Idaho Class Action Law
<h2> <center> Elizabeth Miller v. Mark Miller </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action. This case concerns the arbitrability of a divorce action. Elizabeth Miller filed for divorce in June 2021. During the divorce proceedings, her husband, Doctor Mark Miller, agreed to submit the matter to arbitration if Elizabeth would waive her spousal support claims. She did and the issue went to arbitration. After co... More...
$ (04-21-0021 - ID)<H2> United States of America v. Aaron Jacob Balcom
Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. An investigation began when Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) received CyberTip reports from an online messaging platform. A CyberTip is a report submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”). NCMEC gathers leads and tips regarding ... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - ID)Jace Hill v. Equifax Information Services, LLC. et al.
Pocatello, Idaho, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a 1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.<br> <br> The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) provides consumers with rights regarding the information held by credit reporting agencies, focusing on the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of personal data. It allows individuals to access their credit reports for free once... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - ID)State of Idaho v. John Doe I, et al.
Boise, Idaho family law lawyer represented the Defendant Father in a parental rights termination action.<br> <br> Doe is the biological father of Children. In August 2022, John Doe I was placed in foster care when he was approximately two weeks old.[1] Doe was not listed on the birth certificate as the father but was regarded as the putative father until legal paternity was established. Although D... More...
$0 (03-28-2025 - ID)Fred M. Martino, et al. v. Manuel Rose, et al.
Sandpoint, Idaho real property lawyers represented the parties in a title dispute case.<br> <br> Manuel Rose and Melissa Rose (the "Roses") purchased certain real property (the "Rose Property") from the F &M Martino Family Trust. Fred M. Martino and Michelle M. Martino (the "Martinos"), acting as trustees, transferred the property to the Roses by warranty deed. Several years before the transfer, ... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - ID)Isaac William Hess v. Lisa Ann Hess
<h2><br> Idaho Falls, Idaho family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce involving minor children.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> This case concerns child custody proceedings between Isaac William Hess and Lisa Ann Hess. Isaac and Lisa have two minor children, who are registered members of the Cherokee Nation. During the proceedings, Isaac alleged that Lisa had abused the children by span... More...
$0 (10-28-2024 - ID)Dustin Patrick Lancaster v. The Golf Club at Black Rock
<h2><br> Pocatello, Idaho Americans With Disabilities Act violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> "When people think of The Golf Club at Black Rock, the first thing that comes to mind is world class private golf, and rightfully so. Architect Jim Engh has crafted 18 completely unique holes through beautifully diverse terrain: winding through wooded forests, sprawling across p... More...
$0 (10-08-2024 - ID)<h1> United States of America v. Brett Deuter; Deuter Construction, LLC; Enlighten, LLC </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID-19 Relief Fraud Allegations </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Businesses and Their Owner Consent to an $850,000 Judgment to Resolve COVID-19 Relief Fraud Allegations</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Brett Deuter and... More...
$0 (10-01-2024 - ID)Jacob A. Wilde v. Mackala M. Wild, n/k/a Mickayla M. Taggart
<h2><br> Payette, Idaho divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution action.<br> </h2><br> <br> Wilde and Taggart's judgment and decree of divorce was entered on June 18, 2018. The parties are the parents of one minor child, E.W., born in 2015. The original judgment ordered Wilde to payTaggart$143.07 in child supportper month. <br> <br> Less than two months... More...
$0 (09-24-2024 - ID)Amanda Marie Secola v. Jeffrey Adam Secola
<h2><br> Boise, Idaho divorce lawyers represented the Petitioner and the Respondent in a marriage dissolution action.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> The magistrate court entered a decree of divorce in 2018, at which time the parties stipulated to joint legal and physical custody of their minor child. A petition to modify the divorce decree was later filed and a trial was held on the petition. On October... More...
$0 (08-12-2024 - ID)Kerry Angelos, et al. v. Greg Schatzel, et al.
<h2><br> Boise, Idaho defamation personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Kerry Angelos brought a defamation lawsuit against Greg and Susan Schatzel alleging that they created a website that published defamatory comments about Angelos from purported third-parties. However, during the course of the lawsuit, Angelos suffered financial setbacks and his interests in the act... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - ID)State of Idaho v. Desiree Elaine Karst
<h2><br> Coeuir d'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession.<br> </h2><br> <br> Karst was a passenger in a car during a traffic stop in Kootenai County. The officer<br> initiating the traffic stop radioed for a drug dog, which arrived and alerted. Karst admitted to having<br> drugs in the car, and additional drugs and paraphernalia were found on Ka... More...
$0 (08-05-2024 - ID)State of Idaho v. Justin Dean Peterson
<h2><br> Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony driving under the influence (DUI), in violation of Idaho Code 188004, 8005(6).<br> </H2><br> <br> 18-8004. Persons under the influence of alcohol, drugs or any other intoxicating substances. <br> (1) (a) It is unlawful for any person who is under the influence of alcohol, drugs or any other intoxi... More...
$0 (07-05-2024 - ID)Chelsey Dudley v. Boise State University, et al.
<h2><br> Boise, Idaho civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued seeking injunctive relief.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> On May 7, 2022, Dudley graduated from BSU with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work. As part of her degree requirements, Dudley had to complete an internship. The BSU course code for her specific internship was SOCWRK 481. Dudley participated in an internship with th... More...
$0 (07-01-2024 - ID)Kelley Tuttle v. Treasure Valley Marine, Inc., et al.
Boise, Idaho personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Racketeering (RICO) Act and other theories.<br> <br> Plaintiff Tuttle has asserted claims for (1) breach of contract, (2) violation of the<br> Idaho Consumer Protection Act ("ICPAâ€), (3) fraud, (4) conspiracy to violate the ICPA<br> and defraud Tuttle, (5) aiding and abetting fraud and vioaltions of the... More...
$1 (02-05-2024 - ID)Donald Paradis v. A.J. Arave, Warden, Idaho State Penitentiray, et al.
Donald Paradis, a state prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.<br> <br> Paradis seeks review of his conviction on the following grounds:<br> <br> One. The evidence was insufficient to demonstrate that Kimberly Palmer was killed in the state of Idaho.<br> <br> Two. The state failed to preserve exculpatory evidence.<br>... More...
$0 (01-24-1992 - ID)<H2> Kevin Thomas v. Wood River Drilling and Pump, Inc. and Brandon Freeman </H2>
Boise, Idaho employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/idaho/news/boise/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Boise</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Plaintiff Kevin Thomas brings this action against his form... More...
$0 (01-27-2023 - ID)Christopher Conley Tapp v. State of Idaho
In his second appeal in this post-conviction case, Christopher Conley Tapp challenges the district court's summary dismissal of his claim that his defense counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to present evidence of his diminished mental capacity in support of his trial motion to suppress his confession as involuntary. Tapp contends that because this Court, in his prior post-convictio... More...
$0 (11-21-2013 - ID)Christopher Conley Tapp v. State of Idaho
Early in the morning of June 13, 1996, Angie Dodge was raped and stabbed to death in her apartment in Idaho Falls. On January 7, 1997, twenty-year-old Christopher Tapp voluntarily submitted to police questioning about this crime at the Law Enforcement Building (LEB) in Idaho Falls. Tapp again voluntarily went to the LEB for questioning on January 10. After this interview, Tapp's parents retained p... More...
$0 (03-31-2010 - ID)State of Idaho v. Christopher C. Tapp
<br> Christopher C. Tapp appeals from his conviction for first degree murder and rape. Tapp argues that the district court erred by not suppressing the statements he made in a series of police interviews. In the alternative, he contends the sentences imposed are excessive.<br> <br>         I.<br> <br>         FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY<br> <br> �... More...
$0 (07-20-2001 - ID)United States of America v. Jose Acosta, Jr. </h2> </center>
Pocatello, Idaho criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony use of a firearm in the commission of a robbery.<br> <br> Jose Acosta, jr, age 41, entered a camping trailer and demanded money from a female occupant and discharged a firearm during a robbery that occurred on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation on June 23, 2021. The victim refused and fought with Acosta. During the strugg... More...
$0 (10-07-2022 - ID)Ford Elsaesser v. Black Diamond Compost, LLC
Boise, Idaho civil litigation lawyer sued Defendants on a real property law theory.<br> <br> This matter has a long and convoluted backstory spanning multiple cases and appeals. The principal actors in this saga are Ford Elsaesser, the personal representative of the Estate of Victoria H. Smith (the "Personal Representative"),[1] and Vernon K. Smith ("Vernon"), a son of Victoria and the attorney fo... More...
$0 (07-08-2022 - ID)Linsay Lorine Gatsby, aka Linsay Lorine Wallace v. Kylee Diane Gatsby
Boise, Idaho family law lawyers represented Petitioner and Respondent seeking child custody.<br> <br> Linsay and Kylee Gatsby married in June 2015. They later decided Kylee would attempt<br> to conceive a child through artificial insemination, using semen donated by a mutual friend. They<br> elected to attempt this procedure on their own, without using the services of a physician.<br> Additionally... More...
$0 (09-24-2021 - ID)Cesar Martinez-Rodriguez, et al. v. Curtis Giles, et al.
Boise, Idaho employment lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on force labor theories.<br> <br> Plaintiffs were six citizens of Mexico who were recruited<br> to work as "Animal Scientists†at Funk Dairy in Idaho under<br> the "TN Visa†program for "professional†employees<br> established under the North American Free Trade<br> Agreement. But when plaintiffs arrived ... More...
$0 (04-18-2022 - ID)United States of America v. Robert Bailey
Pocatello, Idaho bribery crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.<br> <br> Robert Bailey, 63, of Centreville, Virginia, was charged with paying a bribe to a public official.<br> <br> According to court records, in 2001, Bailey purchased L-1, a construction management and operations company located in Chantilly, Virginia. In 2008, Bailey became a business acquaintance of an FBI employee... More...
$0 (10-10-2020 - ID)Robert Martin v. City of Boise
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://ecf.idd.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"><br> </center><br> “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich<br> and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg<br> in the streets, and to steal their bread.”<br> — Anatole France, The Red Lily<br> We consider whether the Eighth Amendment’s<br> prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment bars a city fr... More...
$0 (09-04-2018 - ID)STATE OF IDAHO v. PHILLIP R. SMALLEY <table> <td>
Smalley was employed at an assisted living facility and worked alone as the overnight caregiver. The victim, F.B., was a 102-year-old patient at the facility who had arthritis, wore <br> hearing aids, and spoke with a low voice. Her hands were deformed from the arthritis, she could only eat with a large-handled spoon, and she had difficulty swallowing. F.B. could not walk, sit up, stand, dress ... More...
$0 (05-13-2018 - ID)MFG Financial, Inc. v. Justin Vigos
Justin Vigos appeals the decision of the district court in Ada County reversing an order from the magistrate court granting his motion for summary judgment against MFG Financial, Inc. (MFG). MFG initiated this action to recover damages from a breach of contract. In 2007, Vigos purchased a vehicle from Karl Malone Toyota. The contract was assigned to Courtesy Auto Credit (Courtesy). After some time... More...
$0 (01-18-2018 - ID)Medical Recovery Services, LLC v. Robert Lopez
Medical Recovery Services, LLC (“MRS”) appeals a district court’s judgment denying its request for postjudgment attorney fees on an appeal. The dispute arose after MRS attempted to collect a debt owed by Robert Lopez (“Lopez”). The magistrate court entered a default judgment and awarded attorney fees to MRS. MRS continued to incur attorney fees while attempting to collect on the default ... More...
$0 (02-19-2018 - ID)Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. v. Lawrence G. Wasden
Investigative journalism has long been a fixture in the American press, particularly with regard to food safety.1 In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair highlighted conditions in the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, a novel based on his time working incognito in a packing plant.2 This case also originates in the agricultural sector�a secretly-filmed expos� of the operation of an Idaho da... More...
$0 (01-09-2018 - ID)STATE OF IDAHO v. TERESA LEE TOLLMAN <table> <td>
In December 2012, Tollman pled guilty to the felony crime of driving under the influence. In March 2013, the district court sentenced Tollman to a unified term of ten years, with two and a half years fixed followed by seven and a half years indeterminate. The judgment required that Tollman’s driver’s license be absolutely suspended for five years beginning on the date of Tollman’s release fr... More...
$0 (11-26-2017 - ID)Todd J. Phillips v. Richard D. Gomez
This case arises from Richard Gomez’s breach of a real estate agreement for the sale and purchase of residential real estate from Todd Phillips in his capacity as Trustee of Trust “A” of the Elliott Family Trust. Phillips appeals the Ada County district court’s denial of Phillips’s request to recover actual damages. After a bench trial, the district court held that Phillips’s claim for... More...
$0 (11-08-2017 - ID)Lisa M. Searle, n/k/a Loosle v. Dustin L. Searle
This expedited, permissive appeal presents a child custody dispute. Lisa M. Searle, nka Lisa Loosle (“Mother”) appeals the Bingham County magistrate judge’s order which modified the current child custody plan outlined in the 2013 order between Mother and Dustin L. Searle (“Father”). Mother argues that the magistrate judge abused its discretion in determining there had been a substantial,... More...
$0 (11-09-2017 - ID)United States v. Washington Group International Inc. f/k/a/ Morrison Knudsen, Corporation, Contrack International, Inc.; and Misr Sons Development S.A.E. a/k/a Hassan Allam Sons,
Boise, ID - Misr Sons Development S.A.E. Agrees to Pay $1.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations<br> <br> Misr Sons Development S.A.E. (Hassan Allam Sons, “HAS”), a construction company with its principal place of business in Cairo, Egypt, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle allegations that HAS submitted false claims in connection with U.S. Agency for International Development... More...
$0 (06-14-2017 - ID)In the Matter of Jane Doe, III
This is a parental rights termination and adoption case. John Doe I (“Father”) is incarcerated. The magistrate court held that it was in the best interest of Jane Doe III (“Child”) that Father’s rights be terminated so that John Doe II (“Stepfather”) may adopt her. We affirm.<br> I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND<br> Jane Doe II (“Mother”) and Father are the natural parents of... More...
$0 (05-31-2017 - ID)Idaho Department of Health and Welfare v. Jane Doe
Jane Doe (“Doe”) appeals from the magistrate court’s judgment granting the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s (“IDHW”) petition to terminate her parental rights. Doe asserts that the magistrate court erred by: (1) terminating her parental rights notwithstanding its finding that her mental health issues made it impossible for her to comply with the case plan; and (2) considering e... More...
$0 (06-02-2017 - ID)Geralyn Gallagher v. Best Western Cottontree Inc. and Snake River Petersen Properties, LLC
This is an appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment and dismissing Geralyn Gallagher’s (Gallagher) lawsuit against the Best Western Cottontree Inn (the Hotel) and Snake River Peterson Properties LLC (Snake River). The district court held that the amended complaint did not relate back to the date of the original filing and that the statute of limitations was not tolled b... More...
$0 (01-19-2017 - ID)William Michael Nicholson and Joan Nicholason v. Coeur D'Alene Placer Mining Corporation and IFG Timber, L.L.C.
EISMANN, Justice.<br> This is an appeal out of Shoshone County from a judgment: (a) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to grant the Plaintiffs a right of first refusal with respect to a parcel of real property they were leasing, (b) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to purchase the Plaintiffs’ buildings that were located on that property, and (c) finding that the Plaintiffs we... More...
$0 (02-24-2017 - ID)United States of America v. Jason Reed
Boise, ID - Boise Man Pleads Guilty to Destruction of Historic Trapper Cabin<br> <br> Jason Reed, 22, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty to destruction of government property.<br> <br> Reed admitted that in August of 2015, he caused extensive damage to the Trapper Cabin. The Trapper Cabin is a government owned historic property located at the French Creek Trailhead on the McCall Ranger District of t... More...
$0 (08-30-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Casey Gibson
Boise, ID - Jerome Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography<br> <br> Casey Gibson, 23, of Jerome pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Gibson waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to an information filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office.<br> <br> According to the plea agreement, an electronic device at Gibson’s residence in Jerome accessed a website based in Ru... More...
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