Silvan Warnick brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 malicious prosecution case
and a number of state law tort claims against several Salt Lake County
prosecutors and investigators. He claims he was falsely accused of tampering
with evidence that led to the filing of criminal charges against him that were later
dismissed.
The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, and... More...   $0 (07-10-2018 - UT)

The central question in this case is whether a parent may be
convicted of custodial interference under 13 V.S.A. § 2451 for interfering with the custody of the
Department for Children and Families (DCF) in the absence of a court order specifying the
schedule and limitations of the parent’s visitation. Defendant Liana Roy was convicted of
custodial interference for taking her ... More...   $0 (07-09-2018 - VT)

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)

Mr. Smith joined the Guard in 1993 as “a traditional guardsman.” In February 2002, he was selected for a full-time position in the Active Guard Reserve (“AGR”). Seven years later, in 2009, Mr. Smith applied for senior developmental education at the Naval War College in Washington, D.C., and he was accepted. The Guard required Mr. Smith to leave his full-time AGR position when he began attending... More...   $0 (07-09-2018 - TN)

Shena Dreyfus appeals the district court's decision to revoke her probation and require her to serve her underlying prison sentence. Dreyfus suggests that the district court should have given her another chance at probation rather than send her to prison.

But Dreyfus admitted to committing two new offenses while on probation: domestic violence/destruction of property and interference ... More...   $0 (07-07-2018 - KS)

Anthony Robinson and Timothy
Spangler, police officers employed by the University of Illinois
at Chicago Police Department (“Department”), brought claims
against the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and four
individuals for race‐based discrimination, harassment and
retaliation. The district court disposed of all but one of the
claims through summary judgment. ... More...   $0 (07-07-2018 - IL)

APPEAL from a judgment and an order of the Circuit Court
for Milwaukee County, David A. Hansher, Judge. Reversed and
remanded.
¶1 DANIEL KELLY, J. Marquette University suspended a
tenured faculty member because of a blog post criticizing an
encounter between an instructor and a student. Dr. John McAdams
took exception to his suspension, and brought a claim against
the U... More...   $0 (07-07-2018 - WI)

The California Resale Royalties Act (“CRRA”) grants
artists an unwaivable right to 5% of the proceeds on any
resale of their artwork under specified circumstances. To that
end, the CRRA requires the seller of the artwork or the
seller’s agent to withhold 5% of the resale price and pay it to
the artist or, if the artist cannot be found, to the California
Arts Council. If the... More...   $0 (07-06-2018 - CA)

Father appeals from the trial court’s supplemental judgment awarding sole custody of their minor child, T, to mother and modifying parenting time provisions of a 2006 stipulated judgment. Prior to the supplemental judgment, father was T’s legal custodian, and a general parenting-time plan provided for equal parenting time. Father first assigns error to the trial court’s determination that there ha... More...   $0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

Plaintiffs, Sarah Meyer and Martin Wooldridge, appeal from a general judgment dismissing their action against defendants Oregon State Lottery (the Lottery), Jill Goldsmith, Larry Niswender, Tessa Sugahara, John Kroger, and Craig Durbin.1 Plaintiffs assert five assignments of error. We reject plaintiffs’ fourth assignment of error without written discussion and write only to address their remaining... More...   $0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

The events of February 4, 2014, are not subject to significant dispute.3 Langlois, then 17 years old, had stayed home from school that day, and Jacob, then 20 years old, was home packing some things before leaving for the military.4 When Karen, their mother, came home from work at about 1:40 p.m., they were both in their rooms. She checked on Langlois first, who told her that Jacob was pa... More...   $0 (07-04-2018 - WI)

When we answer a certified question, we rely upon the facts provided with the certified question. See Bd. of Water Works Trs. of Des Moines v. Sac Cty. Bd. of Supervisors, 890 N.W.2d 50, 53 (Iowa 2017); Life Inv’rs Ins. Co. of Am. v. Estate of Corrado, 838 N.W.2d 640, 643 (Iowa 2013). Accordingly, we restate the facts as set forth by the federal district court:
The incidents giving rise to ... More...   $0 (07-04-2018 - IA)

At about 6:39 a.m. on October 30, 2015, a police officer pulled over Bion Ingram, who was driving on Highway 14 in Newton, Iowa. The officer had noticed the vehicle’s license plate was not illuminated as required. After speaking with Ingram, the officer also noticed the
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vehicle’s registration sticker did not match its license plate—the vehicle’s actual registration had expired in 2... More...   $0 (07-03-2018 - IA)

After Robinson pleaded guilty to her charges in case No. 15CR718, the district court released her on bond supervision to await sentencing. Around six months later, Robinson tested positive for methamphetamine, and the court revoked her bond. The court agreed to reinstate Robinson's bond supervision a few days later, but ordered her to attend drug and alcohol treatment at Ashby House, a drug-addict... More...   $0 (07-03-2018 - KS)

On the night of October 9, 2015, Fagan and her then-boyfriend Kalib Hall
Watts attended a basketball game and then went to Tiki Bob’s Cantina in
downtown Indianapolis. Shortly after midnight, on October 10, 2015, Fagan
and Hall-Watts were forcibly escorted from Tiki Bob’s by security. The security
manager, Lawrence Crutcher, helped escort the couple out of the bar.
[3] In... More...   $0 (07-01-2018 - IN)

In February 2017, Karen Bryant went to visit her friend Delisa Fox at Fox’s
house in Muncie. When Bryant arrived, she was met by Williams, her ex
boyfriend, who was also at the house. At some point during the evening Fox
left, but Williams and Bryant remained at the house.
[3] Soon thereafter, Bryant and Williams got into an argument. Williams grabbed
Bryant, but Bryant... More...   $0 (07-01-2018 - IN)

When a police officer stops a vehicle for a traffic infraction, a seizure occurs under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution while the officer addresses the reason for the stop. Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 809-10, 116 S. Ct. 1769, 135 L. Ed. 2d 89 (1996); City of Atwood v. Pianalto, 301 Kan. 1008, 1011, 350 P.3d 1048 (2015). Usually such encounters begin when the vehicl... More...   $0 (06-28-2018 - KS)

Jack Mulvey (“Decedent”) died testate with two surviving children and a spouse. His first wife and one son, Kevin Mulvey, predeceased him. The
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Decedent’s daughter, Sheila Stephens (“Daughter”), sued the Decedent’s second wife, Thelma Mulvey (“Widow”). The Daughter claimed the Widow exerted undue influence on the Decedent and interfered with her expected inheritance. To provid... More...   $0 (06-28-2018 - FL)

This case arises from the kidnapping and assault of the victim, Naser Ferwanah, by the Defendant and co-defendant, Lowi Fathi Akila, on February 1, 2012. On September 18, 2012, the Knox County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant on two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of aggravated burglary. The Defendant’s case proceeded to trial in Novem... More...   $0 (06-27-2018 - TN)

Robert Kowalski is dissatisfied with his
treatment by judges and sheriff’s personnel during his divorce
proceedings. He especially accuses an Illinois judge,
Shauna Boliker, of engaging in extrajudicial efforts designed
to prejudice the state court against him and in favor of her best
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friend, Kowalski’s wife. While Kowalski’s allegations are troubling,More...   $0 (06-27-2018 - IL)

Officer Delaney Green with the Southlake Police Department was on patrol
in her marked patrol car in Southlake in the early morning hours of April 9, 2016.
She testified at trial that around 3:00 a.m. she was traveling north on Davis
Boulevard when she noticed a vehicle—later identified as being driven by
Appellant—that appeared to be traveling at “a very high rate of speed.” ... More...   $0 (06-24-2018 - TX)

Malik Yates pled guilty to aggravated burglary, interference with law enforcement, and battery. The district court denied his motion to withdraw his pleas, and this appeal followed.

On October 13, 2016, Yates moved pro se to have his counsel, Chris Sagan and Ann Wollery, replaced because of various complaints about their performance. Four days later Sagan and Wollery, who were not yet... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

Defendant-Appellant Lawrence Glover appeals a special condition of
supervised release imposed as part of a revocation sentence. The special condition
prohibits Glover from having contact with his fiancée, Myesha Watkins, who is the
mother of his child. We vacate the special condition.
I.
In September 2011, Glover was sentenced to 71 months’ imprisonment and 5
years’ supervi... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - IA)

Kayla Doherty became pregnant
while supposedly protected by a contraceptive implant manufactured
by Merck & Co., Inc. After she gave birth to a healthy child, she
brought this lawsuit against Merck, claiming that the implant
and/or its applicator were defective. She also sued the federal
government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, claiming that her
doctor at a federally-f... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - ME)

In 2014, Stone entered into a plea agreement to the charge of interference
with custody, a third degree, non-forcible felony. She scored 22 sentencing points.
The trial court found her guilty, withheld adjudication and placed her on three
years of reporting probation with special conditions. The State subsequently filed
several affidavits alleging Stone violated the terms of... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - FL)