The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy
Commission) is the state agency exclusively empowered to license thermal power plants
of over 50 megawatts capacity. (Pub. Resources Code, §§ 25120, 25500, 25517; see City
of Sonoma v. State Energy Resources Conservation etc. Com. (1985) 40 Cal.3d 361, 364–
365 (Sonoma).)1
Indeed, pursuant to section 25... More...   $0 (01-20-2018 - CA)

Plaintiff Sheldon Fong is an octogenarian real estate investor who sought to help
some younger friends establish a real estate business. He borrowed money in his own
name and stood behind two loans that he helped the new business procure from defendant
East West Bank (Bank). When some of these transactions ended badly, Fong brought
this action, alleging conversion and financial abu... More...   $0 (01-09-2018 - CA)

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 dairy fa... More...   $0 (01-09-2018 - ID)

On August 5, 2016, a Henry County Sheriff’s Department deputy attempted to
perform a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Bailey. As the deputy exited his
patrol car, Bailey sped off. After a high-speed chase, Bailey crashed the vehicle
he was driving. The deputy discovered that the vehicle had been listed as stolen
and that Bailey was driving on a suspended license.
[... More...   $0 (12-24-2017 - IN)

¶1 The issue before us involves the construction of a subsection in a subsequently amended tax statute. The statute is codified in Title 37, entitled "Intoxicating Liquors", Chapter 3, entitled "Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Act, and Section 576, entitled "Tax on Gross Receipts of Certain Licensee Holders." Subsection A of the statute levies a tax of 13.5% on "the total gross receipts of a holder of... More...   $0 (12-19-2017 - OK)

Appellant/Doe filed suit against The First Presbyterian Church U.S.A. ("FPC"), of Tulsa, Oklahoma and its minister, James D. Miller, ("Appellees"), based on theories of torts and breach of contract. Doe seeks damages arising out of alleged harm he incurred from Appellees' publishing notice of his baptism on the world wide web. Doe claimed that he advised Appellees of the need to keep his baptism p... More...   $0 (12-19-2017 - OK)

Plaintiff Antoinette Rossetta appeals from a judgment dismissing her second
amended complaint1 after the trial court sustained a demurrer by defendants
CitiMortgage, Inc. (CitiMortgage) and U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for
Citicorp Residential Trust Series 2006-1 (2006-1 Trust). The complaint asserts causes of
action for intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepr... More...   $0 (12-18-2017 - CA)

Wichita, KS - Clay Center Man Sentenced For Loan Fraud

A Clay Center man was sentenced on December 15, 2017 to two years on supervised release for selling assets he had pledged as collateral on a federal loan, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today. The defendant was ordered to pay approximately $84,594 in restitution.

Harold R. Mugler, 64, Clay Center, Kan., pleaded guilty to one c... More...   $0 (12-17-2017 - KS)

Optional Capital, Inc. (Optional or Plaintiff) sued
various entities and individuals, including DAS Corporation
(DAS) and its counsel—Akin Gump Straus Hauer & Feld
LLP (Akin) and Parker Shumaker Mills LLP, David Parker
and William Mills (collectively, Parker) (collectively with
Akin, Defendants)—for conversion and fraudulent transfer.
Plaintiff sought to recover from Defend... More...   $0 (12-08-2017 - CA)

Tulsa, OK - Dr. Jayenb Patel sued Tulsa Pain Consultants, Inc. P.C., Dr. Martin Martucci, M.D., Dr. Andreas Revelis, M.D., Robert Saenz, Alana Campbell, Dr. Lam Nguyen, M.D., Pat McFadden, Ebondie Titworth on civil conspiracy theories.




Issue # 1. Issue: CIVIL CONSPIRACY (OTHER)
Filed By: PATEL, DR JAYEN
Filed Date: 11/05/2010
Party Name Disposition Informatio... More...   $0 (12-07-2017 - OK)

This action is between two groups of the Elem Indian Colony Pomo Tribe (the
Tribe), the “Brown faction” (plaintiffs) and the “Garcia Council” (defendants).
Plaintiffs sued the Garcia Council over allegedly defamatory statements published in a
notification that warned they would be disenrolled if the Tribe’s General Council found
them guilty of specified crimes. The trial court rule... More...   $0 (11-30-2017 - CA)

Scott Folkerts (appellant) was convicted of manslaughter when, after drinking
alcohol, he caused the death of the passenger who rode in his vehicle. The death
occurred when appellant drove the vehicle at a speed far in excess of the posted limit
and struck the rear of another vehicle. Within the indictment charging him of
manslaughter, the State also averred that he had used ... More...   $0 (11-30-2017 - TX)

On March 8, 2014, Branum met several friends at a bar in Fort Worth. She
arrived at 9:35 p.m., met her friend Jacquelyn Seltzer at the bar, and they each
had a shot2 and a beer before going to the table where the others were sitting.
Within the next two hours, Branum bought four shots and four beers while at the
table. Other people at Branum’s table also ordered drinks for e... More...   $0 (11-25-2017 - TX)

Rebeca D. Balderas-Ramirez appeals a final summary judgment that she take nothing
on claims she had asserted against Anthony Carl Felder following an automobile collision. The
pivotal issues on appeal concern whether Balderas-Ramirez presented any competent evidence of
property damages—including several years’ worth of claimed loss-of-use damages—and whether
any such damages exceed... More...   $0 (11-23-2017 - TX)

In September 1889, the Georgia legislature granted the Eatonton & Machen Railroad Company a charter to “construct, lay out, maintain, equip and operate a line of railroad from the town of Eatonton, in Putnam county, to the town of Machen, in Jasper county, in this State . . . .” Pls.’ Mot. Summ. J. App. C, at C-4. The railroad’s charter incorporated Section 1689(l) of the Georgia Code, stating: <... More...   $0 (11-21-2017 - )

This appeal concerns a dispute between the West Virginia State Lottery, the
Lottery Commission, the Lottery Director,1 (collectively, the State Lottery) and certain
entities (Permit Holders) who were issued permits to operate limited video lottery game
terminals (LVL terminals). The dispute arose after the State Lottery instructed the Permit
Holders that they would be required to u... More...   $0 (11-14-2017 - WV)

New York, NY - Former Chief Financial Officer Of Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., Pleads Guilty To Lying To Auditors

PHILIP JACOBY, the former chief financial officer of Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (“Osiris”), a developer and producer of regenerative medicine products, was charged by criminal information (the “Information”) and pled guilty on November 2, 2017 to lying to Osiris’s auditors in conn... More...   $0 (11-04-2017 - NY)

In this appeal, we must decide whether the enhanced voucher provision of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(t), requires property owners to continuously renew enhanced-voucher tenancies. Theodore Hayes and Aqeela Fogle (the Hayes family) are a low-income family whose rent is subsidized by enhanced voucher assistance. Their eligibility to receive enhanced vouchers is contingen... More...   $0 (11-03-2017 - PA)

Tammy Fernandes successfully sued vexatious litigant Raj Singh and his wife
Kiran Rawat individually and as trustees of the Sita Ram--or “Sitaram”--Trust (Trust), for
wrongful eviction and related claims. She obtained an award of compensatory and
punitive damages, as well as costs and attorney fees. All defendants filed a joint notice of
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appeal through counsel. While Rawat a... More...   $0 (11-03-2017 - CA)

The question presented in this appeal is whether the plaintiffs
have plausibly alleged “a domestic injury” to their business or
property within the meaning of Section 1964(c) of the Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), the provision
commonly referred to as civil RICO.1 This question is one of first
impression—in this (or any) Court of Appeals—arising fro... More...   $0 (11-02-2017 - NY)

Plaintiff Maya Baxter sued her former employer, defendant Genworth North
America Corporation (Genworth), for wrongful termination and related causes of action
arising out of her employment. Genworth moved to compel arbitration of the dispute.
On appeal from an order denying its motion to compel arbitration, Genworth contends the
trial court erred in concluding the arbitration agree... More...   $0 (10-29-2017 - CA)

¶1 This case involves a dispute between neighbors, in which both sides claim ownership of a strip of land that adjoins their respective properties (the subject property). Each side pursued a quiet title action against the other, and the district court granted summary judgment in favor of Amy S. Paul, the trustee of the Amy S. Paul Trust (the Trust), concluding that the Trust had acquired all right... More...   $0 (10-26-2017 - UT)

Amanda Sue Smith filed a three-count complaint against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) seeking damages arising from a soured business arrangement she entered into with an FBI confidential informant. The district court granted the United States’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, finding that Smith’s claims had no basis under Georgia law and thus could not su... More...   $0 (10-23-2017 - GA)

The City and County of San Francisco (the City) approved construction of a threeunit
condominium project proposed by real parties in interest Jeremy Ricks, Tracy
Kirkham and Joe Cooper on Telegraph Hill at 115 Telegraph Boulevard. Appellant
Protect Telegraph Hill argues that the approval was unlawful because an Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the project should have been prep... More...   $0 (10-14-2017 - CA)

Santiaga Herrera owned and lived in a house with a garage apartment. Herrera sold the property to Gloria Alejos, who financed the purchase with a note made to Herrera. After closing, Alejos’s daughter, Banesa Coronel, moved into the
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house, and Alejos allowed Herrera to stay in the garage apartment, where she was
living at the time of the sale.
Alejos later tried to evict Herrera,... More...   $0 (10-12-2017 - TX)