Oklahoma has successfully tried Keynon Owens twice for the first degree
felony murder of Javier Carranza during a botched robbery of Javier and his
cousin, Jesus Carranza. The first trial resulted in a guilty verdict on felony
murder, but an acquittal on the predicate charge of the armed robbery of Javier.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) reversed the murder
convic... More...   $0 (07-07-2015 - OK)

14 Since the invention of the printing press, the distribution of books has
15 involved a fundamentally consistent process: compose a manuscript, print and
16 bind it into physical volumes, and then ship and sell the volumes to the public.  
17 In late 2007, Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”) introduced the Kindle, a portable
18 device that carries digital copies of books, known as ... More...   $0 (07-02-2015 - NY)

Petitioner Leonardo Lamar Parks is serving a 115-month federal prison term for a
credit union robbery. Appearing pro se,1 he seeks a certificate of appealability (“COA”)
to challenge the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside,
or correct his sentence. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (requiring a COA to appeal an
order denying a § 2255 pe... More...   $0 (07-02-2015 - OK)

Plaintiff Ironridge Global IV, Ltd., sued defendant ScripsAmerica, Inc., to recover
a debt. The parties were able to reach a settlement, by which defendant agreed to give
plaintiff shares of defendant’s stock in satisfaction of the debt. The agreement also
provided a mechanism whereby plaintiff would receive additional shares if the value of
defendant’s stock decreased. The par... More...   $0 (06-30-2015 - CA)

This is an appeal from a take nothing and declaratory judgment rendered by the trial court following a bench trial. The trial court ordered that Nine Syllables, LLC (Nine) take nothing on its counterclaim against Gary C. Evans and declared the promissory note and deed of trust securing it, the subject of Nine’s counterclaim, were uncollectable and unenforceable by Nine.
The dispute arises ou... More...   $0 (06-26-2015 - TX)

The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant and respondent Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Children’s Hospital or the hospital) and against plaintiff and appellant Michelle Falk on the ground her wage and labor claims were time-barred. The court rejected Falk’s argument the filing of a prior class action tolled her limitations periods, under American Pipe & Construction C... More...   $0 (06-24-2015 - CA)

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)

¶1 On November 14, 2007, the Muskogee County District Attorney's office filed first degree murder charges against two men, Clinton Potts and Chad Pippin, for the 2004 murder of a man named Gregory Clark. Respondent Ward, who was then an assistant district attorney in Muskogee County, was the lead prosecutor at trial. Respondent Starr represented Mr. Potts. The jury trial of Mr. Potts began on Jul... More...   $0 (06-23-2015 - OK)

Defendants Michael Jacoby, Derek Zar, and Susanne Zar appeal convictions
and sentences arising from their participation in a mortgage fraud scheme. The
government tried the defendants together, but each defendant separately appealed and
filed separate briefs. Because the defendants assert both joint and individual
challenges to their convictions and sentences, we permitted the gove... More...   $0 (06-23-2015 - CO)

Tulsa, OK - Aircraft Specialties Services, Inc. sued Mark Meyers claiming:

1. Plaintiff is an Oklahoma Corporation with its principal place of business located in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant is an individual, and at all times relevant hereto was a resident of Tulsa, County, Oklahoma.
3. The acts which give rise to this action occurred in Tulsa County,
Oklahoma.
4.... More...   $0 (06-22-2015 - OK)

In our layered system of trial and appellate courts everyone’s assured at
least two chances to air a grievance. Add to this the possibility that a lawsuit
might bounce back to the trial court on remand or even rebound its way to appeal
yet again — or the possibility that an issue might win interlocutory review — and
the opportunities to press a complaint grow abundantly. No d... More...   $0 (06-16-2015 - UT)

Appellant Hal Sauls appeals from (1) the trial court’s order sustaining appellees The Colony Asset Development, LLC (Colony Asset) and Munir Bata, LLC’s (MB) objections to Sauls’s summary-judgment evidence and (2) the trial court’s order granting Colony Asset and MB’s motion for summary judgment on Sauls’s counterclaims. We dismiss one appeal and affirm the trial court’s summary-judg... More...   $0 (06-11-2015 - TX)

Denise Murray portrays herself as
a whistleblower and charges that her quondam employer, Kindred
Nursing Centers West LLC (Kindred), fired her on that account.
Kindred denies this charge, asserting that it terminated Murray's
employment for a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason: suspected
drug diversion. The district court assiduously sorted through the
evidence supporting... More...   $0 (06-10-2015 - MA)

Appellant Lloyd Douglas appeals from the trial court’s order granting appellee City of Kemp, Texas’s plea to the jurisdiction. On appeal Douglas argues that his claims against the City are not barred by governmental immunity. We affirm the trial court’s order.
BACKGROUND
Douglas built a nursing facility in Kemp, a city located in Kaufman County, Texas. According to Douglas, before he... More...   $0 (06-09-2015 - TX)

Appellants Woods View II, LLC (WVII) and Darlene Piper appeal
from the superior court' s grant of summary judgment in Kitsap County' s ( the County) favor on
WVII' s claims of negligence, tortious interference, and takings. These claims arise from the
alleged delay of several permits and governmental decisions required•for a project ofWVII. WVII
and Piper argue that ( 1) their cl... More...   $0 (06-09-2015 - WA)

This is an appeal of a federal income tax refund suit filed by the Estate of
George Batchelor (“Estate”).
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Counts I and II of the Estate’s three-count
Complaint involve Batchelor’s personal income taxes for 1999 and 2000. Count
III concerns the Estate’s attempt to claim a credit for its 2005 income taxes for
payments it made in settlement of various lawsuits aga... More...   $0 (06-05-2015 - FL)

In this appeal, the insureds assert the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of an insurance company and declaring that the insurance company owed them no duty to defend or indemnify. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Texas Farm Bureau Underwriters (Farm Bureau) issued a homeowner’s insurance policy to Becky and Joseph Broussard for their property in Dayton,
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Liberty Coun... More...   $0 (06-04-2015 - TX)

Beldon Roofing Company appeals the district court’s order denying its motion to
compel arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). See generally 9 U.S.C.
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§§ 1–16 (West, Westlaw through P.L. 113-296). By one issue, Beldon contends that it
has the legal right to arbitrate pursuant to its original contract. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2008, appellee Sunc... More...   $0 (06-04-2015 - TX)

In this putative class action, plaintiff Darriest Likes1 appeals the district
court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of DHL. Mr. Likes alleges that DHL
violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”)
by failing to provide 60 days’ notice before Mr. Likes was laid off from his job at
DHL’s Birmingham delivery facility. After careful review, ... More...   $0 (05-29-2015 - AL)

This matter, before us for the second time, concerns plaintiff and appellant Gary Greene’s malicious prosecution action against defendants and respondents Bank of America (Bank) and its employee Jenny Casasola.1 In his action, plaintiff alleged that he went to a branch of the Bank to cash two checks he received from State Farm Insurance in settlement of a claim. When the Bank refused to cash the... More...   $0 (05-28-2015 - CA)

[¶1] James Broten appealed from a judgment and amended judgment, following a bench trial, finding that as personal representative to Olaf Broten's estate, he had breached his fiduciary duties by transferring real property to himself, and awarding Louise Broten damages in the amount of the fair market value of the property. We affirm and remand for further proceedings.

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[¶2] Ja... More...   $0 (05-27-2015 - ND)

Sabreen Gad filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission against Kansas State University, alleging that she was discriminated
against in her effort to obtain a promotion to a tenure-track faculty position.
Although the EEOC sent her a formal charge document to sign and verify, as both
Title VII and EEOC regulations require, she never did so. Nevertheless, afte... More...   $0 (05-27-2015 - KS)

Salt Lake City, UT - A jury convicted Michael Pascal of abusive sexual contact. He appeals,
challenging the district court’s admission of a prior uncharged sex offense under
Federal Rule of Evidence 413. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we
affirm.
I
In 2013, Pascal boarded a commercial flight and sat in his assigned middle
seat. The adjacent window seat wa... More...   $0 (05-20-2015 - UT)

Defendant and appellant Sharp Memorial Hospital dba Sharp Rehabilitation Center (Sharp) appeals from an order granting plaintiff and respondent's Berthe Felicite Kabran's motion for new trial following a special verdict on a cause of action for medical
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malpractice in which the jury found Sharp was negligent in the care and treatment of plaintiff's predecessor, Dr. Eke Wokocha, but that t... More...   $0 (05-20-2015 - CA)

After a jury trial in a suit brought by appellee Red Deer Resources, LLC, the court signed a judgment terminating an oil, gas and mineral lease held by appellant BP America Production Company. BP appeals. We will affirm the judgment.
Factual and Procedural Background
Some 2113 acres in Lipscomb and Hemphill Counties, Texas, are subject to BP’s Vera Murray lease. The lease, signed in 1962... More...   $0 (05-18-2015 - TX)