Appellant Cantu Enterprises, LLC (Cantu) seeks reversal of the trial court’s denial
of a refund of sales and use tax, interest, and penalty that Cantu paid under protest on the purchase
of an aircraft. Cantu asserts that its purchase is an exempt sale for resale under sections 151.006 and
151.302 of the Texas Tax Code (the “sale-for-resale exemption”). Appellees, Glenn Hegar,
Compt... More...   $0 (07-10-2017 - TX)

Albuquerque, NM - Santa Fe Woman Sentenced for Conviction on Attempted Armed Robbery Charge

Co-Defendant Previously Sentenced to 13-Year Prison Sentence For Conviction on Armed Bank Robbery Charge

Sonya Padilla, 42, of Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced on July 6, 2017 to a year and a day in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction for attempting to rob ... More...   $0 (07-08-2017 - NM)

“In 2008, oil and gas companies descended on east Texas . . . seeking to acquire leases to exploit the Haynesville Shale formation, which they viewed as having enormous potential.”1 During this frenzied period, Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P. (Chesapeake), entered into a letter agreement with Buffco Production, Inc. (Buffco), and Twin Resources, L.L.C. (Twin), to purchase three-year term assignments in... More...   $0 (07-07-2017 - TX)

No judge in active service on this court requested that the court be polled
in response to the petition for rehearing en banc. The petition is denied. The
panel’s prior opinion is withdrawn, and this opinion is substituted.
When Brenda Brinsdon was a sophomore at a high school in McAllen,
Texas, she was required to participate in what defendants claim was a mock
2
performan... More...   $0 (07-03-2017 - TX)

Plaintiff Bridgette Marlow sued her employer The New Food Guy, Inc., d/b/a
Relish Catering, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA requires
employers to pay a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, see 29 U.S.C. § 206(a)(1)(C), plus
time and a half for overtime, see 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1). Relish paid Ms. Marlow $12 an
hour and $18 an hour for overtime. So what is the problem?... More...   $0 (06-30-2017 - CO)

In this action, originally filed in New York State court, plaintiffs Emanuel
Zeltser and Vladlena Funk sue defendants Concern Belneftekhim (“BNTK”) and
Belneftekhim USA, Inc. (“BUSA”) for their alleged roles in plaintiffs’ 2008
abduction from London and their prolonged detention in Belarus by authorities
3
of that country. After defendants removed the case to the United States ... More...   $0 (06-29-2017 - NY)

Douglas Doolittle was charged with failure to comply with the registration
requirements under the Sex Offender Registration Program (the “Program”). See Tex. Code Crim.
Proc. art. 62.102(a). In particular, the indictment alleged that Doolittle had been previously convicted
of a reportable offense (lewd conduct with a minor) in another state and was required to register his
new ad... More...   $0 (06-24-2017 - TX)

Robert H. Dodd, Sr. has filed a notice of appeal of the trial court’s temporary
injunction that enjoins him from attempting to evict appellee and real party in
interest, Evergreen National Construction, LLC, from property located at 5814 John
Martin Road, Baytown, Texas (the “John Martin Property”). In two issues, Dodd
contends that the trial court erred in granting the injunction ... More...   $0 (06-23-2017 - TX)

Herd owns a parcel of land in the southeast quarter of section 32 of Protection Township in Comanche County, Kansas. This parcel of land has been in Herd's family since her grandfather purchased it in 1925; in 1950, the family built a farm house on the land, which is currently occupied by Herd's son and daughter-in-law.

Shrauner owns approximately 310 acres of land in section 33 of Pro... More...   $0 (06-22-2017 - KS)

In 2015, Riojas filed a pro se motion to correct an illegal sentence arguing his pre1993 burglary adjudications should have been scored as nonperson felonies based on the holding in State v. Dickey, 50 Kan. App. 2d 468, 329 P.3d 1230 (2014) (Dickey I), aff'd 301 Kan. 1018, 350 P.3d 1054 (2015) (Dickey II). The court appointed counsel, and counsel filed a revised motion to correct an illegal senten... More...   $0 (06-21-2017 - KS)

Mary Anne Sause brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that
Officers Lee Stevens and Jason Lindsey (the defendants) violated her rights under the
First Amendment. The district court dismissed Sause’s complaint with prejudice for
failure to state a claim, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), and Sause appeals.
Because Sause fails to demonstrate that the contours of the right ... More...   $0 (06-20-2017 - KS)

Plaintiff Autumn Tibbs worked
as an administrative assistant in the Illinois court system. She
was suspended the day she returned to work after taking
leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29
U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. She was then fired after she chose not to
attend a disciplinary meeting. Tibbs sued the Administrative
Office of the Illinois Courts. She contend... More...   $0 (06-19-2017 - IL)

Appellant’s case began on December 9, 2015, when he filed a declaratory judgment
action against the State, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General. This action sought, in
relevant part: (1) a declaration of “the precise meaning of the phrase ‘natural-born Citizen’ ”;
(2) an order requiring the Secretary of State to determine the qualifications of presidential
candidat... More...   $0 (06-19-2017 - MS)

A Rutherford County Grand Jury returned a multi-count indictment charging the Appellant with two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated robbery, and one count of attempted aggravated robbery. The charges stemmed from the Appellant’s entering a car occupied by Dale and Janet Lature, holding Mr. and Mrs. Lature at knifepoint, and taking money from Mrs. Lature.
<... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - TN)

Austin, TX - Federal Jury in Austin Convicts Houston Man for Multiple Armed Robberies and Firearms Violations

A jury convicted 40–year-old Austin and Houston resident Marvin Lewis (aka “Beau Louis”), who represented himself at trial, of federal charges in connection with a series of robberies and attempted robberies in Texas in 2014 and 2015 as well as one robbery in Ohio in 2015. United ... More...   $0 (06-17-2017 - TX)

Relators Jennifer Durbin, Robert L. Gibbins Jr., Steve A. Gibbins, and Kyndal Wood
filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court to direct the trial court to vacate or set aside
its orders denying the relators’ motions to compel discovery in a probate proceeding. See Tex. Gov’t
Code § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.1. At the same time, the relators filed a motion for
... More...   $0 (06-17-2017 - TX)

Victor Rivera, while driving under the influence of alcohol, caused a traffic
accident that killed a motorcyclist and seriously injured the motorcyclist’s
passenger. Rivera fled the scene in his vehicle and led officers on a short chase
before he was apprehended. Rivera pleaded guilty to unintentionally causing the
death of another by operating a motor vehicle while intoxicat... More...   $0 (06-17-2017 - IA)

In 2010, the Internal Revenue Service set a trap to catch
people filing for fraudulent tax refunds. The IRS enlisted the
assistance of plaintiffs’ tax preparation and refund-advance
businesses. It warned that refusal to cooperate would
interfere with a federal criminal investigation, it used millions
of plaintiffs’ dollars as bait, and it promised to reimburse
them for any ... More...   $0 (06-16-2017 - )

Viewing the trial evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s guilty
verdicts, State v. Romer, 832 N.W.2d 169, 172-73 (Iowa 2013), the jury could
have found the following facts. Terri Andersen is Patricia Pranschke’s adult
daughter. In April 2015, a warrant was issued for Andersen’s arrest. The
warrant related to a traffic violation issued to Andersen for driving on a... More...   $0 (06-16-2017 - IA)

Tulsa, OK - Arshad Yousuf, M.D. v. George Cohlmia, M.D. and Cardiovascular Surgical Specialists Corporation



Issue # 1. Issue: TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE CONTRACT (INTERFERE)
Filed By: YOUSUF, ARSHAD MD
Filed Date: 11/15/2004
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL SPECIALISTS CORP Disposed: JUDGEMENT FOR PLAINTIFF, 02/09/2006. Jury... More...   $0 (06-14-2017 - OK)

Lucas Iddings appeals following the revocation of the deferred judgment
he was granted after entering a guilty plea to possession of contraband while
confined, a class “D” felony, in violation of Iowa Code sections 719.7(1),
719.7(3)(c), and 719.7(4) (2014).1 He asserts his plea was not voluntarily and
intelligently entered because the court failed to inform him of the applica... More...   $0 (06-14-2017 - IA)

Martha Martinez came to Muscatine with her parents in 1997 when she was eleven years old. She attended Muscatine public schools and worked for several different employers in Muscatine County. When she was seventeen years old, Martinez applied for and obtained an Iowa driver’s license. She used a birth certificate in the name of Diana Castaneda, a person with a social security number, to obtain ... More...   $0 (06-14-2017 - IA)

On September 25, 2014, Carl Carter reported that his wife, Beverly (“Carter”), a
real estate agent, was missing. He stated that Carter had planned to show a house in Scott,
but when she had not returned home by 9:00 that evening, he became worried and drove
to the Scott residence. There, he saw Carter’s vehicle in the driveway and discovered that
she had left her purse inside t... More...   $0 (06-14-2017 - AR)

Riojas, convicted of theft, a severity level 9 nonperson felony, for a crime he committed on September 19, 1998, received a sentence of 16 months' imprisonment and 24 months' postrelease supervision. This sentence was concurrent with his sentences in three other cases which are the subject of similar appeals in Nos. 115,348, 115,349, 115,350, and 115,351. His sentence was affirmed in a prior appea... More...   $0 (06-13-2017 - KS)

Lubbock, TX - Las Vegas Man Sentenced For Interfering with a Flight Crew

Jerry Ba Nguyen, 25, of Las Vegas, was sentenced to 36 months in federal custody for interfering with flight crew members and attendants.

Nguyen pleaded guilty in February 2017 to one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants. Nguyen has been in custody since his arrest in September 2016.... More...   $0 (06-09-2017 - TX)