A jury found the appellant, Tyler C. Bain, guilty of four felonies stemming from his assaults of his former wife with whom he was living: kidnapping, first degree sexual assault, second degree assault, and making terroristic threats. Regarding the kidnapping conviction, the court found that statutory mitigating circumstances did not exist. It convicted Bain of a Class IA felony for kidnapping and ... More...   $0 (01-08-2016 - NE)

Merit owns and operates oil and gas wells in the Lost Soldier Unit near Bairoil, Wyoming. These are high pressure wells because Merit injects CO2 into the reservoirs in order to force oil to its producing wells. Over time, the bottoms of the wells accumulate sand and other debris that limits production. When this occurs, the wells need to be cleaned out to restore optimal flow. Merit hired an i... More...   $0 (01-06-2016 - WY)

Luis Alberto Munoz Miranda and Francisco Jose Valderrama Carvajal, citizens of Colombia, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA). They contend on appeal that the MDLEA is unconstitutional as applied to their conduct, that the MDLEA fails to reach extraterritorially to encompass their conduct in Colombia, and that the facts in the record fail ... More...   $0 (01-04-2016 - DC)

This matter involves entries made through the Port of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas,
from July 2004 until July 2006. Case File Entry Docs, Dkt. No. 1. Tyco was the importer of
record on the entries at issue. See Pl.’s Statement of Material Facts Not in Dispute (“Pl.’s
Facts”) ¶ 1; Def.’s Resp. to Pl.’s Statement of Material Facts as to Which There Are No Genuine
Issues to be Tried (“... More...   $0 (01-04-2016 - NY)

Following a drunk-driving crash on the Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico, in which three people were killed and another severely injured, Lente pled guilty to three counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. According to the pre-sentence investigation report (“PSR”), her advisory Guidelines range was 46 to 57 months' imprisonment. However, the distric... More...   $0 (01-02-2016 - NM)

On July 23, 1999, William R. McDonnell filed a provisional patent application: "Launch and Recovery System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." 3rd Am. Compl. ~ 25. On July 24, 2000, Mr. McDonnell also filed a Patent Cooperation Treaty patent application ("PCT No. US00/20099"), claiming priority to the provisional application filed on July 23, 1999. 3rd Am. Comp!. Ex. A.
On January 23, 2002, pursua... More...   $0 (01-01-2016 - DC)

The Plaintiff filed his Verified Complaint on October 11, 2012. The
Complaint alleged seven counts against the Defendants: Count I alleges that DNREC
violated numerous statutes to illegally build the Turbine; Count II alleges that the
City violated statutes and zoning ordinances to illegally issue the Building Permit;
Counts III and IV allege violations of the Delaware Freedom... More...   $0 (01-01-2016 - DE)

In 2013, Arrow, a Delaware limited liability company, hired 3 Bears, a North Dakota limited liability company, to be the general contractor for the construction of a pipeline located on a right-of-way easement acquired by Arrow from the Bureau of Indian Affairs over Indian trust land on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. See 25 U.S.C. §§ 321 and 323. The easement was "for the purpose of install... More...   $0 (12-30-2015 - ND)

Mr. White took indecent liberties with a child in North Carolina on February 6, 2005, in violation of section 14-202.1 of the North Carolina Criminal Code. On July 27, 2006, Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Mr. White was indicted by the State of North Carolina on December 11, 2006, and convicted on February 14, 2007. On February 28, 2007, two weeks after ... More...   $0 (12-26-2015 - OK)

The challenged portions of the indictment are as follows. Counts Seven through Twelve charge violations of three similar statutes: 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 (in the indictment, "Interstate Prostitution"), 2421 ("Mann Act"), and 2423 ("Illicit Transportation of a Minor"). The Interstate Prostitution counts allege that Defendant induced "one or more individuals to travel in interstate commerce to engage in ... More...   $0 (12-26-2015 - NY)

This case requires us to determine whether a private company that operates service plazas on New Jersey highways acted “under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State,” U.S.C. § 1983, when it removed brochures belonging to a “gentleman’s club” from the common areas of its service plazas. We hold that it did not. The absence of any direct involvement by the stat... More...   $0 (12-24-2015 - NJ)

Congress has long given the Attorney General discretion to decide whether to take aliens who are subject to
removal into immigration custody. Congress also has long given the Attorney General discretion to decide whether to release on
bond aliens who are in immigration custody while their removal proceedings are pending. Nearly thirty years ago, however,
Congress began enacting a... More...   $0 (12-23-2015 - MA)

In this case we consider whether an actionable conflict of interest arises under Mass. R. Prof. C. 1.7, as
appearing in 471 Mass. 1335 (2015), when attorneys in different offices of the same law firm simultaneously represent business competitors in prosecuting patents on similar inventions, without informing them or obtaining their consent to the simultaneous representation. The plaintiff, C... More...   $0 (12-23-2015 - MA)

In 2003, the victim’s brother stole roughly one thousand dollars from Johnson.
After the victim’s brother fled, Johnson kidnapped the victim. He told her that she
would have to prostitute herself in order to earn back the money that her brother stole.
Over the course of the next two days, Johnson took the victim to various locations and
forced her to have sex with him and nu... More...   $0 (12-22-2015 - CO)

Plaintiff Pipal Tech is a closely-held corporation formed in 2011 under the laws of India with its principal place of business in India.4 Pipal Tech is in the business of developing, licensing, and supporting mobile and web-based applications. Non-parties Amit Baid, Raviteja Dodda, and Yashwanth Kumar are the founders of Pipal Tech.6 Dodda and Kumar are also former executives and board The fact... More...   $0 (12-19-2015 - DE)

A second superseding indictment charges Defendant in Count One with sex trafficking a child under the age of 14, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a)(1), (a)(2), (b)(1); in Counts Two and Three with sex trafficking a child under the age of 18, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a)(1), (a)(2), (b)(1), (b)(2); in Count Four with promoting prostitution, in violation of the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952... More...   $0 (12-18-2015 - NY)

On March 11, 2011, Susan called the 911 emergency dispatch service at approximately 4 p.m. Susan told the operator that her husband, Tom, was not breathing and was cold to the touch. Susan stated that Tom had gone to South Dakota to be with his “whore” and came home “all . . . beat up.” The operator had Susan perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Tom until the emergency units arrived. When emer... More...   $0 (12-18-2015 - NE)

Kansas City, MO - Six Defendants Plead Guilty to $100 Million Software Piracy Scheme

A Seattle, Wash., man has become the sixth defendant convicted in federal court for his role in one of the largest software piracy schemes ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.

“An investigation that began in Kansas City, Mo., uncovered one of the largest software piracy schemes ever... More...   $0 (12-17-2015 - MO)

Plaintiff/Appellee City of Oak Ridge (“the City”) adopted by ordinance the 2003 version of the International Property Maintenance Code (“IPMC”), which contained rules regarding buildings to prevent against structural, environmental, and health issues, such as asbestos. Defendant/Appellant Joseph J. Levitt, Jr. is the alleged owner of a number of apartment buildings within the City. On March 2, 2... More...   $0 (12-17-2015 - TN)

Muskogee, OK - Idabel Man Sentenced To Life, Funeral Expenses And $20,000 Fine For Beating Death Of Two Year Old Girl

Dakota Lane Williston, age 20, of Idabel, Oklahoma was sentenced in federal court to life without the possibility of release in connection with the 2013 beating death of a two-year-old girl from Idabel, Oklahoma.

Williston, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklaho... More...   $0 (12-16-2015 - OK)

Plaintiff Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Alkermes Pharma Ireland, Limited (collectively,
“Par”) filed suit in September 2011 against TWi Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“TWi”) alleging
infringement of U.S. Patent 7,101,576 (“the ‘576 patent”). After a bench trial, the court
concluded in a ruling issued on February 21, 2014 that the ‘576 patent was invalid as obvious.

On appeal, the... More...   $0 (12-13-2015 - MD)

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 (12-09-2015 - 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 (12-08-2015 - LA)

Plaintiff Glycobiosciences, Inc. filed this patent infringement suit against Defendants
Innocutis Holdings, LLC and Dara Biosciences, Inc., see Dkt. 1, alleging that Defendants
indirectly or contributorily infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,387,407 (“the ’407 patent”) by importing, selling, or offering to sell Defendants’ BIONECT product, see Dkt. 23 ¶¶ 18, 25, 32, 38.1
Plaintiff subseque... More...   $0 (12-07-2015 - DC)

The charges against Dale, age 46, followed a police investigation that
began after the victim, K.W., age 6 at the time of the offense, reported to her
father that “Uncle Ronnie” had been touching her and “hunching” on her
while she was in the home of her maternal great-grandmother, Elloise
Clarkson. K.W. repeated the story to her mother, Ms. Clarkson’s
granddaughter and the de... More...   $0 (12-06-2015 - LA)