These three appeals arise from two cases that concern the passage,
implementation, and alleged effects of Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution,
Colo. Const. art. XVIII, § 16. Amendment 64 repealed many of the State’s criminal and
civil proscriptions on “recreational marijuana,”1 and created a regulatory regime designed
to ensure that marijuana is unadulterated and taxed, and t... More...   $0 (06-07-2017 - CO)

Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the State and resolving any evidentiary conflicts in its favor, see Barrowes v. State, 2017 WY 23, ¶ 3, 390 P.3d 1126, 1126 (Wyo. 2017), the pertinent facts established at trial are as follows. Appellant and the victim Amanda Yearsley dated for six months before Ms. Yearsley ended the relationship in May 2015. Ms. Yearsly then met with Appellant ... More...   $0 (06-07-2017 - WY)

The six cases consolidated on
appeal all involve claims related to asbestos exposure over
2 Nos. 16‐1799, 16‐2376, 16‐2377, 16‐2378, 16‐2379, 16‐2380
thirty years ago at a single Marshfield, Wisconsin plant which
produced fire doors.1 While complex on the surface, and
involving bulky appendices and appeals of separate orders,
the thrust o... More...   $0 (06-07-2017 - WI)

¶1 Plaintiff/Appellant the City of Blackwell (the "City") appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants/Appellees Bruce Wooderson, Matthew Moreland, Lisa Moreland, and Jimmie D. Moreland (collectively, "Defendants") in City's action seeking temporary and permanent injunctive relief against Defendants related to the parties' water rights on the Chikaskia River. The City... More...   $0 (06-06-2017 - OK)

The present prosecution of Delva had its origin in the kidnapping and robbery of a2
woman and a man in the Bronx, New York, which began on Labor Day weekend in 2012. Those3
crimes were investigated by a joint task force of Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") agents and4
New York City Police Department ("NYPD") detectives and officers (collectively or in combination,5
the "Offi... More...   $0 (06-06-2017 - NY)

In numerous issues, appellants, Clinton W. Pike Sr., Daniel L. Walker, W. Tobin Wilson, VHSC Cement, LLC, and Few Ready Mix Concrete, challenge a judgment in favor of appellees, Texas EMC Management, LLC, Texas EMC Products, LP, and EMC Cement, BV, stemming from the breakup of a partnership and the subsequent purchase of the partnership’s assets at a foreclosure sale. In a cross-appeal, EMC Manage... More...   $0 (06-06-2017 - TX)

¶1 Appellant, Isaac Luna Ashton, was tried by jury and convicted of First Degree Murder (Counts 1 & 2) (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 701.7(A)) and Carrying a Weapon Unlawfully (Count 4) (21 O.S.Supp.2013, § 1272) in District Court of Tulsa County Case Number CF-2014-4108.1 The jury recommended as punishment imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole in both Count 1 and Count 2. The jury furthe... More...   $0 (06-01-2017 - OK)

Appellant Berenice Diaz, individually and as next friend of her minor child, J.P.L., sued James Monnig and John Mead asserting a variety of claims she alleged arose during Monnig’s and Mead’s representation of her former husband during a custody suit. Diaz appeals from the trial court’s summary judgments in favor of Monnig and Mead, as well as the trial court’s exclusion of summary judgment eviden... More...   $0 (05-31-2017 - TX)

On October 27, 2014, Garrett brought 2-1/2-year-old C.C. into an emergency room. C.C. was wearing only a diaper and his legs had been severely burned. Garrett told
the emergency room nurse that she was C.C.'s babysitter and that she had left him in the bathroom with another little girl so they could use the potty chairs while she went to get pull-ups from another room. She heard screaming and... More...   $0 (05-27-2017 - KS)

This dispute comes before the Court in relation to a malicious abuse of process
4 claim made by Taos school board member Arsenio Cordova (Cordova) against
5 eighteen members of an unincorporated citizens� association (collectively,
6 Petitioners) following their efforts to remove Cordova from office under the Local
7 School Board Member Recall Act (Recall Act), NMSA 1978, �� ... More...   $0 (05-26-2017 - NM)

This is an appeal from a take-nothing final summary judgment rendered in favor of appellee Ellen A. Yarrell on appellant James W. Paulsen’s defamation claims. Paulsen challenges the trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss, which attempted to invoke the Texas Citizens Participation Act. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. &
2
REM. CODE §§ 27.001–.011. Paulsen also argues that summary judgment was impro... More...   $0 (05-25-2017 - TX)

The question for this Court, distilled to its essential form, is whether the
Constitution, as the Supreme Court declared in Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 2,
120 (1866), remains “a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace.” And if
so, whether it protects Plaintiffs’ right to challenge an Executive Order that in text speaks
with vague words of national security, ... More...   $0 (05-25-2017 - )

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’
Compensation Board that upheld employer’s denials of her
claim that employer add to her accepted 2012 injury claim
the new or omitted condition of disc “protrusions” in the
thoracic spine. The board adopted the determination of the
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) that claimant’s undisputed
disc pathology of the thoracic spine... More...   $0 (05-24-2017 - OR)

After an investigation spearheaded by Detective Brian Koopman, the Loveland
Police Department (the “Department”) accused former police officer Tammy Fisher
of alerting friends to a child pornography investigation—allowing the friends to
delete files from their computer’s hard drive before the police executed a search
warrant. The Department ultimately decided not to pursue any off... More...   $0 (05-23-2017 - CO)

In the early morning of August 26, 2012, the victim, Clement Amos,
encountered Defendant, Corlious C. Dyson, standing outside a neighbor’s door.
When Mr. Amos questioned Defendant as to what he was doing, Defendant shot
the victim five times. Mr. Amos died as a result of the gunshot wounds.
Defendant was indicted for the August 26, 2012 second degree murder of
Clement Amos. A j... More...   $0 (05-21-2017 - LA)

Dirck Van Audenhove sued Robert Perry for malicious prosecution, alleging that
Perry contacted the police and falsely accused him of stalking, and that the police
arrested him, but the district attorney’s office ultimately declined to prosecute. The trial
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court sustained a demurrer and dismissed the action, on the ground that the complaint
failed to allege a prosecution, as ... More...   $0 (05-20-2017 - )

This appeal presents the questions whether due process forbids giving a
jury’s findings of negligence and strict liability in a class action against cigarette
manufacturers preclusive effect in a later individual suit by a class member and, if
not, whether federal law preempts the jury’s findings. Florida smokers and their
survivors filed a class action against several tobacco comp... More...   $0 (05-18-2017 - FL)

Towles pled guilty to one count of residential burglary in case 15 CR 2445 and one count of felony theft in case 15 CR 2498. He was sentenced to 24 months' probation with consecutive underlying prison sentences of 15 months and 11 months, respectively.

The State alleged that Towles violated the conditions of his probation in the following ways: (1) failing to submit to a drug test as ... More...   $0 (05-16-2017 - KS)

New York, NY - Big Lawsuit Results in Little Verdict

Bennett Sprecher and Louise Forlenza sued Marc Thibodeau on breach of contract, tortious interference and defamation theories claiming that Thibodeau interfered in the production of Rebecca an ill-fated Broadway musical that never came to be. The Plaintiff's sought $10 million in damages.

The Plaintiff claimed that Defendant s... More...   $0 (05-12-2017 - NY)

This action arises out of a series of events that began at a
Los Angeles middle school, where Katia Julian taught
mathematics, and ended at Mission Community Hospital, where
Julian was involuntarily detained for mental health evaluation
and treatment. After her release, Julian sued the Los Angeles
Unified School District (LAUSD), the Los Angeles Unified School
Police (LAUSP... More...   $0 (05-03-2017 - )

Des Moines, IA - Des Moines Man Pleads Guilty to 2016 String of Robberies of Git-N-Go, Kum & Go, Hy-Vee, and U.S. Bank

Alexander Hamilton, age 26, of Des Moines, Iowa, appeared before Chief United States Magistrate Judge Helen C. Adams and entered pleas to interference with commerce by robbery and conspiracy to distribute hydromorphone, an opioid. Hamilton admitted to committing the follo... More...   $0 (04-28-2017 - IA)

After Dara Marie Llorens and Greg Allen got divorced, Llorens moved to Mexico
with their young daughter, S.A., and remained there for twelve years before being discovered by
authorities. Eventually, Llorens was arrested and charged with kidnapping and with interference
with child custody. See Tex. Penal Code §§ 20.03(a) (setting out elements of offense of kidnapping),
25.03(a) (g... More...   $0 (04-26-2017 - TX)

Davon Wright appeals the denial of his motion in arrest of judgment. On
March 29, 2016, Wright was driving a van with four passengers around
Davenport. Two passengers stated everyone was smoking marijuana as they
travelled. During the drive, the group saw a car and believed the occupants were
people they did not like. Shots were fired, and Wright drove away. Shortly
t... More...   $0 (04-22-2017 - IA)

On February 27, 2015, Kemp was charged by trial information with the
following: one count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to
deliver, in violation of Iowa Code section 124.401(1)(c)(3) (2015); one count of
failure to possess a tax stamp, in violation of sections 453B.3 and 453B.12; one
count of interference with official acts causing injury, in violation of ... More...   $0 (04-21-2017 - IA)

Appellants Prescription Health Network, LLC (PHN) and William M.
Blackshear Jr., M.D. (collectively, the PHN Defendants) appeal from the trial
court’s judgment confirming an arbitration award in favor of Appellees Toby R.
1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
2
Adams, Lisa B. Adams, and Adams Marketing Consulting, Inc. (AMC)
(collectively, the Adams Plaintiffs). We affirm.
I. Fact... More...   $0 (04-20-2017 - TX)