Dram Shop Law
 
Multi Time Machine, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.

In the present appeal, we must decide whether the
following scenario constitutes trademark infringement: A
customer goes online to Amazon.com looking for a certain
military-style wristwatch — specifically the “MTM Special
Ops” — marketed and manufactured by Plaintiff Multi Time
Machine, Inc. The customer types “mtm special ops” in the
search box and presses “enter.” Because... More...
   $0 (11-21-2015 - CA)

STATE Of South Dakota v. THOMASON

In 2014, this Court vacated Kenneth Dale Thomason Jr.’s (Ken)
conviction of aggravated theft by deception. State v. Thomason, 2014 S.D. 18, 845
N.W.2d 640. We held that the State failed to prove all the elements of the offense.
Id. ¶ 30. After we vacated his conviction, the State charged Ken with two counts of
forgery in violation of SDCL 22-39-36 and SDCL 22-3-3 (aid and a... More...
   $0 (11-19-2015 - SD)

Steven Hale v. Jim Norton Chevrolet, LLC and General Motors, LLC

Tulsa, OK - Steven Hale sued Jim Norton Chevrolet, LLC and General Motors, LLC on an auto negligence theory claiming:

1. Steven Hale is an individual and a truck driver for Oklahoma Custom
Courier, LLC The Defendant Jim Norton Chevrolet, LLC, is a limited liability company
doing business in Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma The Defendant, General Motor
Company, Chevrolet Divisio... More...
   $1 (11-18-2015 - OK)

USA v. Sheldon Silver

On April 23, 2015, the Government filed a Superseding Indictment (“SI”) charging Silver
with two counts of honest services mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1346; two counts of honest
services wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1346; two counts of extortion under color of official
right, 18 U.S.C. § 1951; and money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1957. SI ¶¶ 33-45. The
Superseding Indictmen... More...
   $0 (11-17-2015 - NY)

Oasis Legal Finance Group v. Coffman

Oasis Legal Finance Group, LLC; Oasis Legal Finance, LLC; Oasis Legal Finance
Operating Company, LLC (collectively, “Oasis”); and Plaintiff Funding Holding, Inc.,
d/b/a LawCash (“LawCash”), operate nationwide, but they began doing business in
Colorado in 2004 and 2001, respectively. They provide money to plaintiffs with
pending personal injury claims arising from events such a... More...
   $0 (11-16-2015 - CO)

Duffey v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

Duffey alleges the following background facts in the operative complaint. The court
accepts these facts as true for the purposes of this motion. Michael Coppel Promotions Pty. Ltd.
v. Michael Bolton, 982 F. Supp. 950, 953 (S.D.N.Y. 1997). This summary of the facts also
references two contracts and the Box of Flair itself, all of which are integral to the operative complaint.1 <... More...
   $0 (11-15-2015 - NY)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL V. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION

Shortly after the conclusion of the AFC Championship Game on January 18, 2015, senior
NFL officials undertook an extensive (reportedly $3+ million) investigation into the
circumstances surrounding the use by the Patriots of seemingly under-inflated footballs during
that game's first half. On January 23,2015, the NFL publicly announced that it had retained
Theodore V. Wells, Jr.... More...
   $0 (11-15-2015 - NY)

The State of New Hampshire v. Lisa A. Tagalakis Fedor

The defendant, Lisa A. Tagalakis Fedor, appeals her conviction by jury of knowingly keeping or maintaining a common nuisance. See RSA 318-B:16 (2011). On appeal, she argues that the Superior Court (Abramson, J.) erred by denying her motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), or, in the alternative, to set aside the verdict. We affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the Stat... More...   $0 (11-14-2015 - NH)

Hanover 3201 Realty LLC v. Village Supermarkets

Hanover 3201 Realty, LLC (“Hanover Realty”) signed a contract with Wegmans to develop a supermarket on its property in Hanover, New Jersey. The agreement required Hanover Realty to secure all necessary governmental permits and approvals prior to breaking ground. Village Supermarkets, Inc. (“ShopRite”) owns the local ShopRite. Once ShopRite and its subsidiary Hanover and Horsehill Development L... More...   $0 (11-13-2015 - NJ)

Schaefer v. TEA Area School District

The city of Sioux Falls spans at least eight different school districts.1
The TASD, one of those districts, was created in 2004 by the Lennox School District
41-4 Reorganization Plan. This plan was approved by the Department of Education
in 2003. The TASD covers the city of Tea and includes portions of southwest Sioux
Falls. One such area is the Westwood Valley Addition to ... More...
   $0 (11-12-2015 - SD)

Julius Darius Jones v. Maurice Warrior

Pursuant to Fed. R. App. 4(c)(2) Anita Trammell is replaced by Maurice
Warrior, as Interim Warden of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, effective October 28,
2015.
2
An Oklahoma jury convicted Julius Jones of felony murder and sentenced him
to death for shooting and killing Paul Howell in the course of stealing Howell’s
Chevrolet Suburban. After the Oklahoma Court of Criminal... More...
   $0 (11-10-2015 - OK)

Adrianne Kiser v. State of Tennessee

The petitioner was convicted by a Shelby County Criminal Court jury of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter, employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, and reckless endangerment in connection with his shooting two security guards at the Crystal Palace Skating Rink in Memphis. He was sentenced to four years for each of the attempted voluntary manslaughter conviction... More...   $0 (11-09-2015 - TN)

Sutton v. Fedfirst Financial

On April 15, 2014, FedFirst and CB Financial announced that the two corporations
had executed a merger agreement that, if approved by the stockholders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of stock, would result in the merger of FedFirst and CB Financial.2 The
merger agreement provided that FedFirst shareholders would receive either $23.00 in cash
or 1.1590 shares of CB Fina... More...
   $0 (11-09-2015 - MD)

United States of America v. Wesley Paul Hadsell

Norfolk, VA - Norfolk Man Pleads Guilty to Felon in Possession of Ammunition Charge

Wesley Paul Hadsell, 37, of Norfolk, pleaded guilty to the charge of being a felon in possession of ammunition.

In a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Hadsell admitted that on Dec. 23, 2013, he purchased ammunition at Bob’s Gun Shop in Norfolk. He further admitted that on Dec. 31,... More...
   $0 (11-06-2015 - VA)

United States of America v. Mario Lamar Wair, a/k/a “Unda”

Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Drug Trafficker Convicted for Supplying Cocaine to Co-Conspirators Who Operated a Southwest Baltimore Drug Shop

A federal jury convicted Mario Lamar Wair, a/k/a “Unda,” age 42, of Baltimore, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine; and for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine.
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   $0 (11-05-2015 - MD)

United States of America v. Frank Lewis White

Frank Lewis White, 55, of Great Falls, Montana, was sentenced to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful gun possession, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered White to forfeit his interest in the firearm. White was convicted by a federal jury on August 12, 2015.

During the three-day trial, th... More...
   $0 (11-04-2015 - ID)

United States of America v. Cordera Dean Felix

Lafayette, LA - Convicted felon sentenced to 24 months in prison for possessing stolen firearm

ordera Dean Felix, 28, of Lafayette, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik on one count of possession of a stolen firearm. He was also sentenced to one year of supervised release. According to evidence presented at the June 24, 2015 guilty plea, Lafayette Police arrested Felix on ... More...
   $0 (11-03-2015 - LA)

Jerome Cha v. 357 Incorporated d/b/a Reco Enterprises ADBA Reco Construction Co., et al.

Tulsa, OK - Jerome Cha sued 357 Incorporated d/b/a Reco Enterprises ADBA Reco Construction Co.,Phillips Slaughter Rose, Inc., Paul M. Rose, Danny R. Mitchell Architect, P.C., Danny R. Mitchell, Tulsa Tie Scaping, Inc.,Belongia Consultants, Inc., David L. Belongia, Chandler Materials Company, Bill Martin, Bebee Engineering and Ron Bebee on breach of contract, professional negligence, breach of impl... More...   $0 (10-29-2015 - OK)

Carter v. State Of Arkansas

In 2008, petitioner Edward Carter was found guilty by a jury of aggravated robbery and
sentenced to 360 months’ imprisonment. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed.
Now before this court is Carter’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court
to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Carter has also filed a motion to amend the
petition in which he e... More...
   $0 (10-29-2015 - AR)

United States of America v. Charles Sterling Austin, Jr.

Jefferson City, MO - Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Related to K2 Distribution

The owner of Puff N Snuff, LLC, with two locations in Camdenton and Eldon, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a money-laundering conspiracy related to the distribution of synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2.



Charles Sterling Austin, Jr., 6... More...
   $0 (10-28-2015 - MO)

Thomas Glynn Flynt a/k/a Thomas Flynt a/k/a Thomas G. Flynt v. State of Mississippi

On April 11, 2009, Tommy Flynt and his family went to a cousin’s house for a large
family Easter egg hunt. Tommy arrived around noon with his wife, Melissa, and their two
children, Charee, fourteen, and Charles, ten. Samantha Crabtree, a friend of Charee’s, was
with them as well. The adults were drinking, and Tommy admits to having two beers.
¶3. At some point, Tommy’s older dau... More...
   $0 (10-28-2015 - MS)

United States of America v. Jesus Octavio Valdez-Aguirre

Kansas City, KS - Kansas City, Kan., Man Sentenced to 30 Years In Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

A Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

Jesus Octavio Valdez-Aguirre, 25, Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine... More...
   $0 (10-26-2015 - KS)

Family and Estate of Charley Klosterman v. Falling Rock Park and Joe Clark

La Grange, KY - Family of motorcycle driver killed by drunk driver awarded $10.5 million.

Family and Estate of Charley Klosterman v. Falling Rock Park, Joe Clark amd Nicholas Snoddy on wrongful death dram shop liability theories claiming that Snoddy was served alcohol by Clark at Falling Rock Park and then was allowed to drive alway and, as a direct result, Klosterman was killed by Snoddy... More...
   $10500000 (10-24-2015 - )

United States of America v. William Jackson Harvey, Jr.

Raleigh, NC - Virginia Man Sentenced For Firearm Offense In North Carolina

William Jackson Harvey, Jr., age 53, of Virginia, to 96 months imprisonment to run concurrent with his term of imprisonment previously imposed by the State of Virginia. He was convicted by the State of Virginia for grand larceny and nonviolent felon in possession of a firearm within 10 years.

On March 23... More...
   $0 (10-23-2015 - NC)

United States of America v. William Jackson Harvey

Raleigh, NC - Virginia Man Sentenced For Firearm Offense In North Carolina

Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced WILLIAM JACKSON HARVEY, JR, 53, of Virginia, to 96 months imprisonment to run concurrent with his term of imprisonment previously imposed by the State of Virginia. He was convicted by the State of Virginia for grand larceny and nonviolent felon in po... More...
   $0 (10-23-2015 - NC)

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