Plaintiff Sundus Shaker Saleh sues several individuals who served as high-ranking officials in the administration of President George W. Bush. Plaintiff claims that the former officials conspired to engage in, and did engage in, a war of aggression against Iraq and that, in doing so, they violated the “law of nations” within the meaning of the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28 U.S.C. § 1350. The di... More...   $0 (02-13-2017 - CA)

During December 2007, Jones was staying with his long-time
friend, M.B.,1 who was a drug dealer and, the State alleged, the
intended victim of a robbery. Jones was the target of electronic
surveillance.2
M.B. testified for the State that on the morning of December
19, 2007, he and Jones made a plan to meet up later in the day and
go together to Vineland to meet one... More...   $0 (02-13-2017 - NJ)

Plaintiff Sundus Shaker Saleh sues several individuals
who served as high-ranking officials in the administration of
President George W. Bush. Plaintiff claims that the former
officials conspired to engage in, and did engage in, a war of
aggression against Iraq and that, in doing so, they violated the
“law of nations” within the meaning of the Alien Tort Statute
(“ATS”), 28... More...   $0 (02-12-2017 - CA)

Because defendant entered guilty pleas, the underlying facts were not fully
developed in the record but the following facts were gleaned from the testimony
presented at the suppression hearing. According to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s
officers, on or about January 7, 2013, defendant, along with five other individuals,
violated La. R.S. 14:64, when they robbed John Vurttas, Eric... More...   $0 (02-09-2017 - LA)

This is defendant’s second appeal. In defendant’s prior appeal, we vacated
the guilty plea, set aside defendant's convictions and sentences, and remanded for
further proceedings. State v. Ables, 15-720 (La. App. 5 Cir. 02/24/16), 186 So.3d
1274. On remand, after defendant’s motions to suppress evidence and statement
were denied, defendant pled guilty pursuant to State v. Crosb... More...   $0 (02-09-2017 - LA)

On April 3, 2013, the State charged defendant by bill of information with the
sexual battery of a known juvenile, E.D. (D.O.B. 9/22/2005), in violation of La.
R.S.14:43.1 (count 1) and with the sexual battery of a known juvenile, A.B.
(D.O.B. 7/18/2008), in violation of La. R.S. 14:43.1 (count 2). The bill of
information alleged that defendant committed both offenses on or bet... More...   $0 (02-09-2017 - LA)

On the morning of April 28, 2015, Louis Dassau parked his commercial
shrimping vessel, “Cajun Star,” at a dock at Dean Seafood Plant in Bayou Rigaud
near Grand Isle, Louisiana. Mr. Dassau planned to go fishing that day, and
defendant, who had worked on Mr. Dassau’s shrimping boat as a deckhand on and
off since 2007, was helping Mr. Dassau get the boat ready. Needing supplies ... More...   $0 (02-09-2017 - LA)

On June 2, 2015, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of
information charging defendant, Jacques Duncan, with possession with intent to
distribute cocaine in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(A). Defendant was arraigned on
June 3, 2015, and he pleaded not guilty. Thereafter, on January 19, 2016,
defendant withdrew his not guilty plea and pleaded guilty as charged.1 ... More...   $0 (02-08-2017 - LA)

On the morning of April 28, 2015, Louis Dassau parked his commercial
shrimping vessel, “Cajun Star,” at a dock at Dean Seafood Plant in Bayou Rigaud
near Grand Isle, Louisiana. Mr. Dassau planned to go fishing that day, and
defendant, who had worked on Mr. Dassau’s shrimping boat as a deckhand on and
off since 2007, was helping Mr. Dassau get the boat ready. Needing supplies ... More...   $0 (02-08-2017 - LA)

On April 15, 2013, the St. John the Baptist Grand Jury indicted Defendant,
with second degree murder, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant was
arraigned and pleaded not guilty on April 16, 2013. On January 20-22, 2016, the
case was tried before a 12-person jury.
At trial, Dontae Bond, Defendant’s nephew, testified that on the night of
February 20, 2013, he was... More...   $0 (02-08-2017 - LA)

Defendant was indicted by a grand jury on February 28, 2013 and charged
with one count of aggravated rape of a minor under the age of 13, in violation of
La. R.S. 14:421 (count one); one count of sexual battery upon a minor under the
age of 13, in violation of La. R.S. 14:43.1 (count two); and one count of indecent
behavior with a juvenile, in violation of La. R.S. 14:81 (count... More...   $0 (02-08-2017 - LA)

The facts underlying the criminal charge and most of the procedural history of the prosecution are irrelevant, so we dispense with them. The motion to withdraw the plea generally recited that Clancy believed he had "good cause" for the request, as required under K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 22-3210(d)(1), but provided no detailed explanation. The motion also correctly pointed out a district court ought to co... More...   $0 (02-06-2017 - KS)

Defendant Deledin Twine appeals from a July 31, 2015 order
denying his application to compel his admission into the pre-trial
intervention (PTI) program over the prosecutor's objection. We
affirm because the Law Division correctly determined that the
prosecutor's decision was not a patent and gross abuse of
discretion.
In 2014, defendant was indicted on one count ... More...   $0 (01-27-2017 - NJ)

Dawson contends that the district court violated his due process rights when it failed to appoint counsel to represent him after the court requested the State to respond. A district court has three options when handling a K.S.A. 60-1507 motion:

"'(1) The court may determine that the motion, files, and case records conclusively show the prisoner is entitled to no relief and deny the m... More...   $0 (01-22-2017 - KS)

On April 8, 2014, Lawrence and his brother, Steven Dubois, arrived at Wayne
Miller Coins on Last Chance Gulch in Helena, Montana. Lawrence and Dubois entered
the shop after being buzzed in through the back door. Lawrence was in possession of
coins he wished to have appraised, something he had done previously at Miller Coins.
After Wayne Miller, the owner of the shop, informe... More...   $0 (01-22-2017 - MT)

At the January 18, 2015 hearing, Louisiana State Trooper Eric Thaxton
testified that on September 18, 2015, at approximately 11:10 p.m., he and his
partner, Officer Charles Robertson, responded to a call from NOPD dispatch
concerning a suspicious vehicle near Elk Street. The dispatcher advised that loud
music was emanating from the truck and that a male wearing a red hat was w... More...   $0 (01-19-2017 - LA)

On February 21, 2013, the State indicted the defendant, Kermitt Bernhart,
for the second-degree murder of Christopher Lambert.1 The defendant entered a
plea of not guilty. The trial court denied defendant‟s motions to suppress the
evidence, identification, and statement. On August 20, 2015, at the end of a three
day jury trial, the defendant was convicted of manslaught... More...   $0 (01-19-2017 - LA)

On November 13, 2013, the state filed a bill of information charging
Defendant with hit-and-run driving in that, on September 13, 2013, he
operated a motor vehicle involved in or causing an accident, when a death
was a direct result of the accident. The state alleged that Defendant knew or
should have known that death or serious bodily injury had occurred and that
he inte... More...   $0 (01-19-2017 - LA)

Dallas, TX - Zenimax Media, Inc. Sues Oculus VR, LLC, Facebook, Inc. and Others on copyright and patent violation theories seeking billions in damages.

Zenimax claimed that Oculus stoled important elements of technology developed by it incorporated in the Oculus headset product.

Oculus and Facebook denied Zenimax's claims of infringement.

Zenimx sought billions in damag... More...   $0 (01-19-2017 - TX)

On August 18, 1997, the twenty-eight-year-old victim, Victoria Witherspoon Carr Hollingsworth, disappeared from her parents‟ home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On June 5, 1999, her body was discovered. No suspects were indicted in the initial investigation of the victim‟s murder. Seventeen years after the victim‟s disappearance, in January 2014, the production company for the tel... More...   $0 (01-17-2017 - TN)

About 1 a.m. on October 25, 2015, Clay County Sheriff's Deputy Hank Stellner received a dispatch report originating with the Concordia police department requesting law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a white pickup with two male occupants that "possibly had been involved" in a collision in Cloud County. According to the dispatch, the pickup had been going south on Meridian Road. The ... More...   $0 (01-07-2017 - KS)

According to the record, in the late night/early morning hours of September
27-28, 2011, there was a series of drive-by shootings in Alexandria. One of those
shootings resulted in the death of Joe Marzette and another resulted in a gunshot
wound to the leg of Darryl White.1 Thereafter, the defendant, Tedrick Jewan
Richardson, was charged with one count of second degree murder, a vi... More...   $0 (12-29-2016 - LA)

On May 29, 2010, Capers was arrested for a string of burglaries
occurring in Monroe, Louisiana. On July 28, 2010, Capers was charged by
bill of information with six counts of simple burglary of an inhabited
dwelling. On April 12, 2013, Capers filed a motion to recuse all judges at the
Fourth Judicial District Court. On June 10, 2013, the judges of the Fourth
Judicial Di... More...   $0 (12-29-2016 - LA)

Section 289 of the Patent Act provides a damages remedy specific to design patent infringement. A person who manufactures or sells “any article of manufacture to which [a patented] design or colorable imitation has been applied shall be liable to the owner to the extent of his total profit.” 35 U. S. C. §289. In the case of a design for a singlecomponent product, such as a dinner plate, the prod... More...   $0 (12-26-2016 - TN)

San Jose, CA - Jury Finds In Favor Of Arista Networks, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc. sued Arista Network Inc. on patent and copyright violation theories claiming that Arista violated its copyrights by adopting 500 of the same commands for configuring hardware that Cisco developed for managing its own equipment. Cisco claimed that Arista should have used its own commands—known in the industry a... More...   $0 (12-18-2016 - CA)