The current appeal results from a patent infringe- ment suit and countersuit between Apple Inc. (“Apple”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications Ameri- ca, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”). Apple alleged in- fringement of five U.S. patents that it owns: U.S. Patent Nos. 5,946,647 (the ’647 patent), 6,847,959 (the ’959
patent)... More...   $0 (02-26-2016 - DC)

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and § 15 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights protect against unreasonable searches, which in the criminal context means a search must be conducted pursuant to a warrant or a wellrecognized exception to the warrant requirement. One of these well-recognized exceptions—the consent exception—arises when an individual voluntarily agrees to al... More...   $0 (02-26-2016 - KS)

On April 26, 2010, a Monmouth County grand jury returned a
forty-eight count indictment charging defendants and twenty
other individuals with a variety of drug offenses. The
indictment charged Dectric, Daryel, and Vashey with second
degree conspiracy to distribute a controlled dangerous substance
(CDS), N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(b)(2) (count one);
second-de... More...   $0 (02-21-2016 - NJ)

This post-award bid protest comes before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for judgment on the Administrative Record (“AR”). Plaintiff, Caddell Construction Company (“Caddell”), challenges the Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Building Operations’ (“DOS”) award of a contract to Framaco International, Inc. (“Framaco”) for the construction of an embassy compound at Port Moresby, Papua N... More...   $0 (02-18-2016 - NY)

This appeal raises the issue whether the spousal disqualification set forth in G. L. c. 233, § 20, First, which bars a spouse from testifying "as to private conversations with the other," applies when one spouse has disclosed the substance of a private conversation to a third party. The defendant was convicted by a jury of rape, G. L. c. 265, § 22 (b). The victim, whom we shall call Sally,1 is ... More...   $0 (02-16-2016 - MA)

On April 16, 2005, Esteban Carpio stabbed eighty-four-year-old Madeline Gatta with a
knife when he attempted to steal her handbag. Suspecting Carpio of that assault, the Providence
police brought him to headquarters. He was brought without handcuffs to a conference room,
where he was interviewed by Det. James Allen, who openly wore his handgun on his hip. At the
outset Carpio... More...   $0 (02-15-2016 - RI)

Sonya Herbert, the defendant‘s girlfriend, had gone to the store to buy beer
and cigarettes. When she returned to the home she shared with Mr. Johnson, she
found him smoking crack cocaine with his ―podnah.‖ She berated Mr. Johnson for
his behavior. He then began beating her and caused her to fall to the floor. At that
point, according to the uncontradicted testi... More...   $0 (02-15-2016 - LA)

Defendant was charged by bill of information on December 14, 2013, with
unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, in violation of La. R.S. 14:68.4. Defendant
appeared for arraignment on February 10, 2014, and entered into a plea of not
guilty. Thereafter, Defendant filed a motion for preliminary hearing and a motion
to suppress. On July 21, 2014, the trial court denied the motion... More...   $0 (02-15-2016 - LA)

On October 23, 2013, the State filed a bill of information charging Mr. Lewis with the following offenses:
 Possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(B)(1);  Battery of a police officer, in violation of La. R.S. 14:34.2; and Resisting an officer, in violation of La. R.S. 14:108.
On November 8, 2013, Mr. Lewis was arraigned; he... More...   $0 (02-15-2016 - LA)

On August 22, 2013, Dale Lambert was indicted for the second degree
murder of Bernard Santiago, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. After entering a plea
of not guilty, Mr. Lambert filed motions to suppress the evidence, statements and
identification, all of which were denied on May 8, 2014. A jury trial took place
from March 2, 2014 through March 4, 2014 and, by a verdict of t... More...   $0 (02-15-2016 - LA)

This is a contract dispute. Plaintiff Joseph Grayzel,
M.D., an interventional cardiologist, is the inventor of a
balloon catheter device used for cardiac angioplasty. He holds
a patent for that device (the "'629" patent1) and also for
variations of his invention that he subsequently created.
Dr. Grayzel brought a lawsuit in federal court against
defendant Boston Sc... More...   $0 (02-14-2016 - NJ)

Ali Robinson was shot to death on the evening of April 13, 2012 in the
Stallings Playground, in New Orleans. The autopsy revealed that Mr. Robinson
sustained eleven gunshot wounds, one of which was fatal. Lead investigator,
Detective Gregory Johnson, found Mr. Robinson’s body around 7:00 p.m. lying
face down in the grass in close proximity to a park bench. Initially, only Je... More...   $0 (02-13-2016 - LA)

Joe Riley seeks reversal of his conviction and sentence. Riley was charged
with one count of discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, a violation of
La. R.S. 14:94(F), and one count of attempted second degree murder, a violation of
La. R.S. 14:27 and 14:30.1. A jury found Riley guilty as charged of illegal
discharge of a weapon during a crime of violence but the jur... More...   $0 (02-13-2016 - LA)

¶1 Plaintiffs/Appellants Brock A. Werdel, Clark R. Chambers, Joseph E. Howard, Titus L. West, Jeffrey T. Graves, Joseph P. Wagner, Anthony J. Spigener, Michael A. Carroll, and Brent E. Shouse, for themselves and all others similarly situated (Plaintiffs), seek review of the trial court's order denying their motion for class certification, denying their motion for summary judgment and granting the ... More...   $0 (02-10-2016 - OK)

Defendant, Jefferson Faggard,I was charged with two counts of creation or
operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of a controlled
dangerous substance, in violation of La. R.S. 40:983, occurring on or about
October 9,2013 (count one) and November 8,2012 (count two). He was also
charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine, in violation of La... More...   $0 (02-09-2016 - LA)

On October 31,2013, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of
information alleging that defendant violated La. R.S. 40:967(A) in that he
possessed cocaine with the intent to distribute. On November 5, 2013, defendant
appeared at his arraignment and pled not guilty.
On February 20,2014, the trial court held a hearing on defendant's motions
to suppress evidence ... More...   $0 (02-09-2016 - LA)

On November 14,2013, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of
information charging defendant with resisting a police officer with force or
violence, in violation of La. R.S. 14:108.2 (count one), and illegal possession ofa
stolen firearm, in violation of La. R.S. 14:69.1 (count two). At his arraignment on
the following day, defendant pled not guilty. On February 1... More...   $0 (02-09-2016 - LA)

On August 11, 2014, the defendant was charged with distribution of
methamphetamine, in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(A)(1). The bill of
information was amended March 12, 2015, to include an additional charge
of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, in violation of
La. R.S. 40:967(A)(1). The defendant pled not guilty, and a trial was held
on May 25, 2015, on ... More...   $0 (02-08-2016 - LA)

On or about August 7, 2011, an altercation involving Defendant and Dustin
J. Landry occurred, wherein Mr. Landry sustained serious bodily injury.
Defendant was charged by grand jury indictment with the second degree battery of
Mr. Landry, a violation of La.R.S. 14:34.1. Subsequent thereto, Defendant was
convicted of the charged offense by a six-person jury.
Prior to sen... More...   $0 (02-06-2016 - LA)

Kurt Dwayne Miller (Defendant) was charged by grand jury indictment with
the second degree murder of his girlfriend, Laura Coates (Laura), a violation of
La.R.S. 14:30.1. The jury found Defendant guilty of negligent homicide, a
violation of La.R.S. 14:32. Defendant filed a motion for post-verdict judgment of
acquittal which the trial court denied. The trial court sentenced... More...   $0 (02-06-2016 - LA)

Defendant William Shupp was charged on August 1, 2013, via bill of
information with armed robbery, a violation of La.R.S. 14:64, theft of a motor
vehicle over $1500.00, a violation of La.R.S. 14:67.26, and false imprisonment
with a dangerous weapon, a violation of La.R.S. 14:46.1. A preliminary hearing
was held on September 6, 2013, following which the trial court found probab... More...   $0 (02-06-2016 - LA)

The body of the victim, Mychel Cleaver,1 was discovered in a ditch outside
Lake Charles, Louisiana in January of 2012. Dwane Edward Fox, Mychel‟s “on
again, off-again” boyfriend and the defendant herein, was identified as a suspect.
Thereafter, the defendant claimed that Mychel had attacked him. The defendant
admitted that he knocked Mychel to the floor, choked her when... More...   $0 (02-06-2016 - LA)

Defendant, Eric Abshire, was indicted for the July 27, 2011, first degree
murders of Lemuel Brown and Lona Carter, violations of La.R.S. 14:30, one count
of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, Schedule IV, a violation of
La.R.S. 40:969, and one count of possession of a firearm while in possession of a
controlled dangerous substance, in violation of La.R.S 14:95. More...   $0 (02-06-2016 - LA)

Defendant and his co-defendants forced the victim, Jessica Guillot,
into his vehicle where Defendant beat and strangled her. She has been missing
since and is presumed dead. As noted above, after conviction, Defendant received
a second-felony offender sentence of seventy years at hard labor without benefit of
probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
ISSUE
We... More...   $0 (02-06-2016 - LA)

Defendant Ricardo Veliz Escobar appeals from the trial court's order affirming the Middlesex County Prosecutor's
rejection of his application for admission to the pretrial intervention program (PTI). Defendant contends that the State
applied the wrong legal standard in denying his PTI application and engaged in a "gross abuse of discretion" by failing to
individually evaluate his a... More...   $0 (02-05-2016 - NJ)