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Heather Butler-Tessier v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, a/ka/ Amtrak District of New Hampshire Federal Courthouse - Concord, New Hampshire

Manchester, NH - Heather Butler-Tessier and Christopher Tessier sued the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, a/ka/ Amtrak on negligence theories.

Date Filed # Docket Text

07/09/2014 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL with Jury Demand from Merrimack County Superior Court, case number 217-2014-CV-00306 (filing fee $400, receipt number 0102-1126275) filed by National Railroad Passenger Corp... More...
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Katherine Jackson v. AEG Live, L.L.C.

Plaintiff Katherine Jackson, on behalf of herself and as guardian ad litem of Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson II (collectively, the “Jacksons”), appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants AEG Live, LLC, AEG Live Productions, LLC, Brandon Phillips, and Paul Gongaware (collectively, “AEG”) in this negligence action in connection wit... More...   $0 (01-30-2015 - CA)

The Jim & Maryann Plane Family Trust, Dated July 23, 2012 v. Jason & Janae Skinnger

This is an appeal from the decision of the district court for Bear Lake County denying a motion to void a portion of a stipulated judgment. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This case concerns three small, adjacent parcels of land in Bear Lake County which line up in a north to south direction and are bordered by State Highway 89 on the west and Bear Lake on the east. In 1998... More...
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State of Washington v. Odies Delandus Walker

Odies Delandus Walker was convicted as an accomplice to first
degree murder, first degree assault, first degree robbery, solicitation, and
conspiracy. The primary question in this case is whether those convictions must be
reversed in light of the Power Point presentation the prosecuting attorney used
during closing argument. That presentation repeatedly expressed the prosecutor'sMore...
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Terence A. Kilker v. Frank C. Stillman

Following the entry of a judgment in favor of plaintiffs Terence A. Kilker
and Paula J. Kilker (the Kilkers) and against defendant Frank C. Stillman, the trial court
ordered Stillman to produce documents regarding his assets to the Kilkers. After
Stillman failed to comply with that order, the trial court found Stillman in contempt and
ordered, inter alia, that Stillman pay the Kilk... More...
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Employees Retirement System of Texas v. Cynthia A. Garcia

This appeal presents questions of first impression regarding the availability of
occupational-disability retirement benefits for Texas state employees following 2003 amendments
that significantly limited the statutory definition of an “occupational disability.” As amended, the
definition requires that an “occupational disability” “result[] . . . solely from an extremely dange... More...
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Galveston County Health District v. Erica Hanley

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of the Galveston County Health District’s plea to the jurisdiction. Appellee Erica Hanley was injured when the automobile she was driving collided with the District’s
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ambulance. The District argues that the trial court erred in denying the plea to the jurisdiction because it is immune from suit under both the “emergenc... More...
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The People v. Mark Buza

The sole issue in this case is the constitutionality of a provision of the DNA and Forensic Identification Data Base and Data Bank Act of 1998, as amended (Pen. Code, § 295 et seq.) (the DNA Act),1 which requires that a DNA sample be taken from all adults arrested for or charged with any felony offense “immediately following arrest, or during the booking . . . process or as soon as administrati... More...   $0 (12-03-2014 - CA)

Kim R. Brehm v. Department of Workforce Services and State of Utah

¶1 Kim R. Brehm petitions for judicial review of the Workforce
Appeals Board’s (the Board) decision to deny her claim for
unemployment benefits. We do not disturb the Board’s decision.
BACKGROUND
¶2 Petitioner was employed by the judicial branch of the State
of Utah (Employer) from July 3, 1995, through June 11, 2013. Prior
1. The Honorable Pamela T. Greenwood, Senior... More...
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Juan Manuel Rivas v. Sylvia V. Rivas

This is an appeal from a final decree of divorce in which Husband challenges the divestiture of his separate property. The litigants have been before the Court before. In Rivas v. Rivas, 320 S.W.3d 391 (Tex.App.--El Paso 2010, no pet.), we reversed a default judgment of divorce on procedural grounds. The case was remanded and following a bench trial, the decree at issue was entered. Because the tr... More...   $0 (11-15-2014 - )

AEP Oklahoma Transmission Company, Inc. v. Chester L. Eaton, et al.

COMES NOW the Petitioner, AEP OKLAHOMA TRANSMISSION COMPANY, INC. (AEP), an Oklahoma corporation, by its attorneys, and respectfully states and shows to the Court:
I.
That AEP is a corporation, duly organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Oklahoma, fully authorized and qualified to engaged in the transmission and distribution of electrical ene... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. Clint Ray Cartwright

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer Nate Milner represented Clint Ray Cartwright who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: BRG2, BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1435, which provides:

Every person who breaks and enters any buil... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. Deandre Tyler Chippis

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Deandre Tyler Chippis with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: BRG1, ATTEMPTED BURGLARY - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1431
Date of Offense: 04/25/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

CHIPPIS, DEANDRE TYLER Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/06/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ATTEMPTED BREAKING & ENTERING **MIS... More...
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Crystal Monique Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corporation

Plaintiffs Beverly Ann Hollis-Arrington and Crystal
Monique Lightfoot appeal the district court’s judgment
dismissing their claims against the Federal National Mortgage
Association (“Fannie Mae”). They argue that the district
court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over their claims. We
disagree. Under the rule announced in American National
Red Cross v. S.G., 505 U.... More...
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Nimachia Hernandez v. Dan Siegel

Attorneys Dan Siegel and Ann Weills represented Nimachia Hernandez in a successful employment discrimination lawsuit in which attorney fees and costs were awarded, pursuant to Government Code section 12965.1 The total amount of the fee award, plus accrued interest, was paid directly to Siegel’s law firm by the defendant in the litigation. When the interest was not disbursed to her, Hernandez sue... More...   $0 (09-30-2014 - CA)

State of Oklahoma v. Simon Craig Cayatineto

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Simon Craig Cayatineto with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: BRG2, ATTEMPTED BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1435, which provides:

"Every person who breaks and enters any building or any part of any building, room, booth, tent, railroad car, automobile, truck, trailer, vessel or other structure or erection, in which any p... More...
   $0 (09-23-2014 - OK)

John Charles Alfrey v. The State of Texas

John Charles Alfrey was found guilty of deadly conduct and he was then sentenced, based on the jury’s findings, to serve a sentence of one year in jail. In his appeal, Alfrey challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court’s decision to admit evidence over his objection during the punishment phase of his trial that showed he was subject, at the time of his trial, to an order req... More...   $0 (09-03-2014 - TX)

National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. John Davis Trucking Company, Inc.




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Las Vegas, NV - The National Railroad Passenger Corporation sued John Davis Trucking Company, Inc. on an auto negligence theory. ... More...
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United States of America v. Andrea Michelle Tellison

HOUSTON, TX – Andrea Michelle Tellison, 47, has been ordered to federal prison for eight years following her convictions of 14 counts of health care fraud and seven counts of aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A jury convicted Tellison April 2, 2014, following three days of trial and less than two hours of deliberation. Today, U.S. District Judge Lee Ro... More...   $0 (08-26-2014 - TX)

United States of America v. William Wise

MISSOULA, MT - A Bozeman man was sentenced Thursday for embezzling over $300,000 entrusted to him by the Social Security Administration, the Veterans Administration, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, and private funds for 36 individuals needing help with their money by reason of age or disability. William Wise, 50, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 3 years supervised release. In addition,... More...   $0 (08-22-2014 - MT)

Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Estate of Geronimo Gutierre

In this Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”) case,1 Union Pacific Railroad Company appeals from the final judgment rendered on the jury’s verdict in favor of the estate of Geronimo Gutierrez, deceased, Amelia Gutierrez and Adrian Gutierrez, individually in their capacities as dependents of Geronimo Gutierrez, deceased, and Amelia Gutierrez, in her capacity as administratrix of the est... More...   $0 (08-21-2014 - TX)

Appaloosa Development, LP and Lubbock Water Rampage v. City of Lubbock, Texas

Appellants, Appaloosa Development, LP, and Lubbock Water Rampage, LLC (collectively, “Appaloosa”), appeal a final judgment following a bench trial in which the trial court concluded that Appaloosa take nothing by their inverse condemnation suit. We will affirm.
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Factual and Procedural Background
Appaloosa Development, LP, is a Texas limited partnership that was formed for the prim... More...
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. LEONARD FRANKLIN PYLES, JR., A/K/A LEO PYLES, JR. MoreLaw Suites Legal Suites and Virtual Offices In Downtown Tulsa 624 South Denver 918-398-5678 or Pat@morelaw.com

TULSA, OK - THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA charged LEONARD FRANKLIN PYLES JR, A/K/A LEO PYLES JR with:


Count # 1. Count as Filed: LA3, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A VEHICLE, in violation of 47 O.S. 4-102
Date of Offense: 05/28/2014

Party Name Disposition Information

PYLES, LEONARD FRANKLIN JR Disposed: CONVICTION, 08/14/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: UNAUTHORIZED ... More...
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. Zackery Lashawn Grammer, Nicholas Thompson and Alexander Ernesto Sosa

Tulsa, OK - The STATE OF OKLAHOMA charged Zackery Lashawn Grammer, Nicholas Thompson and Alexander Ernesto Sosa with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: BRG2, BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1435
Date of Offense: 04/28/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

Thompson, Nicholas Disposed: CONVICTION, 07/03/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed:... More...
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Union Pacific Railroad Company v. William R. Nami

In this workplace safety case concerning West Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes, appellant Union Pacific Railroad Company challenges the jury's verdict in favor of appellee William R. Nami on his claim under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA). See 45 U.S.C. § 51 (2006). By two issues, Union Pacific argues that: (1) the trial court
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erred in denying its motion for judgment notwithst... More...
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