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Madeline Serafin v. Balco Properties, Ltd.

Madeline Serafin (Serafin) sued her former employer Balco Properties Ltd., LLC and related individuals and entities1 (collectively Balco) alleging claims arising from her employment, including wrongful termination, harassment, and defamation. The trial court granted Balco’s motion to stay the litigation until the completion of binding arbitration based upon an arbitration agreement Serafin signe... More...   $0 (03-16-2015 - CA)

TRAK 1 Technology, Inc. and Premier Staffing Services, LLC v. Kimberly Kramer and Brett Kramer

Tulsa, OK - TRAK 1 Technology, Inc. and Premier Staffing Services, LLC sued Kimberly Kramer and Brett Kramer on conversion and other civil theories.

Plaintiff alleged that the following facts were not contested:

1. K. Kramer was employed as the Chief Financial Officer of Premier and Trak- 1
until approximately August of 2009. Exhibit] - Plea of Guilty — Summary of Facts, P... More...
   $0 (03-15-2015 - ok)

C & M Exploration, LLC v. C. Mark Crawford, BDI, LLC, Calvin R. Hullum, aka Calvin Hullum, Bengalia Land & Cattle Company and Ring Energy, Inc.

Tulsa, OK C & M Exploration, LLC sued C. Mark Crawford, BDI, LLC, Calvin R. Hullum, aka Calvin Hullum, Bengalia Land & Cattle Company and Ring Energy, Inc. seeking specific performance of a contract claiming:

1. CM is an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company doing business in Tulsa County, State
of Oklahoma.
2. Crawford is an individual doing business in Tulsa County, State of Oklaho... More...
   $0 (03-05-2015 - ok)

Vonda Barnhart v. Sylvia Morales and Luis Perez

In this car wreck case, appellant Vonda Barnhart appeals from a final judgment signed following a jury trial, raising nine issues. In her first two issues, Barnhart contends the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted medical records and a police report containing the results of a blood serum alcohol test performed at the hospital following the wreck. According to Barnhart, the trial co... More...   $0 (03-05-2015 - TX)

Danny Griswold and Rhonda Griswold v. EOG Resources, Inc.

Austin, Texas oil and gas lawyer represented Plaintiffs.

This is a summary judgment appeal. Appellants Danny and Rhonda Griswold leased their mineral interest in 31.25 acres of land in Montague County to Appellee EOG Resources, Inc. Subsequently, the Griswolds sued EOG asserting claims for breach of contract and conversion. The Griswolds claimed that EOG had produced and sold minerals pur... More...
   $0 (03-05-2015 - TX)

Associated Air Center LP, et al v. Tary Network, LTD, et al

Tary Network Ltd. and Citadella International Group Ltd. sued appellants Associated Air
Center LP, Associated Air Center International, Inc. and DAE Aviation Holdings, Inc. d/b/a
Dubai Aerospace for alleged breaches of obligations under letters of intent regarding the interior
finish-out of luxury jet airplanes. As a result of a pretrial sanction for discovery misconduct,
appellant... More...
   $0 (03-04-2015 - TX)

Duane R. Mueller v. Carolyn Hill

This is an appeal out of Bonner County from a judgment awarding damages for common law trespass and attorney fees for statutory trespass. We affirm the judgment except for $1,000 of the damages awarded and remand for the entry of an amended judgment.
I.
Factual Background.
Duane Mueller and his wife owned a 20-acre parcel of rural real property (Mueller Parcel) in Bonner County. They l... More...
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Hillel Sanowicz v. Ben Bacal

Plaintiff Hillel Sanowicz (Sanowicz) and defendant Ben Bacal (Bacal) are licensed real estate salespersons. Sanowicz alleges that he and Bacal agreed to share commissions earned by either of them on certain sales of real property, but that Bacal breached that agreement. Sanowicz sued both Bacal and Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. (Sotheby’s), dismissing the latter shortly after filing sui... More...   $0 (02-26-2015 - CA)

Ecom USA, Inc. and U.S. Cotton Growers Association v. David Lynn Clark and Ashley Lyn Clark, Patsy Marie Clark, Randy Craig Coleman and Sandra Jo Coleman, William Ronald Coleman and Jodi A. Coleman

This interlocutory appeal involves the district court’s refusal to compel David Lynn Clark, Ashley Lyn Clark, Patsy Marie Clark, Randy Craig Coleman, Sandra Jo Coleman, William Ronald Coleman and Jodi A. Coleman (collectively referred to as the Farmers) to submit their claims against ECOM USA, Inc. and U.S. Cotton Growers Association (USCGA) to arbitration. The Farmers had contracted to deliver ... More...   $0 (02-25-2015 - TX)

Ehring Enterprises, Inc. et al v. RD Management Corporation

This appeal involves a dispute between two distributors of French skin-care products. The distributor for the Western United States, RD Management Corporation, sued the distributor for the Eastern United States, Ehring Enterprises, Inc., alleging breach of a territorial restriction in a contract and other causes of action.2 After a bench trial, the court found in favor of RD on its contract claim ... More...   $0 (02-25-2015 - TX)

Ehring Enterprises, Inc. et al v. RD Management Corporation

This appeal involves a dispute between two distributors of French skin-care products. The distributor for the Western United States, RD Management Corporation, sued the distributor for the Eastern United States, Ehring Enterprises, Inc., alleging breach of a territorial restriction in a contract and other causes of action.2 After a bench trial, the court found in favor of RD on its contract claim ... More...   $0 (02-25-2015 - TX)

William Douglas Fulghum, et al. v. Embarq Corporation

Plaintiffs-appellants represent a class of retirees (collectively “Plaintiffs”)
formerly employed by Sprint-Nextel Corporation (“Sprint”), Embarq Corporation
(“Embarq”), or a predecessor and/or subsidiary company of either Embarq or
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Sprint (collectively “Defendants”). Plaintiffs brought this suit after Defendants
altered or eliminated health and life insur... More...
   $0 (02-25-2015 - )

Rebecca Gallardo v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania

Rebecca Gallardo, proceeding pro se, appeals a summary judgment rendered against her regarding her entitlement to supplemental income benefits. In a separate opinion issued this same date, we have determined that part of the summary judgment order is void and have directed the trial court to withdraw that part of the summary
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judgment order. See In re Gallardo, No. 13-14-00203-CV, 2015 WL... More...
   $0 (02-19-2015 - TX)

Zenergy, inc. v. Palace Exploration Company

Tulsa, OK - Zenergy, Inc. and Zeneco, Inc. sued Palace Exploration, Palace Operating Company, Bistate Oil Management Corporation, Bistate Oil Co., Inc., Roda Drilling Company and Roda Drilling Company, LLC:

Issue # 1. Issue: DECLARATORY JUDGMENT (DECLARE)
Filed By: ZENERGY INC
Filed Date: 12/11/2006
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: PALACE EXPLORATION COMP... More...
   $0 (02-13-2015 - OK)

Edith Cherry, Carris Booker, and Caboe Returns & Investments, Inc. v. Travoy R. Hollie

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court in favor of Travoy R.
Hollie in which it awarded Hollie actual and exemplary damages arising from the
unauthorized use of Hollie’s money and the misappropriation of stocks by Edith
Cherry and Carris Booker. We reverse and remand.2
Hollie is Booker’s son. Booker was not involved in Hollie’s life when he
was a child, but ... More...
   $0 (02-12-2015 - TX)

David Albert D/b/a David Albert Oil & Gas and ABX Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Dunlap Exploration, Inc.

This appeal concerns the applicability of a horizontal “Pugh” clause. See
Sandefer Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Duhon, 961 F.2d 1207 (5th Cir. 1992) (discussing the
origin and purpose of a Pugh clause, including a horizontal Pugh clause). The trial
court determined as a matter of law that the horizontal Pugh clause did not apply to
the gas wells that are the subject of this appeal. We af... More...
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In re the Marriage of Terry L. Carlson and William J. Carlson

A former husband appeals from the entry of a military pension division order, contending the order violates federal law prohibiting the division of disability benefits. See 10 U.S.C. § 1408(a)(4)(C) (defining “disposable retired pay,” which is subject to division, and specifically excluding disability pay). For the reasons that follow, we modify the military pension division order.
I. Bac... More...
   $0 (02-11-2015 - IA)

Real Estate Title Closing and Title Services, Inc. d/b/a Patriot Title and Escrow

Real Estate Title Closing and Title Services, also known as Patriot Title and Escrow (Patriot), appeals the district court’s grant of the motion to dismiss filed by Trio Solutions, LLC (Trio). Patriot asserts the court erred in finding claim preclusion prohibited Patriot from bringing its current claim of replevin, arguing that the replevin action could not have been brought in the first breach ... More...   $0 (02-11-2015 - IA)

Gregory Scott Cunningham v. Bobby Anglin

In an opinion and judgment dated August 12, 2011, we remanded this case to the trial court for a new trial on damages. Cunningham v. Anglin, No. 05-10-01023-CV, 2011 WL 3557951, at *5 (Tex. App.—Dallas Aug. 12, 2011, no pet.) (mem. op.) (“Cunningham I”). On remand, the parties tried the case before the court. The trial court rendered judgment for appellee Bobby Anglin, the agent of the landl... More...   $0 (01-30-2015 - TX)

Cody Meine, et al. v. Hren Ranches, Inc., et al.

¶1 Plaintiffs/Appellees (collectively, the Meines) commenced this action in the Fifth
Judicial District Court, Beaverhead County, against Defendants/Appellants (collectively,
the Hrens) seeking a determination that they hold a prescriptive easement over the Hrens’
land and a permanent injunction prohibiting the Hrens from blocking or impeding the use
of this easement. Following ... More...
   $0 (01-27-2015 - MT)

Adan Vasquez and SDCC Enterprises, Inc. v. Bill Smith

COME NOW the Plaintiffs, Adan Vasquez, as both an individual and as a shareholder and Director of SDCC Enterprise, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation and SDCC Enterprise, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, by and through their undersigned attorney, and Petition the Court as follows:
Introduction
1. Plaintiffs bring this action to recover damages from Defendants caused by Defendants conduct related ... More...
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Empire Petroleum Partners, LLC v. Ashraf & Asif Enterprises, Inc., Asif Hossain and Shah Ashraf

The Plaintiff, Empire Petroleum Partners, LLC (“Empire”), for its claims
against Ashraf & Asif Enterprise, Inc., Asif Hossain, and Shah Ashraf alleges and states as follows:
1. Empire is a Delaware Limited Liability Company with its principal place of business in Dallas, Texas. Empire is authorized to conduct business in the State of Oklahoma, and has conducted business in Tulsa County... More...
   $1 (01-20-2015 - OK)

The People v. Robert C. Orlosky

Robert C. Orlosky appeals from a judgment convicting him of marijuana
possession and cultivation. He argues the judgment must be reversed because the court
refused his request to instruct the jury on the statutory collective cultivation defense,
which permits qualified medical marijuana patients to join together to cultivate marijuana
to meet their medical needs. The trial court re... More...
   $0 (01-16-2015 - CA)

Frank J. Schuster v. Kathleen Wild

Appellants, Frank J. Schuster, individually and as executor of the estate of Frank
Schuster, Frank Schuster Farms, Inc., Frank Schuster Farms and Frank Schuster Farms,
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Ltd., appeal from the trial court’s refusal to confirm the arbitrator’s order and its vacatur of that award. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 171.098 (West, Westlaw through 2013 3d C.S.) (“A party may appe... More...
   $0 (01-15-2015 - TX)

Michael E. Davis a/k/a Tony Davis v. Electronic Arts, Inc.

We are called upon to balance the right of publicity of
former professional football players against Electronic Arts’
(EA) First Amendment right to use their likenesses in its
Madden NFL series of video games. We previously held
EA’s unauthorized use of a former college football player’s
likeness in the NCAA Football series of video games was not,
as a matter of law, ... More...
   $0 (01-06-2015 - CA)

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