¶1 The issues in the present cause are as follows: (1) whether the County's exercise of eminent domain in the instant cases is for public use in accordance with Article 2, § 23 and Article 2, § 24 of the Oklahoma Constitution and (2) whether the County's taking for purposes of economic development of Muskogee County constitutes "public purposes" within the meaning of 27 O.S. 2001 § 5 to sup

¶1 Before us are questions concerning the adequacy of the State's service of Notice of Seizure and Intended Forfeiture on respondent. Although the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act (the Act), 63 O.S.Supp. 1992 § 2-506 (C), provides for notice to a property owner by mailing or publication, this respondent was personally served Notice of the proceeding by the assistant district attorn

¶1 This action was brought by the plaintiffs in error, as plaintiffs below, to enjoin the city of Tulsa, the defendant in error, defendant below, and its officers, agents, and employees, from levying a tax or special assessment against the several properties of the plaintiffs for widening the paving on Eleventh street in improvement district No. 1089, and to enjoin the city and its officers from

In this eminent-domain case, appellant Delta Regional Airport Authority appeals from the jury’s award of compensation of $150,000 to appellee J.T. Jarrett & Sons, a partnership that holds a leasehold interest in the property. Delta also appeals from the circuit court’s order granting attorney’s fees to the landowners, appellees Grover Gunn, III; Michael Scott Gunn; and Edgar Lindsey Gunn (co

Edith Milestone was banned from entering the Senior Center in the City of Monroe, Wisconsin, because she repeatedly violated the Center’s Code of Conduct. She sued the City under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that the expulsion violated her free-speech and due-process rights and that the Code is facially unconstitutional. A magistrate judge granted summary judgment for the City. The judge held that

This case involves a decision by the Board of County Commissioners of Wabaunsee County (Board) to amend its zoning regulations. Specifically, the Board permitted Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems (SWECS) but prohibited the placement of Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems (CWECS, i.e., commercial wind farms) in the county. Plaintiffs are owners of land in the county. They were later joined

This is an appeal from the trial court‟s grant of a temporary injunction restraining George and Suzanne Russell from interfering with the Waterwood Improvement Association‟s (“WIA”) maintenance of Waterwood Parkway. Appellants argue that the trial court erred in finding that WIA established a probable right to recovery, in improperly restricting their right to free speech, and in drafting

[¶1.] Patrick Hall, Marlyn Erickson, and Fuel Food Mart, Inc. (“Landowners”) own property abutting former Exit 66 on Interstate 90 (I-90), a controlled-access highway that passes by Ellsworth Air Force Base. A part of Landowners’ property was taken by condemnation in 1961 for the construction of I- 90 and Exit 66. In that condemnation proceeding, the State mitigated the severance damages fo

The defendant Mark A. Lauretti1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying his motion for summary judgment, which asserted that the doctrine of collateral estoppel barred the action brought by the plaintiff, Wiacek Farms, LLC. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The record, viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff; see Martinelli v. Fusi, 290 Conn. 347, 350, 963

¶ 1. JOHNSON, J. Mother appeals from a family court order granting father sole physical and legal rights and responsibilities of their child. She contends that: (1) the family court’s findings and legal conclusions are inconsistent with the evidence presented at trial and are based on inadmissible evidence; (2) the family court erred in failing to consider her argument that fathe

Appellants Jimmie D. Bennett and June Bennett appeal from the trial court’s judgment that they take nothing on their claims against Appellees Wise County (the County), commissioner Mikel Richardson (in his official and individual capacities), commissioner Danny White (in his official capacity), and former commissioner Robert Rankin. The Bennetts bring four issues on appeal, all based on their a

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company sued Isabel Loosen Rein, Inc. and others on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property owned by Defendant for Plaintiff's use in its business in Canadian County to build and maintain an electrical transmission line.

The Commissioners appointed by the Court awarded Defendant $51,700.00.

The defendant, Dorothy Larocque, appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court quieting title to certain real property in favor of the named plaintiff, 2 Theresa P. O’Connor, predicated on a finding that the plaintiff had disseized the defendant of her interest in the property as a tenant in common. The defendant claims that the trial court improperly determined that the plaintiff had overcome t

This is an Alien Tort Statute (ATS) case arising out of the operations of Rio Tinto mining group (Rio Tinto) on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the uprising against Rio Tinto in the late 1980’s that resulted in the use of military force and many deaths. The Plaintiffs are current or former residents of the island of Bougainville. The ATS provides that “district courts

[¶1.] This is an original proceeding for an alternative writ of mandamus or prohibition brought by the Rapid City Journal, the Associated Press, and the South Dakota Newspaper Association (collectively referred to as the Media) against the Honorable John J. Delaney, circuit court judge. The Media brought this action because Judge Delaney (1) imposed a gag order on the parties and (2) closed the t

¶1 Gary Myers filed this action in the District Court for the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, seeking to condemn a strip of land owned by Stephen and Victoria Dee (the Dees) to create a private road allowing access to property owned by Myers. The court granted the Dees’ Motion for Summary Judgment and Myers appeals. We affirm.

¶2 Myers raises two issues on appeal which

Ajoy Chakrabarti sued the City of Orangeburg, New Jersey on inverse condemnation and governmental tort claim theories claiming that its employees were "grossly negligent" in demolishing his fire damaged house.

The house was damaged in 2002. Chakrabati purchased the house in 2003 for $35,000. He was notified in March 2003 that the City considered the house to be unsafe to live. He receiv

¶1 The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) condemned real property belonging to Admiral Beverage Corporation (Admiral) as part of the reconstruction of the Interstate 15 freeway (I-15). Admiral is entitled to compensation from the state for the taking of its property. In the district court, Admiral sought to introduce evidence of the fair market value of its property, including evidence of i

Carlos Sanchez brought a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, alleging his employer, Northwest Airlines, Inc. (“Northwest”), engaged in prohibited disability discrimination by rescinding Sanchez’s offer of promotion on the basis of his perceived physical limitations. Northwest moved for summary judgment contending, in part, that Sanchez’s

Appellant Town of Flower Mound, Texas, attempts to bring an interlocutory appeal of the Denton County Probate Court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction in favor of Appellee Mockingbird Pipeline, L.P. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8) (West 2008). We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

II. Factual and Procedural Background

Mockingbird, a gas corpo

The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Garland Boyd aka Garland Boyd, Jr. and Patricia L. Boyd, husband and wife, Trustees of the Garland Boyd and Patricial L. Boyd Revocable Trust dated April 23, 1993; Ralph V. Bell, III and Margie Bell, husband and wife and the Rogers County Treasurer on eminent domain theories seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title an

The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Hazel Lorraine Evans on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property owned by Evans.

The Court appointed Daris Stimson, Rick Thomas and Kathy Geyer as commissioners to appraise the value of the property taken and damages, if any, to the remainder. They report

The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued David James Harris; the Estate of Minnie Brunson, deceased, her successors and assigns; Bill Brunson; and Roberts County Treasurer on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire certain rights, title and interests in real property owned by defendants or in which they might claim an interest by condemnation for public use.

The

State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Kevin Lee King, Cathey Darlene King, Bank of Oklahoma, N.A. and Rogers County on eminent domain theories seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in properties owned by Defendants or upon which they had liens or claims for public purposes.

The Court appointed Jack Crosson, Kathy Geyer and Rick Thoma