Idaho Commercial Litigation Law
<H2> <center> United States of America v. Lajai Jamar Pridgette </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Mann Act conspiracy to transport for prostitution. Lajai Jamar Pridgette, 40, of Boise, engaged in a scheme to make money from commercial sexual activity. Pridgette arranged for two adult females to travel to multiple states to engage in commercial sexual activity. Pridgette also made hotel reservations and posted onl... More...
$ (01-15-2026 - ID)<h2> <center> State of Idaho v. Bailey Geeesey and Junior Antonio Alvarado Hernandez </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault and misdemeanor commercial burglary. <br> <br> Bailey Geesey, age 18, and Junior Antonio Alvarado Hernandez, 18, and two juveniles were accused of stealing alcohol from a store and then engaging in a violent altercation with a store employee.<br> <br> <img width="203" src="https://idahonews.com/resource... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - ID)<h2> <center> Big City Coffee vs. Boise State, et al. </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Boise, Idaho civil litigation breach of contact lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <P><br> Sarah Fendley, the owner of Big City Coffee sued Boise State University, et al. <br> <br> Plaintiff claimed she was forced to close her shop on the BSU campus in 2020. <br> <br> "The case revolved around a “thin blue emblem†sticker that Big City Coffee had displayed on the outside of... More...
$4000000 (09-13-2024 - ID)<h2><center> State of Idaho v. Justin Dean Peterson </h2></center>
<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)<h1><center> United States of America v. Arthur Michael Rhyne, a/k/a Arthur Michael O’Neil </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Providing Illegal Firearms, Including “Glock Switches,†to Californian .</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Twin Falls Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Providing Illegal Firearms, Including “Glock Switches,†to Californian with ... More...
$0 (04-24-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Gabriel Rendon </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Caldwell Man Sentenced to 46 months for Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm </h3></center></i><br> <br> abriel Rendon, 25, of Caldwell, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison fo... More...
$0 (03-06-2024 - ID)<h2><center> Michael Venti v. Xerox Corporation </h2></center>
Boise, Idaho civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a breach of contract theory claiming $136,000 in damages.<br> <br> Contracts are breached in two primary ways, referred to as (1) and actual breach, and (2) an anticipatory breach. An actual breach occurs when one party to the agreement fails or refuses to honor his part of, or complete his duties under, the ... More...
$1 (02-06-2024 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. Kelly Nathaniel Goodman </h2></center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with honest services wire fraud.<br> <br> To obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) in Idaho, an applicant must, among other requirements, receive a passing score from a CDL skills test examiner. The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) contracts with third-party CDL skills test examiners to administer CDL skills test... More...
$0 (06-28-2023 - ID)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Merrill Hanny, Roger Burke and Robert Sollis </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants charged with violating the False Claims Act.<br> <br> <table><br> <h1> <br> <center> <br> <P> <br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Boise_ID_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho<br> <P> <br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/ida... More...
$0 (03-17-2023 - ID)<h2><center> Ford Elsaesser v. Black Diamond Compost, LLC </h2></center>
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)<center> <h2> Robert Martin v. City of Boise </h2> </center>
<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)<center> <h2> Medical Recovery Services, LLC v. Robert Lopez <P> <img width="300" src="https://events.boisestate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Idaho-Supreme-Court.png"> <P> Idaho Supreme Court - Boise, Idaho </h2> </center>
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)<center> <h2> 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, <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Chapters/Idaho-Chapter/CourthouseEDIT.aspx"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho </h2> </center>
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)<center> <h2> William Michael Nicholson and Joan Nicholason v. Coeur D'Alene Placer Mining Corporation and IFG Timber, L.L.C. </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Hydraulic_mining_in_Dutch_Flat,_California,_between_1857_and_1870.jpg/300px-Hydraulic_mining_in_Dutch_Flat,_California,_between_1857_and_1870.jpg"> </center>
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)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Michael Wayne Wade </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="https://s3-assets.eastidahonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/27103001/michael-wayne-wade-800x428.jpg"> </center>
Boise, ID - Boise Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Sex Trafficking of a Minor<br> <br> Michael Wayne Wade, 31, of Boise was sentenced to 240 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for sex trafficking of a minor. Wade pleaded guilty on August 16, 2016.<br> <br> According to the plea agreement, agents with the Idaho Department of Probation and Parole arrested Wade for a felony prob... More...
$0 (01-29-2017 - ID)Greater Boise Auditorium District v. Frazier
The District is a governmental subdivision that is organized under Idaho Code section 674901 and operates in Boise. The District currently operates the Boise Centre, a convention center in Downtown Boise. The District seeks to expand operations by acquiring a new facility (hereinafter the Centre Facility) being constructed near the Boise Centre. But the District, as a governmental subdivision, is ... More...
$0 (10-15-2015 - ID)LuzMaria Arroyo v. Volvo Group North America, LLC
Bryana Bible stopped paying her student loan but later agreed to a rehabilitation program, governed by 34 C.F.R. §682.405, under which she paid $50 a month (not enough to cover even half of the monthly interest) in anticipation that she would eventually resume making full payments, after which the note would be sold to a new private len... More...
$0 (10-11-2015 - ID)Martin Hayes v. City of Plummer
On September 17, 2011, Martin Hayes (Hayes)1 was seriously injured after stumbling on uneven ground hidden by grass while attending his grandson’s Pop Warner football game at the Plummer School Park (Park), which is owned by the City of Plummer (City). Hayes did not pay any fee or admission to enter the Park.2 Hayes filed a premises liability claim against the City for his injuries.3 In turn, th... More...
$0 (10-05-2015 - ID)Sky Canyon Properties v. The Golf Club at Black Rock, LLC
This is an appeal from the district court’s denial, upon remand, of Appellant’s Memorandum of Attorney Fees and Costs. Appellant argues that the district court erred in ruling<br> 2<br> that the court did not have jurisdiction to award fees and costs on remand. We agree with appellant and reverse.<br> I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND<br> In prior proceedings, this Court reversed the distri... More...
$0 (10-05-2015 - ID)Idaho Transportation v. Ascorp, Inc.
While somewhat convoluted in its background, this appeal stems from a dispute over amounts due and owing under a state highway contract. Debco Construction and ITD entered into a contract whereby Debco agreed to provide construction services on a state highway project in Twin Falls, Idaho, known as the Washington Street Project. The contract included a process (Specifications) for adjustment of t... More...
$0 (09-26-2015 - ID)DOE(s) v. Boy Scouts of America, CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
The underlying case arose out of the claims of several men who joined Boy Scout troops when they were children and were allegedly sexually abused by their scout leaders. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church) sponsored some of the troops at issue in this case. On June 24, 2013, Does I–IV1 filed a complaint—which was later amended—against Boy Scouts of America and the LD... More...
$0 (08-29-2015 - ID)STATE OF IDAHO v.SHANNON MARIE MC KEAN, aka SHANNON MARIE MC KEAM
This appeal relates to McKean’s possession and sale of the substance commonly known as “spice.”1 In May of 2012, an undercover officer made two purchases of a product called Fire 1 “Spice” is a street name for synthetic marijuana. State v. Goggin, 157 Idaho 1, 3 n.1, 333 P.3d 112, 114 n.1 (2014). <br> 2 <br> N’ Ice from McKea... More...
$0 (08-22-2015 - ID)American Bank v. BRN Dev. & Taylor Eng.
This case arises from the failed Black Rock North Development project undertaken by BRN in Coeur d’Alene. BRN was formed by Marshall Chesrown, who served as CEO, to develop a high-end 325-unit residential and golf course community on the west side of Lake Coeur d’Alene. The project was known as Black Rock North. American Bank was the lender for this project. The project required that BRN obt... More...
$0 (08-20-2015 - ID)State v. Azad Haji Abdullah
On November 14, 2002, the grand jury sitting in Ada County indicted Abdullah on one count of murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 to -4003; one count of arson in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code section 18-802; three counts of attempted murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 and 18-306; and one count of injury to a child, a felony, Idah... More...
$0 (08-12-2015 - ID)STATE OF IDAHO V. COEUR D'ALENE TRIBE
As this appeal hinges on the regulation of Indian gaming, we begin with a brief introduction to the IGRA. Congress passed the IGRA in 1988 “in order to provide a statutory basis for the operation and regulation of gaming by Indian tribes.” Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 48 (1996). “The Act divides gaming on Indian lands into three classes—I, II, and III—and provides a... More...
$0 (07-25-2015 - ID)State of Idaho v. Coeru d'Alene Tribe
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe (“Tribe”) appeals the<br> preliminary injunction prohibiting the Tribe from offering<br> Texas Hold’em (“Hold’em”) poker. The Tribe argues that<br> tribal sovereign immunity was not abrogated and that venue<br> was improper under the terms of the Tribal-State Gaming<br> Compact (“Compact”). We affirm because the Indian<br> Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”... More...
$0 (07-22-2015 - ID)Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. State of Idaho
This is an appeal out of Ada County from a declaratory judgment holding that TracFone<br> is a telecommunication provider under Idaho Code section 31-4802(15)(d). We affirm that<br> judgment.<br> <br> I.<br> Factual Background.<br> TracFone Wireless, Inc., is a non-facilities-based commercial mobile radio service<br> provider (a pure wireless reseller) that provides prepaid wireless telecommunicat... More...
$0 (06-23-2015 - ID)State of Idaho v. Kristi L. Hurles
Kristi Hurles pleaded guilty to grand theft for embezzling from her employer, was sentenced to fourteen years with two years fixed, and was ordered to pay $204,174.61 in restitution. Hurles appealed, challenging the restitution order in a number of respects. The Court of Appeals initially considered the appeal, reversing the restitution order in part, affirming in part, and remanding the case to t... More...
$0 (05-21-2015 - Id)Dennis Ray Hennefer v. Blaine County School District #61
The appellant, Blaine County School District #61 (School), appeals from a jury verdict and post-trial orders favoring the respondents, Dennis and Maryann Hennefer, the parents of Austin Hennefer, who died in a T-bone type automobile accident while performing a three-point turnabout at the instruction of Jeffrey Mecham, a School driver training instructor. The jury returned a special verdict, findi... More...
$0 (03-30-2015 - ID)Cherri Lynn Nix v. Elmore County
This appeal arises from Elmore County’s decision terminating its employee, Cherri Nix (“Nixâ€), without providing her a pre-termination hearing pursuant to the Elmore County Personnel Policy (“ECPPâ€). Nix filed suit in Elmore County alleging, among other claims, that Elmore County violated the ECPP and breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing when it termi... More...
$0 (04-07-2015 - ID)State of Idaho, Department of Transportation v. HJ Grathol
HJ Grathol (“Gratholâ€) appeals the Kootenai County district court’s judgment awarding Grathol $675,000 in just compensation from the Idaho Transportation Department (“ITDâ€). This eminent domain case arose when ITD acted to condemn 16.314 acres to improve U.S. Highway 95 (“U.S. 95â€). Those 16.314 acres were part of 56.8 acres that Grathol owned in Athol, I... More...
$0 (02-11-2015 - ID)Big Wood Ranch, LLC v. Water Users' Association of the Broadford Slough and Rockwell Bypass Lateral Ditches, Inc.
This action stems from attempts by the Water Users’ Association of the Broadford Slough and Rockwell Bypass Lateral Ditches, Inc. (Association) to collect assessments from Big Wood Ranch, LLC (BWR) for maintenance performed by the Association on the Broadford Slough (Slough) and Rockwell Bypass (Bypass), which are conduits for the delivery of surface water to property owned by BWR and some ... More...
$0 (03-02-2015 - ID)Walter c. Minnick v. Hawley Troxell Ennis and Hawley, L.L.P.
Walter Minnick and A.K. Lienhart Minnick, husband and wife (collectively Minnicks), brought a professional malpractice action against the law firm Hawley Troxell Ennis and Hawley, LLP (Hawley Troxell), alleging negligence in rendering services in connection with a real estate development project. On motion of Hawley Troxell for summary judgment, the district court dismissed the action as time-barr... More...
$0 (01-09-2015 - ID)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.<br> I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND<br> 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...
$0 (01-23-2015 - ID)Mosell Equities, LLC v. Berryhill Company, Inc.
This is an appeal out of Ada County from an order granting respondent a new trial. We reverse the order of the district court and remand this case for entry of a judgment that is consistent with the jury verdict.<br> I.<br> Factual Background.<br> On June 28, 2007, Mosell Equities issued a check to Berryhill & Co. in the sum of $50,000. The word “loan†was written on the memo line of t... More...
$0 (01-26-2015 - ID)Tracy Sales v. Stacie Peabody
Tracy Sales brought suit against spa owner Stacie Peabody, claiming that she contracted a toe infection as a result of a pedicure performed at the spa. The district court granted summary judgment against Sales after concluding that she had failed to present sufficient evidence of causation. The district court also denied Sales’ motion for reconsideration based on the ground that she had not... More...
$0 (09-19-2014 - ID)Su Warren v. Williams & Parsons, P.C.
Su Warren sought worker’s compensation benefits from her employer, Williams & Parsons, PC, CPAS (Williams & Parsons), and Idaho State Insurance Fund (ISIF), for injuries received on January 23, 2007, during the course of her employment. The Idaho Industrial Commission (the Commission) concluded that Warren had a permanent partial impairment (PPI) of five percent of the whole person and was ... More...
$0 (11-06-2014 - ID)Christian Westby v. Gregory Schaefer, M.D. and Mercy Medical Center, NAMPA
Christian Westby, James Westby, and Kristina Westby (collectively “the Westbysâ€) permissively appealed the Canyon County district court’s denial of the Westbys’ motion to reconsider the court’s protective order granted to Mercy Medical Center and Dr. Gregory Schaefer.<br> This case arose from the Westbys’ claim that Dr. Schaefer’s and Mercy Medicalâ�... More...
$0 (11-25-2014 - ID)Susan Latta v. C.L. Otter, "Butch"; Governor of the State of Idaho
Both Idaho and Nevada have passed statutes and enacted constitutional<br> amendments preventing same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize<br> same-sex marriages validly performed elsewhere.2 Plaintiffs, same-sex couples<br> 1A disposition in Jackson v. Abercrombie, Nos. 12-16995 & 12-16998, is<br> forthcoming separately.<br> 2Idaho Const. Art. III, § 28 (“A marriage between... More...
$0 (10-07-2014 - ID)J & M Cattle Company, L.L.C. v. Farmers National Bank
This appeal arises from the sale of dairy cattle subject to Appellant Farmers National Bank’s (FNB) perfected security interest and Respondent J&M Cattle Company’s (J&M) agister’s lien. The net sale proceeds received from the sale of the dairy cattle are insufficient to satisfy both FNB’s perfected security interest and J&M’s agister’s lien. J&M filed an a... More...
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