In a jury trial, Cedric Levone James was convicted for evading arrest or detention with a
motor vehicle. After James pled true to the State’s enhancement allegation, he was sentenced to
fifteen years’ imprisonment. On appeal, James argues that the trial court erred in admitting
evidence during the guilt/innocence phase of his trial that he was a registered sex offender who
had... More...   $0 (07-24-2018 - TX)

Silverson was charged with several crimes resulting from an incident that occurred at the Kunkle residence, where Rita and David lived with their adult daughter, Ruth. The events were recounted by the Kunkle family at trial.

As Rita and Ruth were returning home from the grocery store on the evening of December 2, 2015, they saw a car pull into a driveway across the street. Rita went in... More...   $0 (07-16-2018 - KS)

Appellant Ricky Lee Griffitts (“Griffitts”) was rear-ended by James Campbell (“Campbell”), an employee of BNSF Railway Company (“BNSF”), in Springfield, Missouri. Campbell was driving a BNSF company vehicle and was intoxicated at the time of the collision. Numerous lawsuits ensued, including the instant equitable garnishment action that Griffitts filed against BNSF and its insurer, Old Republic (c... More...   $0 (07-15-2018 - MO)

SpecialtyCare IOM Services, LLC (“SpecialtyCare,” or “Appellee”) and Medsurant Holdings, LLC (“Holdings”) and Medsurant, LLC (together with Holdings, “Medsurant,” or “Appellants”) are direct competitors in the intraoperative
neurophysiologic monitoring services(“IOM”)industry. IOM services are typically used for patients undergoing operations related to the nervous system, or procedures that... More...   $0 (07-09-2018 - TN)

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, foreignnationals seeking entry into the United States undergo a vetting process to ensure that they satisfy the numerous requirements for admission. The Act also vests the President with authority to restrict the entry of aliens whenever he finds that their entry “would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.” 8 U. S. C. §1182(f). Relying on... More...   $0 (06-26-2018 - DC)

Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency Act (FACT Act) requires clinics that primarily serve pregnant women toprovide certain notices. Cal. Health & Safety Code Ann. §123470 et seq. (West 2018). Licensed clinics must notify women that California provides free or low-cost services, including abortions, and give them a phone number to call.Unlicensed clinics must notify women t... More...   $0 (06-26-2018 - DC)

Plaintiff Daryl Sutula‐Johnson
sued her former employer, alleging that its changes to her
compensation for selling office furniture breached its contract
with her and violated the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection
Act. The district court granted summary judgment for the
employer. We affirm summary judgment for the employer on
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the claims for ... More...   $0 (06-25-2018 - IL)

Trenton, NJ - Jasson H. Cabrera and Eni Cabrera sued the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) on personal injury auto negligence theories.... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - NJ)

The State Department of Health Care Services and its director (collectively, the
Department) appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs on a petition for a writ of
mandate. Plaintiffs are 23 federally qualified health centers (FQHC’s) and rural health
clinics (RHC’s) that serve medically underserved populations (the Clinics). (42 U.S.C.
§§ 254b(a)(1), 1396d(l)(1), (2), 1395x(aa)... More...   $0 (06-20-2018 - CA)

Tulsa, Oklahoma Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Americans With Disabilities Act violation theories.


Plaintiffs are females, over the age of sixty-two, who each have a physical or mental limitation that substantially limits one or more major life functions. Plaintiffs are tenants of the Cherokee Meadows Apartments, located at approximately Pine and Pe... More...   $0 (06-08-2018 - OK)

Appellants Amber Jones and Deanna Lack appeal the district court’s decision to dismiss their suit for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction after finding that the Appellants’ case is moot. Because we agree that Appellants’ case is moot following the repeal of Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-10-102(12)(A) (2015),1 we AFFIRM. I. Our prior opinion in this case sets forth much of the relevant factual background, an... More...   $0 (06-06-2018 - TN)

Griffin began his railroad employment in 1988, when the territory in which he worked was
owned by the Soo Line Railroad. The territory has been owned by several other entities during
Griffin’s twenty-five-year railroad career, including I&M Rail Link (“IMRL”), Iowa, Chicago &
Eastern Railroad Company, and, most recently, Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Corporation (“the R... More...   $0 (06-02-2018 - MO)

Len and Joanne Boogaard appeal the dismissal of the wrongful-death action they brought as the personal representatives of the estate of their son, Derek
* Of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, sitting by designation.
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Boogaard. They devote their appeal almost entirely to argu-ments that would spark excitement—or fear—in the heart of a civil procedure student. There is a Ha... More...   $0 (05-25-2018 - IL)

Minneapolis, MN - David L. Kukowski sued Soo Line Railroad Company on a personal injury negligence theory.... More...   $0 (05-17-2018 - MN)

Petitioner Matthew Richardson appeals the district
court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to set aside his sentence, challenging his
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designation as an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), the Armed Career Criminal
Act (“ACCA”). We AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2012, after attempting to sell a sawed-off shotgu... More...   $0 (05-16-2018 - TN)

Defendant-appellant, Donald W. DeWees, appeals his convictions and
sentences following a jury trial in the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas for
Attempted Rape and Kidnapping. The issues before this court are whether charges for
Kidnapping and Attempted Rape merge where the victim has been moved to a secretive
confinement before the attempt is made to avoid detection and w... More...   $0 (05-04-2018 - OH)

Des Moines, IA - Justin Black sued Crop Production Services, Inc., Agrium US, Inc. and Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company on personal injury negligence theories.... More...   $0 (05-03-2018 - IA)

The BLBA imposes liability on coal mine operators for payment of monthly benefits to coal miners who contract pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, from their employment in the mines. See 30 U.S.C. §§ 922(a), 932(c). In order for an operator to be held liable, it must have employed the miner for at least one year and be “capable of assuming its liability for a claim.” 20 C.F.R. § 725.494(c), (e) ... More...   $0 (04-28-2018 - DC)

In March 2015, Mr. Hutsell and the victim, Julia Anderson (―Ms.
Anderson‖), had been in a romantic relationship for about twenty-one or twenty
two days. Both were part of a traveling community and were in New Orleans
during this time period. On March 19, 2015, around 10:00 p.m., the couple, along
with their three dogs, were in the parking lot of the McDonald‘s (... More...   $0 (04-22-2018 - LA)

Garrett does not claim the district court erred in treating his California crime as a felony. He limits his argument to whether his California crime should be treated as a person crime. He claims that Kansas does not have a comparable burglary statute, so his California conviction must be classified as a nonperson crime.

Garrett raises an issue of statutory interpretation under the Ka... More...   $0 (04-18-2018 - KS)

Saucedo's prior Washington felony conviction was for a residential burglary under Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.52.025(1). On appeal he argues that the district court erred in classifying this prior conviction as a person felony. He claims that because two elements of the Washington conviction are broader than the elements of the comparable Kansas crime, the district court engaged in improper judicial... More...   $0 (04-17-2018 - KS)

This is the third time this case is before us on appeal. The underlying facts are not
complicated. On July 11, 2012, Skender, a UPRR employee, was injured while working at
a UPRR repair track in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. From this injury, Skender filed separate causes
of action under FELA. He timely filed and served his first FELA cause of action against
UPRR on October 25, 2013. (35C... More...   $0 (04-16-2018 - AR)

On July 14, 2013, the State charged Kobel with aggravated kidnapping, rape, and attempted rape. Pursuant to a plea agreement, the State submitted an amended information, charging Kobel with aggravated battery, a severity level 4 person felony. The agreement was for Kobel to plead guilty to the amended information and, believing his criminal history score was A, the State would not oppose or reques... More...   $0 (04-14-2018 - KS)

The County of Contra Costa (the county) certified an environmental impact report
(EIR) and approved a land use permit for a “Propane Recovery Project” at an oil refinery
owned and operated by Phillips 66 Company (Phillips) in Rodeo, California. In response
to consolidated petitions filed by Rodeo Citizens Association (Citizens) and others,1
the trial court issued a peremptory writ ... More...   $0 (04-14-2018 - CA)