Jennifer Keeton was enrolled in the Counselor Education Program at Augusta State University (ASU), a Georgia state school, seeking to obtain her master’s degree in school counseling. After Keeton completed her first year in the program, ASU’s officials asked her to participate in a remediation plan addressing what the faculty perceived as deficiencies in her “ability to be a multiculturally ... More...   $0 (12-16-2011 - GA)

Eltayeb Abuelyaman, an Arab Muslim, served as an associate professor at Illinois State University’s School of Information Technology from 2001 to 2006. Abuelyaman’s performance record was consistently sub-par, and he frequently sparred with policy decisions made by his supervisor. In March 2006, Abuelyaman was informed that his contract would not be renewed for the 2007-2008 school year. Abuel... More...   $0 (12-14-2011 - IL)

Plaintiff Sara Henry sued Red Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tustin (sometimes the church) for wrongful termination under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code,1 § 12900 et seq. (the FEHA)) and for wrongful termination in violation of public policy based upon her termination from the Red Hill Lutheran School (the school) for living with her boyfriend and raising their chi... More...   $0 (12-09-2011 - CA)

Appellants Brett Davis, Arneva Davis, and Mark Davis claim that the trial court erred in granting the counterclaim of appellees Jeremy Gillam, Carissa Gillam, Doug Gillam, Lexmin, LLC, Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, and First Community Bank for quiet title based on an oral contract for the purchase of real property. Specifically, appellants argue that there was not clear and convincing evidence of t... More...   $0 (12-07-2011 - AR)

These appeals arise out of two postjudgment orders related to the judgment of dissolution of the parties’ marriage on March 17, 2008. In the cross appeal by the defendant, Lisa Bruno, from the trial court’s ruling on the motion by the plaintiff, Stephen J. Bruno, to modify his alimony obligations, AC 30879, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) modified the plaintiff’s alimony o... More...   $0 (11-27-2011 - CT)

Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Janet Bond Arterton, Judge) dismissing as time-barred a putative class action alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act arising from the transmission of an unsolicited advertisement to plaintiff by means of a telephone facsimile machine.


The Telephone Consumer Protection Act o... More...   $0 (10-18-2011 - )

Federal law prohibits the possession and distribution of marijuana (21 U.S.C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), 844); there is no exception for medical marijuana. (United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative (2001) 532 U.S. 483, 490.) Although California criminalizes the possession and cultivation of marijuana generally (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11357, 11358), it has decriminalized the possession a... More...   $0 (10-04-2011 - CA)

Relator Dimitri Yannacopoulos brought this qui tam suit under the federal False Claims Act. He alleges that defendants General Dynamics Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation violated the False Claims Act in a number of ways in a sale of F-16 fighter jets to Greece, which paid for the jets with money borrowed from the United States.

The district court granted summary judgment against Y... More...   $0 (07-26-2011 - IL)

Viasystems, Inc., a Missouri-based corporation, filed suit against EBM-Papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co., KG (“St. Georgen”), a German corporation, alleging several claims in contract and tort. The district court1 concluded that it had neither specific nor general personal jurisdiction over St. Georgen and granted its motion to dismiss. Viasystems appeals, and, for the following reasons, we affirm.... More...   $0 (07-21-2011 - MO)

This appeal arises from a denial of injunctive relief against a union under Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770, 398 U.S. 235 (1970), and § 301 of the Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA), 29 U.S.C. § 185, as well as a denial of declaratory relief concerning actions previously taken by that union. We affirm the denial of injunctive relief, vacate the denial of declaratory relie... More...   $0 (06-30-2011 - MA)

Jessica Bower appeals from the judgment entered after the trial court sustained without leave to amend the demurrer of AT&T Mobility, LLC, AT&T Inc. and AT&T Corporation (collectively, AT&T) in this action based on Bower‟s alleged payment of $15.50 as part of her purchase of a cellular telephone. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. Bower’s Original Complaint

On... More...   $0 (06-29-2011 - CA)

Petitioner appeals as of right from an order of the Michigan Public Service Commission (“PSC”) dismissing her complaint that was premised on MCL 484.2502(1)(e) (“§ 502(1)(e)”), a provision of the Michigan Telecommunications Act (“MTA”), MCL 484.2101 et seq. We affirm.

Petitioner obtained a new telephone service through respondent Michigan Bell Telephone Company, doing business ... More...   $0 (06-14-2011 - MI)

In these cases, we consider whether an incumbent provider of local telephone service must make certain transmission facilities available to competitors at cost-based rates. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC orCommission) as amicus curiae1 contends that its regulations require the incumbent provider to do so if the facilities are to be used for interconnection: to link the incumbent provid... More...   $0 (06-10-2011 - MI)

Plaintiff Julia Knapp, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, appeals from the trial court‟s order denying her motion for class certification as to her claims against defendant AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (AWS), for violation of the unfair competition law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.), violation of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) (Civ. Code, § 1750 et seq... More...   $0 (05-20-2011 - CA)

David and Marilyn Slade own property in the Town of Alton, New Hampshire ("Alton" or "the Town"). Industrial Communications and Electronics, Inc. ("Industrial Communications"), aims to construct a cell phone tower in Alton for two wireless companies. Claiming that only one site was suitable, Industrial Communications filed an application in September 2005 to construct the tower at 486 East Side Dr... More...   $0 (05-20-2011 - NH)

This case arises from a January 20, 2006 incident in which an underground cable owned by plaintiff-appellant MCI was allegedly severed. MCI filed suit against defendants-appellees Wayne Hagan and James Joubert, alleging that Joubert was negligently excavating on a backhoe in violation of the Lousiana Damage Prevention Act (Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law), LA. ... More...   $0 (05-12-2011 - LA)

Petitioner-Appellant Francisco Garfias-Rodriguez (“Garfias”) appeals a final removal order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) that determined that he was ineligible for adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255(i). He challenges the order on two grounds. First, he contends that our interpretation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1182(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) and 1255(i) in Acosta v. Gonzales, 439 ... More...   $0 (04-11-2011 - CA)

In April 2010, in response to a serious problem of unauthorized immigration along the Arizona-Mexico border, the State of Arizona enacted its own immigration law enforcement policy. Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, as amended by H.B. 2162 (“S.B. 1070”), “make[s] attrition through enforcement the public policy of all state and local government agencies in Arizona.” S.... More...   $0 (04-11-2011 - AZ)

Plaintiffs-Appellants Fred Gardner and Concerned Citizens for Little Canyon Mountain (sometimes collectively Gardner) brought suit for declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 701- 706, seeking to compel Defendant-Appellee United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to prohibit off-road vehicle use of Oregon’s Little Canyon Mountain ar... More...   $0 (04-07-2011 - OR)

Appellants Trinity Park, L. P. and Classic Communities, Inc. (hereafter, collectively Trinity) are the developers of a residential housing project known as Trinity Park, which consists of 42 houses in a subdivision located in respondent City of Sunnyvale (City). The City‟s 2007 approval of the Trinity Park development was conditioned upon compliance with the City‟s below market housing ordinan... More...   $0 (03-24-2011 - CA)

In this False Claims Act (“FCA”) appeal, relator Mary Cafasso challenges orders of the district court dismissing her qui tam complaint, rejecting her proposed amended pleading, granting summary judgment on remaining claims, and awarding attorneys’ fees.1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Cafasso alleges that her former employer General Dynamics C4 Syst... More...   $0 (03-24-2011 - AZ)

Karen Elias-Clavet was employed as a substitute teacher by the Pawtucket School Department during the 2007–2008 school year. On June 24, 2008—shortly after the school summer recess began—Ms. Elias-Clavet filed a claim for unemployment benefits. That claim was denied by the Department of Labor and Training (DLT), based upon the between-terms disqualification provision of G.L. 1956 § 28-44-68... More...   $0 (03-22-2011 - RI)

Edward J. Allard appeals the trial court's order granting Al-Nayem International, Inc., a new trial as to damages suffered by Al-Nayem for Mr. Allard's breach of a warranty deed. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.130(a)(4); 9.110(a)(4). Al-Nayem cross-appeals, challenging an earlier final order involuntarily dismissing its damages case. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(g).1 We affirm as to the involuntary dismissal ... More...   $0 (03-16-2011 - FL)

Plaintiff-Appellant Call Center Technologies, Inc. (“Call Center”) appeals from (1) a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Squatrito, J.) entered on February 24, 2009, that, inter alia, granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant- Appellee Interline Travel & Tour, Inc. (“Interline”) on the issue of successor liability, and (2) a memorandum of dec... More...   $0 (03-11-2011 - CT)

court concluded that 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(1) provided a basis for federal jurisdiction and a waiver of sovereign immunity because the reclamation fee is an “internal-revenue tax.” See id. However, the court denied relief on the merits and entered summary judgment in favor of the United States. We do not reach the merits of Wyodak’s appeal. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we ... More...   $0 (03-09-2011 - WY)