Azel Garrison Goolsbee, appeals the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to appellees, HEB Grocery Company (“HEB�), Oscar Moreno, Juanita

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L. Sandoval, R. Irvin, and unidentified HEB Grocery Company employees on Goolsbee’s claims. We affirm.

Background

Bellaire Police Officer Juanita Sandoval responded to a reported theft at an HEB grocery store in Sep... More...   $0 (08-29-2013 - TX)

Linda G. Carswell sued CHRISTUS Health Gulf Coast (as an entity, d/b/a CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital and formerly d/b/a CHRISTUS St. Joseph

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Hospital) (“Christusâ€�) for negligence after her husband, Jerry Carswell, died at CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital (“St. Catherineâ€�) in January 2004. Carswell also asserted claims for post-mortem fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and neg... More...   $0 (08-29-2013 - TX)

¶ 1 The instant consolidated appeals concern a two-story four-unit building purchased by plaintiffs, Siegel Development, LLC, Gary Siegel, and Ross Siegel, for the purpose of converting the building into condominium units. Plaintiffs allege that they purchased the property in reliance on a promise from several of the defendants that defendant Peak Construction LLC would perform the renovations ne... More...   $0 (08-28-2013 - IL)

Appellant, Edward Lee Abram, appeals a summary judgment in favor of appellees, John James, in his Individual Capacity, and Big John Trucking, LLC, in appellant’s suit for breach of contract, breach of bailment, and conversion. We affirm.

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I. BACKGROUND

On April 5, 2011, appellant sued appellees based on the following allegations: in February 2003, appellant leased a space o... More...   $0 (08-22-2013 - TX)

The question presented is whether to issue a writ of mandamus to resolve in favor of the defendants this long-lived litigation under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATSâ€�)—a statute, passed in 1789, that was rediscovered and revitalized by the courts in recent decades to permit aliens to sue for alleged serious violations of human rights occurring abroad. The statute was first deployed in 1980 again... More...   $0 (08-21-2013 - NY)

Appellee Boyington Capital Group, Inc. sued appellant Randall Lee Haler asserting a number of causes of action. A jury found in Boyington’s favor on its theories of fraud, fraudulent inducement, fraud by non-disclosure, conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, and breach of the Texas Theft Liability Act (TTLA) and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Under each theory, the jury foun... More...   $0 (08-18-2013 - TX)

Plaintiff Ashley Coffey was arrested for driving under the influence. An hour after she was pulled over, she took a breathalyzer test. The test result was 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content (BAC). A few minutes later she took another test resulting in a 0.09 percent BAC. Twenty-five minutes later she took a blood test resulting in 0.095 percent BAC. The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) suspended... More...   $0 (08-15-2013 - CA)

Although this case presents significant questions regarding the interaction of federal banking and state foreclosure laws, our focus is upon a more fundamental question: whether the district court even had jurisdiction to consider the issues raised. Plaintiffs1 filed a class-action lawsuit in state court, alleging that the defendants2—including ReconTrust, a Texas-based national bank—had
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Plaintiffs Elizabeth Manning, Lisa Rivers, Rhonda Williams, and Reva McCarthy bring this wage-and-hour action against defendants Boston Medical Center Corporation ("BMC"), Elaine Ullian, and James Canavan. Current and former BMC employees, plaintiffs allege that defendants deprived them of their wages through the use of timekeeping policies and employment practices that required them to work thro... More...   $0 (08-01-2013 - MA)

The Independent Wholesale Sales Representatives Contractual Relations Act of 1990 (the Act) was created to protect sales representatives who receive commissions from, but are not employed by, a manufacturer. (Civ. Code, § 1738.10 et seq.)1 The Act requires manufacturers to enter into written contracts with their sales representatives to provide “security and clarify the contractual relationsâ€�... More...   $0 (08-01-2013 - CA)

Plaintiff and appellant Renewable Resources Coalition, Inc. (Coalition) appeals an order granting a special motion to strike (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16) brought by defendants and respondents Pebble Mines Corporation (Pebble Inc.), Pebble Limited Partnership (Pebble LP), and their attorneys, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, P.C. (Jermain) (collectively, the Pebble defendants).1

The Pebble defenda... More...   $0 (07-30-2013 - CA)

Sheriff‟s deputies seized and destroyed approximately 1,500 pounds of marijuana under cultivation in a remote area of Humboldt County (the County). Plaintiffs Roscoe, Sylvia, Richard, Timothy and Jeffery Littlefield, each of whom has a written physician‟s recommendation for up to two ounces of marijuana per day, sued the County for conversion and violation of their constitutional and statutory... More...   $0 (07-25-2013 - CA)

Masonite Corporation (Masonite) appeals from a judgment denying its petition for writ of mandate to set aside approvals by Mendocino County (County) of the Kunzler Terrace Mine Project (Project) to be developed by Granite Construction Company (Granite; Granite and the County are hereafter referred to collectively as respondents), and the final environmental impact report (EIR) for its Project, for... More...   $0 (07-25-2013 - CA)

As a matter of law, the defendants’ unjustified and deliberate denial of access to what all agreed was the plaintiff appellant’s property, a large quantity of

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“fillâ€� used in road construction, which had been stored on the appellee’s land by mutual agreement, constituted a conversion of that material which required the entry of a judgment in the appellant’s favor for its... More...   $0 (07-24-2013 - FL)

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield (RCB) challenges the district court's grant of summary judgment to the City of Springfield (City) and dismissal of RCB's constitutional and statutory claims against enforcement of a City ordinance that created a single-parcel historic district encompassing a church owned by RCB. Under the ordinance, RCB cannot make any changes that affect the exterior of t... More...   $0 (07-22-2013 - MA)

Before the onset of the illness that ultimately took the life of John William Shearer, III, John owned and operated a business known as Shearer’s Autoplex, which largely provided towing services under the name “271 Wreckerâ€� and also sold used cars. The business’ landlord was a company owned by John’s ex-wife, Corrine Augustine Hill Shearer.1 John’s sickness in November 2009 prompted hi... More...   $0 (07-22-2013 - TX)

Defendant West NY Suites, L.L.C., appeals from the Law Division's judgment following a bench trial finding it liable on

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a breach of contract claim brought by plaintiff 5907 Boulevard, L.L.C, and awarding damages and attorney's fees. We affirm.

In summary form, the parties entered into a contract for the sale of an apartment building from plaintiff to defen... More...   $0 (07-19-2013 - NJ)

Appellant, Walter E. Headley, Jr., Miami Lodge No. 20, Fraternal Order of Police, Inc. (hereafter “the Unionâ€�), seeks review of a final order of the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) dismissing the Union’s unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against the City of Miami (City). The Union argues that (1) PERC erred in determining that the City was facing a “financial urgencyâ€� that ... More...   $0 (07-19-2013 - FL)

Kittrell Family Minerals, LLC,1 brought a declaratory judgment2 and conversion suit against Circle Ridge Production, Inc., alleging that Circle Ridge failed to pay the prescribed overriding royalties even after receiving notice of its failure. Kittrell claimed the failure resulted in a forfeiture of the assignment of an oil and gas lease. The trial court granted Kittrell’s motion for summary jud... More...   $0 (07-17-2013 - TX)

Plaintiff Jason Wayne Courtney appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendants in his action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Trooper Jacob Smith and the State of Oklahoma ex rel the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (the “Stateâ€�). Courtney’s claims arise from a traffic stop on the Muskogee Turnpike during which he was arrested for being a felon in possession... More...   $0 (07-15-2013 - OK)

Simon Solotko brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the trial court’s order denying Solotko’s motion to certify a nationwide class. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014(a)(3). Because we conclude that the trial court acted within its discretion, we affirm the trial court’s order denying class certification.

BACKGROUND

Appellee LegalZoom.com, Inc., is an online legal... More...   $0 (07-15-2013 - TX)

MCS Construction sued Associated Fabricators and Constructors, Inc., David W. Brunson and Greg Schrimser claiming:

1. MCS and AFC entered into a Subcontract agreement (the “Ft. Hood Agreementâ€�) on or about September 17, 2010, under which AFC agreed to provide materials and perform services necessaryto construct, install, test and warrant various mechanical systems (the “Ft. Hood Workâ... More...   $392850 (07-14-2013 - OK)

Productive Technologies, LLC and Sigma Blood Services, LLC sued Intrust Corporation and JPMorgan Chase & Co. on negligence theories claiming:

1. Productive is an Oklahoma limited liability company.

2. Sigma is an Oklahoma limited liability company.

3. Intrust is an Oklahoma corporation. Intrust’ s services include check cashing, money wiring, and other related services.
<... More...   $0 (07-13-2013 - OK)

In this case, mortgagors who defaulted on their note seek to enjoin a bank from foreclosing, contending that the assignments by which the bank obtained the note and corresponding deed of trust were “robo-signed� and therefore invalid. The district court granted the bank’s motion to dismiss. We affirm.

I.

In February 2004, Dia and Joseph Reinagel, the appellants, purchased a pro... More...   $0 (07-11-2013 - TX)

Tulsa criminal defense lawyer Karla Rogers represented Melinda Barnardino a/k/a Melinda Gaspi Bernardino who was charged by the state with violting 21 O.S. 1451 which provides:



A. Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property of any person or legal entity, legally obtained, to any use or purpose not intended or authorized by its owner, or the secretion of the property... More...   $0 (07-09-2013 - OK)