Minor Miracle Productions, LLC, (MMP) is the limited liability company responsible for the film “The Hayfield.” MMP is composed of David Richards, who provided a filming location and funding for the film, and Randy Starkey, who wrote and directed the film. After the film was completed, Starkey refused to turn over possession of the film and various pieces of equipment from the film. MMP brough... More...   $0 (01-05-2012 - ID)

We address two issues in this appeal: whether the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to establish that Appellant Wesley Henson converted parts belonging to Appellee Allen Reddin and whether Reddin’s evidence of conversion damages is legally and factually sufficient to support the trial court’s judgment awarding Reddin $4,561.52 in damages. Because the evidence is legally and factua... More...   $0 (01-05-2012 - TX)

Jean Mathia is the widow of Doyle Mathia, a limited partner in Greenwich Associates. Greenwich was a partnership that incurred losses that were passed through to the couple’s income tax returns for the years 1982–84. After an investigation of numerous related tax shelters, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue disallowed these losses and in 2003, following lengthy administrative and judicial pr... More...   $0 (01-05-2012 - OK)

Kenneth and Sally Denzine appeal a summary judgment declaring that pursuant to a “tendered for settlement” endorsement, Rural Mutual Insurance Company is relieved of any further duty to defend the Denzines after tendering its policy limits to them. The Denzines contend the circuit court erred by granting summary judgment because there are genuine issues of material fact regarding whether they... More...   $0 (01-04-2012 - WI)

This is an appeal by Mercedes R. Saewitz and Brooke A. Saewitz, daughters of Max Saewitz, deceased, from a directed verdict and final judgment of dismissal at the close of the daughters’ case-in-chief in a lawsuit filed by them against their stepmother, Lynn Saewitz, for conversion and tortious interference with an expected inheritance. The trial judge dismissed the case for failure of the daugh... More...   $0 (01-04-2012 - FL)

Appellant XTO Energy, Inc. and appellees, Bryan J. Pennebaker, Ron G. Crabtree, and Anne F. Crabtree (collectively, Pennebaker) filed various motions for summary judgment concerning their respective rights under an oil and gas lease. The trial court ultimately rendered a final judgment declaring the lease terminated and establishing the post-termination method for XTO to account to Pennebaker. XTO... More...   $0 (12-29-2011 - TX)

Devonna Culpepper, a hearing-impaired employee of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), brought this action against the secretary of that department for workplace discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. She appeals an adverse bench trial verdict. We affirm the judgment of the district court.1

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The plaintiff, Eloise Marinos, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Steven F. Meo (Meo),1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered following the granting of the motions for summary judgment in favor of the defendants, David M. Poirot and Gordon S. Johnson, Jr. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly granted the motions for summary judgment on the... More...   $0 (12-27-2011 - CT)

[¶1] In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether an insurer had a duty to defend a policyholder against a complaint alleging, among other things, that the policyholder converted another person’s lobster traps or gear. Edwin Mitchell appeals from the entry of a summary judgment in the Superior Court (Knox County, Hjelm, J.) in favor of Allstate Insurance Company on Mitchell’s complaint f... More...   $0 (12-22-2011 - ME)

Respondent James J. Little asserted claims against appellant Amber Hotel Company (Amber) for tortious interference with contract, alleging that Amber impaired Little‟s lien on an attorney fee award. Amber challenges the judgment in Little‟s favor, contending that Little‟s former client nullified the fee award through a settlement, and that the damages awarded to Little fails as a matter of l... More...   $0 (12-22-2011 - CA)

We granted review in this case to consider an issue of first impression regarding the legality of an insurance company’s practice of reimbursing, on a pro rata basis only, an insured’s deductible from funds obtained in an insurer’s subrogation action against a third-party tortfeasor. The insured argues that this practice violates the common law “made whole doctrine.” As discussed in more... More...   $0 (12-21-2011 - PA)

Trinity Mortgage Companies, Inc. (Trinity) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of David Dryer and Dryer and Associates, P.C. (collectively Dryer) in this tort and breach of contract action. Our jurisdiction derives from 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Trinity, formerly a Missouri mortgage brokerage company owned by Shawn Cremeen, enter... More...   $0 (12-19-2011 - OK)

Jennifer Keeton was enrolled in the Counselor Education Program at Augusta State University (ASU), a Georgia state school, seeking to obtain her master’s degree in school counseling. After Keeton completed her first year in the program, ASU’s officials asked her to participate in a remediation plan addressing what the faculty perceived as deficiencies in her “ability to be a multiculturally ... More...   $0 (12-16-2011 - GA)

Plaintiffs are owners of condominium units that are designated “Below Market Rate” (BMR units), and thus subject to restrictions imposed by the Below Market Rate Condominium Conversion Program (BMR Program) created by the City and County of San Francisco (the City), under authority of the state Subdivision Map Act (Gov. Code,

§§ 66410 et seq.) (SMA).1 Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit aga... More...   $0 (12-15-2011 - CA)

Apt Networks, LLC sued Trevor Langham and Mobilus Technology, LLC on breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, deceptive trade practices and tortious interference with contract theories.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available.... More...   $1 (12-14-2011 - OK)

2 Plaintiff appeals a supplemental judgment denying her attorney fees,
3 challenging the trial court's rejection of her exceptions, ORS 36.425(6), to the arbitrator's
4 denial of her fee petition. The trial court sustained the arbitrator's determination that
5 plaintiff had no entitlement to attorney fees under ORS 20.080 and further held that,
6 because plaintiff had not invoked O... More...   $0 (12-14-2011 - OR)

Southwest Aviation Specialities, LLC sued Catex LLC, Avcom Aviation Commercial and 1st Source Bank on breach of contract and conversion theories.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available.... More...   $1 (12-09-2011 - OK)

Appellant Sylvia Brazle appeals from a judgment finding probable cause to tow her vehicle. In four issues, appellant contends (1) the sole purpose of the tenant requirement to register a vehicle is to aid in determining if a vehicle on the property is abandoned or owned by a tenant, (2) the vehicle was towed contrary to signs at the entrance to the parking area, (3) appellant is a victim of trespa... More...   $0 (12-08-2011 - TX)

Daniel R. Wolf sued Daniel K. Allred and D & D Manufacturing Co., Inc. on breach of contract, conversion, dissolution of corporation and tortious interference theories. Defendants counterclaimed asserting breach of fiduciary duty and fraud.


The claims made and defenses asserted are not available.

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Appellants challenge the dismissal of their complaint for declaratory relief filed against appellees, the City of Pompano Beach and PPI, Inc., to declare a revised plat approval inconsistent with the City’s comprehensive plan. Under section 163.3215(3), Florida Statutes (2009), an aggrieved or adversely affected party may maintain an action for declaratory or injunctive relief against a local go... More...   $0 (11-23-2011 - FL)

Petitioners seek review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Geico Indemnity Co. v. Shazier, 34 So. 3d 42 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), on the basis that it conflicts with the decisions of this Court in Susco Car Rental System of Florida v. Leonard, 112 So. 2d 832 (Fla. 1959), and Roth v. Old Republic Insurance Co., 269 So. 2d 3 (Fla. 1972). In Shazier, the district court resolved a que... More...   $0 (11-23-2011 - FL)

For nearly thirty years, Edward Lee Elmore, a mentally retarded handyman, has been behind bars, mainly on South Carolina’s death row, for the January 1982 murder of Dorothy Edwards, an elderly woman who had sporadically employed him. The 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition now on appeal, however, is part of Elmore’s very first effort to secure federal habeas corpus relief. The antecedent state proceedi... More...   $0 (11-22-2011 - SC)

This case involves a decision by the Board of County Commissioners of Wabaunsee County (Board) to amend its zoning regulations. Specifically, the Board permitted Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems (SWECS) but prohibited the placement of Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems (CWECS, i.e., commercial wind farms) in the county. Plaintiffs are owners of land in the county. They were later joined... More...   $0 (11-20-2011 - KS)

Appellant Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. (“Farm Bureau”) appeals from an order of the Mississippi County Circuit Court granting the majority of the summary-judgment motion filed by appellees Jim and Lisa Guyer and denying the majority of Farm Bureau’s cross-motion for summary judgment. The Guyers have cross-appealed from that portion of the circuit court’s order granting Farm Bureau’s ... More...   $0 (11-16-2011 - AR)

Appellants Richard M. Hewitt (Hewitt) and Richard M. Hewitt, P.C. (Hewitt P.C.) appeal the trial court's summary judgment in favor of appellees Ronald D. Biscaro, Uriel Osorio, James A. Charrette, Cocoa Beach Holdings Inc., LLC, Judy Nichols, Michael Snow, Donna Jonas, and Bank of America, N.A., Executor of the Estate of Franklin H. Cole, on their claim of breach of a settlement agreement. See F... More...   $0 (11-16-2011 - TX)