Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty
and Dustin Heard (“defendants”) were contractors with
Blackwater Worldwide Security (ABlackwater@), which in 2007
was providing security services to the United States State
Department in Iraq. As a result of Baghdad shootings that
injured or killed at least 31 Iraqi civilians, Slough, Liberty and
Heard were convicted by a jury of ... More...   $0 (08-05-2017 - DC)

In numerous issues in appellate cause numbers 10-17-00079-CV and 10-17-00081-CV, appellants, Amy and Doug, challenge the trial court’s orders terminating their parental rights to their children, A.N.M. and J.C.M.1 Because we overrule all of Amy and Doug’s issues in both appeals, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.2
I. AMY AND DOUG’S MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND THE TRIAL COURT’S MONITORED-RE... More...   $0 (08-02-2017 - TX)

This appeal presents issues concerning State and local-government enforcement of
the Texas Clean Air Act (TCAA).1 Appellant, the State of Texas, and a number of Texas counties
filed the underlying TCAA-enforcement lawsuits in various counties across Texas against the
German automaker Volkswagen2 after Volkswagen admitted that it had installed emissions “defeat
devices” on certain o... More...   $0 (08-01-2017 - TX)

The Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System
(CURES) is California‟s prescription drug monitoring program. By statute, every
prescription of a Schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance must be logged in
CURES, along with the patient‟s name, address, telephone number, gender, date of
birth, drug name, quantity, number of refills, and information a... More...   $0 (07-25-2017 - CA)

As a young girl, S.G. frequently visited and stayed with her grandmother. Williams, S.G.'s father, also lived there. One day, when S.G. was14, her grandmother discovered a 16-year-old boy alone with S.G. in her bedroom. Grandmother told S.G.'s mother of the incident. Taking steps to address the situation, S.G.'s mother intended to take her to the doctor to see if S.G. had been sexually active. Whi... More...   $0 (07-12-2017 - KS)

In this opinion, we must decide two issues of first impression. First, we address whether the filing of a petition pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 202 to “investigate” a “potential” health care liability claim triggers the requirement of a plaintiff to file an expert report pursuant to section 74.351(a) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 202; TEX. CIV. PRA... More...   $0 (07-12-2017 - TX)

After winter storms damaged the seawall protecting their blufftop
properties, homeowners sought a permit from the California Coastal Commission
(Commission) to build a new seawall and repair their beach access stairway. The
Commission granted the permit subject to several mitigation conditions. The
owners filed an administrative mandate petition objecting to two conditions but
... More...   $0 (07-12-2017 - CA)

Application For Extraordinary Relief

Date Code Description Count Party Amount
05-16-2017 PETF

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

Document Unavailable (#1036966791 )

05-16-2017 TRAN

TRANSCRIPT BD VOL 3 PGS; COPY ONLY

05-16-2017 TRAN

TRANSCRIPT 1-11-16 PROCEEDINGS 75 PGS; COPY ONLY

05-16-2017 TRAN More...   $0 (07-11-2017 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - Third Mistrial Declared in Trial of Former Policeman Charged with Murder

The State of Oklahoma charged Shannon James Kepler with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 08/05/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
KEPLER, SHANNON JAMES
Count # 2. Count as Filed: SWIK, SHOOTING WITH... More...   $0 (07-08-2017 - OK)

Appellant Jefferson County, Texas appeals from two orders of the trial court
denying its plea to the jurisdiction and granting appellee Victor Stines’s request for
a declaratory judgment and writ of mandamus to compel the County to submit to
arbitration. In five issues, the County argues that: (1) Stines failed to plead and prove
a valid waiver of the County’s immunity from suit; (... More...   $0 (06-23-2017 - 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)

Appellant Angela Leigh Militello sued appellant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligence, and gross negligence arising from its management of several trusts. After a bench trial, the trial court rendered judgment for Militello on all of her claims and made findings of fact and conclusions of law in support of the judgment. In this appeal, Wells Fargo challenges the l... More...   $0 (06-20-2017 - 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)

Vincent Wrencher, Sr., appearing pro se, appeals from the order of Travis County
Court at Law No. 8 dismissing his appeal for want of jurisdiction. Wrencher was attempting to
appeal from the judgment of the Austin Municipal Court of Record. That court had concluded that
Wrencher’s pet, “Skip,” was a “dangerous dog.” Appellees are Travis County and the City of Austin
(the State). We... More...   $0 (06-17-2017 - TX)

INTRODUCTION
We are asked in this appeal to reverse a dismissal of a malicious prosecution
lawsuit. Defendant and respondent Timothy Walton (Walton) asked the trial court to
dismiss the case for lack of standing and lack of jurisdiction because the named plaintiff,
The Rossdale Group, LLC, was only a fictitious business name and the entity to which
that name was registered was ... More...   $0 (06-16-2017 - CA)

Mother testified that she met Appellant through work, began dating him, and
eventually they moved into a house along with Mother’s three daughters in 2008.
At the time, Alice was almost twelve, Belle was ten, and Cici, the complainant,
1 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 21.11 (Vernon 2011) & 22.021 (Vernon 2016).


3
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Petitioner Ryan Saunders, who worked as a custodial officer in the county jail, was
accused of eight misdemeanor counts of violating Penal Code section 13304, for his alleged
unauthorized access, receipt, or possession of local summary criminal information. The
People alleged by complaint that Saunders had illegally accessed a county criminalinformation
database—CJIC—and passed pro... More...   $0 (06-13-2017 - CA)

In California, concerns about improper government expenditures can give
rise to more than just criticism in the public sphere or complaints to elected
officials. Under Code of Civil Procedure section 526a,
1
certain individuals and
corporations also have a right to pursue legal actions enjoining wasteful or illegal
expenditures by government entities. Whether someone can us... More...   $0 (06-11-2017 - CA)

ConocoPhillips Company and Rodolfo C. Ramirez, Individually and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Ileana Ramirez, and El Milagro Minerals, Ltd. appeal the trial court’s judgment declaring that appellees Leon Oscar Ramirez, Jr., individually, and Jesus M. Dominguez, as Guardian of the Estate of Minerva Clementina Ramirez, an Incapacitated Person, each own a 1/12 mineral interest in the ... More...   $0 (06-08-2017 - TX)

In California, concerns about improper government expenditures can give
rise to more than just criticism in the public sphere or complaints to elected
officials. Under Code of Civil Procedure section 526a,
1
certain individuals and
corporations also have a right to pursue legal actions enjoining wasteful or illegal
expenditures by government entities. Whether someone can us... More...   $0 (06-08-2017 - CA)

Defendant Yongmei Hu (Hu) appeals from a judgment
entered in favor of plaintiff Li Guan (Guan). Guan initially
sued Hu for breach of a contract. However, several months
before trial, the trial court dismissed the breach of contract
claim with prejudice. As a result, Guan proceeded to trial on
various fraud-based claims (e.g., rescission, cancellation, and
fraud in the induc... More...   $0 (06-04-2017 - CA)

As a general rule, a litigant may appeal an adverse ruling only after the trial
court renders a final judgment. (Code Civ. Proc., § 904.1.) The question in this
case concerns the application of this general rule when a trial court has granted a
petition for writ of administrative mandamus and remanded the matter for
proceedings before an administrative body. The issuance of the wri... More...   $0 (05-30-2017 - CA)

Defendant Applied Underwriters, Inc. (Applied) purports to
appeal from the trial court’s order denying its renewed petition to
compel arbitration filed pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure
section 1008, subdivision (b).1 Because an order denying a
renewed motion or application under section 1008, subdivision (b)
is not appealable (see Tate v. Wilburn (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th
1... More...   $0 (05-27-2017 - CA)

This is one of several lawsuits Friends of Outlet Creek (Friends) is pursuing in an
effort to prevent asphalt production at the site of an aggregate operation. The Mendocino
County Air Quality Management District (District) and Grist Creek Aggregates, LLC
(Grist Creek) successfully demurred on the ground Friends can only proceed against the
District in an administrative mandamus pr... More...   $0 (05-26-2017 - CA)

Tulsa, OK - Jury Finds Police Officer Not Guilty On Manslaughter Charge

The State of Oklahoma charged Tulsa police officer Betty Jo Shelby with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM21, MANSLAUGHTER - 1ST DEGREE - HEAT OF PASSION, in violation of 21 O.S. 711
Date of Offense: 09/16/2016

The video tape of Officer Shelby shooting Mr. Crutcher immediately polarized the communit... More...   $0 (05-18-2017 - OK)