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State of Oklahoma v. Billy Znne Deo
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Okemah, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with secon-degree burglary and grand larcen and knowingly concealing stolen property.
¶2 On August 15, 2018, Petitioner entered a guilty plea to Second Degree Burglary in Case No. CF-2018-56 and the trial court entered an order deferring his sentencing for seven years. On December 17, 2018, Petitioner was charged
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Flying T Ranch, Inc. v. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, et al.
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Under federal common law, Indian tribes may be sued only under two circumstances: when a tribe waives its sovereign immunity or when Congress unequivocally abrogates tribal sovereign immunity. Here, Flying T Ranch (Flying T) filed suit in Snohomish County Superior Court to quiet title to nonreservation land purchased by the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians (Tribe). Flying T contends it had acquired
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Bradley Waters, et al. v. City of Altus, et al.
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.
At about 8:00 a.m. on September 13, 2019, Officer Thomas Hobbs stopped
Mr. Waters after observing him veer to the side of the road, drive into a curb, and
nearly hit a pole. When Officer Hobbs questioned Mr. Waters about the incident, he
explained that he was
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Cheyenne Johnson v. Mount Pleasant Public Schools, et al.
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Bay City, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that her child's rights were violated.
This is a case about a public-school teacher,
Jason Russell, who had good reason to believe that a student, X.M., brought a handgun to school;
Russell’s actions to protect against that threat; and the lawsuit by Cheyenne Johnson, X.M.’s
mother, against Rus
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Donna M. Jones v. Fairfax County School Board
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Alexandria, Virginia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Amiercans with Disability Act violaiton theory.
The Plaintiff filed suit against the Fairfax County School Board (“Appellee”) pursuant to the ADA, alleging that the school’s refusal to grant her proposed accommodation violated the statute. The district court concluded that Plaintiff’s proposed accom
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Genoa Jones and Cornell Tinsley v. City of North Las Vegas, et al.
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Las Vegas, Nevada, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.
A police officer saw a suspect flee from the back of a
house into a neighboring backyard. Instead of directly
following the suspect, the officer hurried to his car, called
for backup, and drove two blocks south to establish a
perimeter around the area. At least
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Cody Paterson, et al. v. State of Mississippi
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Tupelo, Mississippi, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a governmental tort claim wrongful death claim.
ohnny Patterson was struck and killed by a vehicle while acting within the course andscope of his employment as a school resource officer. Allegedly, the accident was the result,in part, of an inoperable warning sign on a roadway maintained by the Mississip
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Raymond Thompson v. Joshua Cockrell and Robert Gerholdt
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St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.
On March 30, 2020, Thompson purchased a 100-year anniversary edition
custom 2003 Harley Davidson trike motorcycle (“motorcycle”) from Nathan Rench
for $5,000. Thompson paid off the two lienholders and gave Rench the remainder.
The parties signed
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Matthew Locke v. County of Hubbard, et al.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force civil rights violation.
Matthew Locke sued Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes, and Chief Deputy Sheriff Scott Parks under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Minnesota law, alleging that the officers used excessive force against him during an oil pipeline protest. The district and official immunity an
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United States of America v. Herline Lochard, Carleen Noreus, Patrick Buchanan, Gilbert Hyppolite, Irene Matthews, Lemuel Pierre, Joel Lubin, Jose Napoleon, Victor Escalante Zerpa, Cleophat Tani, Lonnette Blair, Stephanie Dorisca,
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Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud,
Fraud Charges Filed Against 12 Defendants in Phase II of Operation Nightingale>
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Lee Evans v. Newark City, et al.
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Newark, New Jersey, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.
In 1978, five teenage boys from Newark, New Jersey
disappeared. The case remained unsolved for 30 years. Then,
in 2008 police charged Appellee Lee Evans with their murders.
The case against Evans relied on the allegedly coerced
confession of one man, who was coached by
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Commonwealth v. Dean Tran
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Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using his offical position to secure unwarranted privileges 2drawing on public resources, including members of hisSenate staff,for his reelectioncampaigns.
The defendant, who served as a State senator from 2017 until 2020, was indicted ontwo counts of using hisofficial position to secure unwarranted pri
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Ian Miller v. Spencer Jackson and Sean Roycroft
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Boston, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights wrongful death excessive force case.
Robert Miller died during a run-in with Barnstable
police officers Sean Roycroft and Spencer Jackson at his Cape Cod
home in 2019. He was 63. A big question is how this happened.
The parties (whose names appear in our caption) give differing
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E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump
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New York City, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a defamation theory.
A jury found that then-President Trump acted with common law malice when he made defamatory statements about
Carroll in June 2019 and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Trump appeals, arguing that he is entitled to presidential immunity or, in the alternative, a new trial. Tr
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R.R., by Next Friend J.R. v. Mineral Wells Independent School District
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Fort Worth, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on Civil Rights of Handicapped Child Act violation theory.
R.R., a student with learning disabilities, transferred to Mineral Wells
Independent School District (“MWISD”) in the February of his seventh-
grade year. After R.R.’s arrival, a committee reviewed his eligibility for
special education services u
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Tim Landholt v. Kendall Corley, et al.
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Columbia, South Carolina personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.
A South Carolina state court judge issued a bench warrant to arrest Tim Landholt for not paying child support. Sheriff’s deputies soon arrested Landholt, who was fined and sent on his way. But the clerk’s office never recalled or cancelled the executed warrant. Over f
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Andrew Morgan v. Allison Crane & Rigging, L.L.C.
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Williamsport, Pennsylvania disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is a landmark civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities
. Its purpose is to guarantee that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else in areas of
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Jeremy Kellog, et al. v. Jonathan D. Nichols
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Albany, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.
The Plaintiffs are New York State residents who applied for concealed carry licenses under the State’s firearms licensing laws. Jonathan D. Nichols, a state court judge serving as a statutory firearms licensing officer, reviewed and denied their applications for failing to meet the stat
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Vanessa Velasco Ortega v. Isaiah Holloway, et al.
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Spokane, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.
Isaiah Holloway and Vanessa Velasco Ortega cross-appeal from the district
court’s order granting in part and denying in part Holloway’s motion for summary
judgment. Holloway encountered Velasco Ortega in the course of his duties as a
Deputy Police Officer for t
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Gillian Filyaw v. Steve Corsi, et al.
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Lincoln, Nebraska civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a wrongful termination of Medicaid benefits without notice.
Medicaid is a federal and state funded program that provides medical
coverage for certain people with limited income. Accepting the facts in Filyaw’s
complaint as true, she obtained Medicaid in the fall of 2020 administered through
the NDHHS.
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Jeanne Hedgepth v. James A. Briton, et al.
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Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination claim.
Jeanne Hedgepeth, a high
school teacher with two suspensions and prior warnings of
possible termination, posted inflammatory messages to a Fa-
cebook account followed mostly by former students. The
posts prompted numerous complaints and media inquiries to
the school distr
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United States of America x rel. Robert C. O'Laughlin, M.D. v. Radiation Therapy Services, P.S.C., dba Ashland Bellefonte Cancer Center, et al.
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Ashland, Kentucky civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam claim.
Dr. Robert O’Laughlin brought this qui tam action on behalf of the United States under the False Claims Act. He claimed that his former employers, providers of radiation and chemotherapy services, fraudulently billed Medicare and other federal programs. He alleged that they falsely represented that
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United States of America v. EZ Lynk, SEZC, Thomas Wood, Bradley Gintz
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New York City, New York civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendants on a Clean Air Action violation theory.
This case presents two principal questions. The first is whether the government has adequately alleged that the “EZ Lynk System,” a product manufactured and sold by Appellees Thomas Wood and Bradley Gintz through their company, Appellee EZ Lynk, SEZC, is a “defeat devi
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Jeffry Cintron v. Paul Bibeault, et al.
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Providence, Rhode Island personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.
In July 2019, Jerry Cintron overdosed on a fentanyl-laced pill while in Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) custody. For his alleged role in acquiring, possessing, and consuming the pill, RIDOC sanctioned Cintron with 450 days in solitary confinement. While so
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Martha Ellis v. Salt Lake City Corporation, et al.
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Salt Lake City, Utah personal Injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.
Martha Ellis joined the Salt Lake City Fire Department (“SLCFD” or the
“Department”) as a firefighter in 1994. Thereafter, she quickly moved up
the ranks. In 2004, she was promoted to Fire Captain and served as the
Fire Marshal for the Salt Lake City Inte
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