¶1 This cause involves a dispute over child custody. A divorced mother and father each petitioned for a change from joint custody to sole custody of their minor child. The trial court terminated joint custody and awarded the father sole custody. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the trial court and issued a directive rendering the opinion immediately enforceable. Two issues are presented on cer

If a municipality imposes a sales tax, the State Board of Equalization (Board or
BOE) has the statutory authority to collect and then remit the tax back to the
municipality. But what if more than one municipality claim that the taxable sale occurred
within its jurisdiction? Included in the Board’s authority is the power to determine where
sales of personal property occur, and the

Joshua Seth Brenner sued American Education Services (AES), allegingviolations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227. Brenner appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment. Having jurisdiction
under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
Reviewing the record de novo in the light most favorable to the non moving
party, this court concludes that su

Defendants and appellants Applied Underwriters, Inc.
(Applied Underwriters), California Insurance Company (CIC),
Continental Indemnity Company (CNI), Applied Risk Services,
Inc., Joan Sheppard, Westin Fredrick Penfield, and Michael Scott
Wichman (collectively, defendants) appeal from an order denying
their petition to compel arbitration of a dispute with plaintiffs
and resp

Governments speak. They also petition. And they act in
ways that are neither speaking nor petitioning. It is important to
distinguish between the three, because Code of Civil Procedure
section 425.16 (section 425.16) may apply to the first two, but not
the third.
This case concerns whether the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes properly issued a permit for a fence separating two

On May 25, 2017, the Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate and the Ninetieth Minnesota
State House of Representatives (collectively, the Legislature) each adjourned sine die,
ending the special session that began on May 23, 2017. On May 30, 2017, the Governor
vetoed line-item appropriations to the Legislature for its biennial budget. The Legislature
commenced this action, contendi

Governments speak. They also petition. And they act in
ways that are neither speaking nor petitioning. It is important to
distinguish between the three, because Code of Civil Procedure
section 425.16 (section 425.16) may apply to the first two, but not
the third.
This case concerns whether the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes properly issued a permit for a fence separating two

Plaintiff, Mary Anna Whitehall, was a social worker for the San Bernardino
County Children and Family Services (CFS or the County) who sought legal advice
pertaining to any liability she might have for submitting misleading information and
doctored photographs to the juvenile court at the direction of her superiors. Her counsel
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prepared a filing for the juvenile court to app

The petitioner herein and plaintiff below, Robert Matheny,1 Sheriff of Harrison County (“Sheriff Matheny” or “the Sheriff”), appeals from an order entered August 9, 2016, by the Circuit Court of Harrison County. By that order, the circuit court granted mandamus relief to the respondent herein and defendant below, Lieutenant Gregory Scolapio (“Lieutenant Scolapio”), finding that he was

Respondent Dr. Tuan Nguyen (“Physician”) filed a third-party complaint
against Petitioner Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation (the “Hospital”) and
alleged it discriminated and retaliated against him for reporting patient safety concerns;
he alleged violations of the West Virginia Patient Safety Act (the “Act”),1 retaliatory
discharge, and intentional infliction o

This appeal concerns a dispute between the West Virginia State Lottery, the
Lottery Commission, the Lottery Director,1 (collectively, the State Lottery) and certain
entities (Permit Holders) who were issued permits to operate limited video lottery game
terminals (LVL terminals). The dispute arose after the State Lottery instructed the Permit
Holders that they would be required to u

At issue here is a municipal ordinance, which authorized the issuance of bonds to
be used to refinance the defendants' obligations with respect to construction of a baseball
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park. We find plaintiff taxpayers have standing under Government Code1 section 1092
to challenge the ordinance on the grounds participants in the proposed transaction
violated the conflict of interest pr

Grady County, OK - Jury Awards Plaintiff $8.5 Million On Wrongful Death Claims

Johnny White sued Jerry Bob Lancaster, Lancaster Jr. Rentals, LLC on a wrongful death neligence theory claiming that he daughter Kylie Andrews died in a house fire in a rental house located in Joy, Oklahoma. Plaintiff claimed that the defendants failed to property maintain the property and, as a direct result,

Appellant SJ Spero & Associates, P.C. (“Spero”) appeals from the trial court’s order setting aside a default judgment granted in favor of Spero and dismissing Spero’s claims against appellees Barbara Fain Davis and Lance Davis (together, “the Davises”). In its first issue, Spero argues the trial court erred in setting aside the default judgment because there was no finding that the Dav

¶1 The question presented is whether H.B. 14491 is a revenue bill and thus in violation of Article V, Section 33 of the Oklahoma Constitution. We answer in the affirmative.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2 H.B. 1449 creates the Motor Fuels Tax Fee for electric-drive and hybrid-drive vehicles, of $100 and $30 per year respectively, and directs that the money from the fees be

Tulsa, OK - At The End Of A Four Trial - Jury Convicts Ex-Cop of Manslaughter

The State of Oklahoma charged Shannon James Kepler, age 57, 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 WI

The City and County of San Francisco (the City) approved construction of a threeunit
condominium project proposed by real parties in interest Jeremy Ricks, Tracy
Kirkham and Joe Cooper on Telegraph Hill at 115 Telegraph Boulevard. Appellant
Protect Telegraph Hill argues that the approval was unlawful because an Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the project should have been prep

Greg Boss’s home in the Eastern District of Missouri suffered hail damage in
June 2014. Boss filed a property damage claim under the replacement cost
homeowners’ insurance policy issued by Travelers Home and Marine Insurance
Company. After Travelers paid Boss the “actual cash value” of the loss prior to repair
or replacement, Boss brought this putative class action in the W

This interlocutory appeal is from an order denying a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop a foreclosure sale.1 We DISMISS the appeal as MOOT.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In 2014, Plaintiff Audrey Dick (“Plaintiff”) and her husband borrowed $100,000 from Colorado Housing Enterprises, L.L.C. and Community Resources and Housing Development Corporation (“Defendants”). The

The trial in this case offers two narratives. One of a hardworking man
who, angered by failures of guardrails installed across the United States—with
sometimes devastating consequences—persuaded a Texas jury of a concealed
cause of those failures. The other of the inventive genius of professors at Texas
A&M’s Transportation Institute, who, over many years of study and testing

This case involves a trial court proceeding to confirm an arbitration award in a commercial landlord-tenant dispute. Landlords Thomas and Laura Howell, appellees here, filed suit in the trial court to confirm an arbitration award in their favor against their former tenants, appellants Premium Plastics Supply, Inc. and
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Reginald and Carol Barham. After the Howells moved for summary judgmen

Appellant Living Rivers Council (Living Rivers) appeals from a judgment denying
its petition for writ of mandate to compel respondent the State Water Resources Control
Board (Board) to rescind its approval of a policy designed to maintain instream flows in
coastal streams north of San Francisco. Living Rivers alleges several violations of the
California Environmental Quality Act (C

¶1 Respondent/Appellant Peter M. Chacon (Husband) appeals portions of the trial court's "Orders of the Court and Decree of Dissolution," filed on December 23, 2009 (Decree). He also appeals the trial court's May 27, 2010 order1 awarding attorney fees to Petitioner/Appellee Susan L. Chacon (Wife).

¶2 Husband asserts the trial court erred by: (1) refusing to transfer the case from Creek C

¶1 In this post-paternity, custody modification proceeding, Defendant/Appellant, Candace L. Hargrove (Mother), appeals from the trial court's order dated February 29, 2012, which found the trial court lacked jurisdiction to consider Mother's application for attorneys fees and costs. The trial court held the Oklahoma Supreme Court's order entered in Case No. 109,239 prohibits Mother from bringing

The Burciagas defaulted on their home equity loan in 2011. In 2013,
Deutsche Bank filed a foreclosure suit in Texas state court. Without holding a
hearing—as required by Texas law—the state court entered a foreclosure
order. Although Texas law expressly required that any challenge to the
foreclosure order be made in a separate, original proceeding, the Burciagas
moved to va