The...
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Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, et al.

“Registration” of a copyright is a precondition to filing suit for copyright infringement. 17 U.S.C. § 411(a). This appeal requires us to decide an issue that
* Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.
Case: 16-13726 Date Filed: 05/18/2017 Page: 1 of 11
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has divided the circuits: whether registration occurs when an owner ... More...
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T-Mobile USA, Inc. v. Huawei Device USA, Inc.

Seattle, WA - Jury Find Huawei Stole Smartphone-Testing Robot Technology

T-Mobile USA, Inc. sued Huawei Device USA, Inc. on a patenting infringement theory claiming that Huawei used smartphone-testing robotic technology called "Tappy" patented to T-Mobile and trade secrets without permission. Tappy similated the touch of a human finger and was designed to make it possible to develop main... More...
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Joe Hardesty v. State Mining and Geology Board

In this suit under the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA)
(Pub. Resources Code § 2710 et. seq.),1 plaintiffs Joe and Yvette Hardesty (collectively,
Hardesty), attack findings by the State Mining and Geology Board (Board). The Board’s
disputed findings conclude there are no vested rights to surface mine at the Big Cut Mine
in El Dorado County (County, not a party her... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. TERRANCE ISAIAH SIMS

Following his convictions for aggravated criminal sodomy and two counts of rape, Terrance Isaiah Sims was required to register under the Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA), K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq., with his local sheriff's office in the months of January, April, July, and October of each year for the remainder of his life. He was also required under K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 22-4905(k) (now K.S.A. 2... More...   $0 (05-16-2017 - KS)

Leslie Witherspoon Hinriches v. George Melton

How does a landowner whose parcel is landlocked
gain access to the property? In Linthicum v. Butterfield (2009)
175 Cal.App.4th 259 (Linthicum), we held that the trial court
may grant the landowner an equitable easement over a
neighboring property. In Linthicum, the party to whom an
equitable easement was granted had been using a road on
neighboring property for several dec... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. TOMMY L. MOUTON

On March 20, 2015, the State charged defendant by bill of information with
one count of failure to register as a sex offender, second offense, in violation of La.
R.S. 15:542. On March 23, 2015, the district court arraigned defendant on this
charge, and defendant entered a plea of not guilty. Following a jury trial, the jury
rendered a unanimous verdict of guilty on March 24,... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. EDWARD N. GREEN COURT OF APPEAL FOURTH CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA

On January 6, 2014, the State charged Mr. Green with the armed robbery
with a firearm of three individuals, a violation of La. R.S. 14:64.3. At his
arraignment Mr. Green pled not guilty. The trial court denied Mr. Green‟s motion
to suppress the evidence and found probable cause. The case was tried before a
jury on January 21-22, 2015. The jury returned a unanimous ve... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. TROY L. RANDOLPH COURT OF APPEAL FOURTH CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA

Troy L. Randolph (“Defendant”) appeals his convictions for possession with
the intent to distribute marijuana,1 possession with the intent to distribute heroin,2
possession with the intent to distribute cocaine,3 and possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon.4 Defendant also appeals his sentence for possession with the intent
to distribute heroin as indeterminate. Finding th... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA V. JARVIS BROWN COURT OF APPEAL FOURTH CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA

On June 20, 2014, the State filed a bill of information charging Mr. Brown
with the following:

 Three counts of armed robbery with a firearm, in violation of La. R.S. 14:64 and 14:64.3;  One count of possession of marijuana, in violation of La. R.S. 14:34.2; and

 One count of access device fraud, in violation of La. R.S. 14:70.4(E)(3).
O... More...
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