New York, NY - Vladimir Tsastin pled guilty to wire fraud and computer intrusion charges arising from his operation of a massive and sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that infected with malware more than four million computers located in over 100 countries. The malware secretly altered the settings on infected computers, enabling TSASTSIN and the six other charged defendants – Timur Gerassimen... More...   $0 (07-08-2015 - NY)

Ann Teitelbaum and a group of private property owners (“the Plaintiffs”)
appeal the trial court’s order granting final summary judgment against their claims
for inverse condemnation and de facto constitutional takings, which they pursued
under a theory of “condemnation blight.” However, Florida law is quite clear that
condemnation blight, while relevant to the valuation of property... More...   $0 (07-08-2015 - FL)

Appellant mother (“Mother”) appeals the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to her child, L.G. Mother does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s findings under section 161.001(1) of the Texas Family Code (“the Code”), but contends the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s finding that termination was in the ... More...   $0 (07-08-2015 - TX)

If a whistleblower informs the government that it has
been bilked by a provider of goods and services, and that
scheme is unmasked to the public, under what conditions can
that same whistleblower recover part of what the guilty
provider is forced to reimburse the government? We hold
today that there are two, and only two, requirements in order
for a whistleblower to be an “... More...   $0 (07-07-2015 - CA)

Stacy A. Cox sued First National Bank of Omaha for gender discrimination
under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, after the Bank promoted a male
employee over Cox to Senior Vice President of Operations. The district court1
The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief 1 Judge, United States District Court
for the District of Nebraska.
granted summary judgment to First National... More...   $0 (07-06-2015 - NE)

Raymond C. Swint appeals his convictions of aggravated indecent
liberties with a child and attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child. His
principal claim is that the district court erred by excluding evidence that the victim
allegedly recruited another child to fabricate other claims of abuse against him. Swint
also appeals the hard 25 life sentence imposed under Jessica... More...   $0 (07-01-2015 - KS)

This appeal arises from a dispute over the State of Minnesota’s proposed
conveyance of land to the Golden Valley Housing and Redevelopment Authority
(“HRA�) pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 161.44 (2014), which governs the relinquishment of
land no longer needed for trunk highway purposes. Respondent Webb Golden Valley,
LLC (“Webbâ€�) owns nearby land and challenges the proposed ... More...   $0 (07-01-2015 - MN)

This appeal presents issues of statutory construction involving Code of Civil
Procedure section 729.0601 and the calculation of the redemption price for real property
sold by judicial foreclosure. In general terms, the redemption price includes the amount
paid by the purchaser at the foreclosure sale (1) adjusted upward for certain property

1 All further statutory references a... More...   $0 (07-01-2015 - CA)

In 2000, Arizona voters adopted an initiative, Proposition
106, aimed at “ending the practice of gerrymandering
and improving voter and candidate participation in elections.�
App. 50. Proposition 106 amended Arizona’s Constitution
to remove redistricting authority from the Arizona
Legislature and vest that authority in an independent
commission, the Arizona Independen... More...   $0 (06-29-2015 - DC)

In this case involving claims for misappropriation of trade secrets,
we have before us an interlocutory appeal on a discovery issue. In
particular, the plaintiffs ask us to review a district court order requiring
the redesignation of the plaintiffs’ standard operating procedures (SOPs)
from “attorneys’ eyes only� to “confidential.� The underlying protective
order al... More...   $0 (06-26-2015 - IA)

This appeal requires us to decide whether the district court clearly erred when it found that a physician’s name had acquired “secondary meaning,â€� Tana v. Dantanna’s, 611 F.3d 767, 774 (11th Cir. 2010) (internal quotation marks omitted). Dr. Paul B. Tartell and Dr. Lee M. Mandel jointly practiced medicine in South Florida until 2011. After they split their practices, Dr. Mandel registered ... More...   $0 (06-25-2015 - FL)

Claremore, OK - State of Oklahoma, ex rel., Department of Transportation sued Marshall J. Farr and Vicki R. Farr, husband and wife, Bank of the Lakes, O'Reilly Auto Parts, the City of Catoosa, The Rogers County Treasurer and Cherokee Nation Enterprises, LLC on eminent domain seeking to obtain by condemnation certain rights, title and interests real property owned or in which the defendants had som... More...   $0 (06-24-2015 - OK)

In this appeal, the Kawaiisu, a non-federally recognized
Native American group indigenous to the Tehachapi
Mountains and the Southern Sierra Nevada (“the Tribe� or
“the Kawaiisu�), and its elected chairperson, David Laughing
Horse Robinson, appeal the dismissal of their claims asserting
title to the Tejon Ranch, one of the largest continuous
expanses of private land... More...   $0 (06-24-2015 - CA)

Under the United States Department of Agriculture’s California Raisin Marketing Order, a percentage of agrower’s crop must be physically set aside in certain yearsfor the account of the Government, free of charge. The Government then sells, allocates, or otherwise disposes of the raisins in ways it determines are best suited to maintaining an orderly market. The question is whether the Takings... More...   $0 (06-22-2015 - CA)

In Brulotte v. Thys Co., 379 U. S. 29 (1964), this Court held that a patent holder cannot charge royalties for the use of his invention after its patent term has expired. The sole question presented here is whether we should overrule Brulotte. Adhering to principles of stare decisis, we decline to do so. Critics of the Brulotte rule must seek relief not from this Court but from Congress.
I In ... More...   $0 (06-22-2015 - DC)

This is the second appeal to come before us involving a sentence imposed on
Jesus Rosales-Bruno because of his conviction for illegally reentering the United
States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. In the first appeal we vacated his original
sentence after concluding the district court had erred in finding that his prior
Florida conviction for false imprisonment qualified as a “... More...   $0 (06-19-2015 - FL)

This case is before this Court for review of the decision of the First District
Court of Appeal in Alachua County v. Expedia, Inc., 110 So. 3d 941 (Fla. 1st DCA
2013). In its decision, the district court certified the following question of great
public importance:
DOES THE “LOCAL OPTION TOURIST DEVELOPMENT ACT,�
CODIFIED AT SECTION 125.0104, FLORIDA STATUTES,
IMPOSE A T... More...   $0 (06-11-2015 - FL)

[¶1] Marlin and Tanya Sabinash appealed from a corrected judgment quieting title to real property located in Stutsman County to Dana Baker. Because the district court erred as a matter of law in determining the county tax lien was superior to the interest held by the State through a Bank of North Dakota mortgage on the property, we reverse and remand for entry of judgment quieting title to the pr... More...   $0 (06-11-2015 - ND)

Tulsa, OK - the Tulsa Development Authority sued Charles R. Sturner on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property owned by Mr. Sturner for public use.

Docket
Date Code Description Count Party Amount
02-17-2011 TEXT

Civil Misc. Initial Filing.
1
02-17-2011 CONDEMN

COND... More...   $1 (05-31-2015 - OK)

Challenged in this case are land and water use permits allowing intensive
mineral exploration on State land. The main question we address is whether the
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had to give public notice before issuing the
permits. Because the Alaska Constitution requires public notice when interests in land
are transferred, the answer to this question depends on wheth... More...   $0 (05-29-2015 - AK)

¶0 Appellant landowner neglected to pay taxes on certain real property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma. The property was sold at a tax sale and a tax deed was issued to the buyer. The landowner filed suit seeking to invalidate the tax deed and quiet title in himself, asserting that the sale and resultant deed were void because he was not given constitutionally sufficient notice of the sale... More...   $0 (05-26-2015 - OK)

A trial court has the power to issue an equitable easement authorizing a trespasser to continue her trespass in exchange for paying damages, but only if, among other things, the hardship on the trespasser in ceasing the trespass is “greatly disproportionateâ€� to the hardship on the land’s owner in losing use of the trespassed-upon portion of her land. (E.g., Tashakori v. Lakis (2011) 196 Cal.... More...   $0 (05-22-2015 - CA)

Appellant father (“Fatherâ€�) and appellant mother (“Motherâ€�) separately appeal the trial court’s order terminating their parental rights to their five children. On appeal, neither parent challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s findings relating to the statutory grounds for termination. Rather, both contend the evidence is legally and factually insufficien... More...   $0 (05-18-2015 - TX)

Tulsa, OK - the State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued North Yale Auto Parts, Inc. on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interest in real property owned by the
Defendant for public use.

COMES NOW the Plaintiff, State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation (the Plaintiffâ€�), and for its cause of actio... More...   $75000 (05-13-2015 - OK)

This case requires us to determine whether the Kansas saving statute applies to appeals from appraisers' awards in eminent domain proceedings. Landowner David Neighbor timely filed his appeal under K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 26-508, and the district court later granted his motion to dismiss it without prejudice. About 5 months later Neighbor appealed again, relying upon K.S.A. 60-518 to save the appeal fro... More...   $0 (05-13-2015 - KS)