Mandamus Law
 
In Re Erwin Burley

Relator, Erwin Burley, proceeding pro se, filed a document entitled “Declaration for
Entry of Default,” “in the above cause on January 28, 2016.2 Relator appears to be seeking default judgments on a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a motion to recuse
the trial court on grounds that the trial court has not timely ruled on those matters.
Because relator’s pleading does not ref... More...
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In Re Corey J. Schuff

Relator Corey J. Schuff, a pro se inmate, filed a petition for writ of
mandamus, in which he contends that he filed requests for post-conviction DNA
testing and appointment of counsel, but the trial court has failed to rule on his
motion. Schuff asserts in the alternative that the clerk failed to bring his motions to
the court’s attention.
The State filed a response in wh... More...
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In re: Idaho Conservation League, et al.

Congress enacted CERCLA “to promote the timely cleanup of hazardous waste sites and to ensure that the costs of such cleanup efforts were borne by those responsible for the contamination.” Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. United States, 556 U.S. 599, 602 (2009) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). CERCLA vests in EPA “‘broad power to command government agencies and private parties... More...   $0 (01-29-2016 - DC)

Coniglio v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.

On March 30, 2012, thirty-three plaintiffs filed a complaint against
Appellees in Koonce v. Chesapeake Exploration, Columbiana County Common Pleas
Court Case No. 2012 CV 136. Sixteen plaintiffs were later added. On March 22,
2012, seventy-five plaintiffs filed a complaint against Appellees in Coniglio v.
Chesapeake, Carroll County Common Pleas Court Case No. 2012 CVH 27102. ... More...
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Silverado Stages, Inc. v. FMCSA

Congress requires the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to “determine whether an owner or operator is fit to operate safely commercial motor vehicles,” based upon, among other things, “the safety inspection record of such owner or operator.” 49 U.S.C. § 31144(a)(1). DOT is also required to “make such final safety fitness determinations readily available to the public.” Id. § 31144(a)(3). DO... More...   $0 (01-17-2016 - DC)

State of Louisiana v. Trung Le

New Orleans, LA - Defendant convicted of 2014 shooting on Bourbon Street that killed one and injured nine

The State of Louisiana charged Trung Le, age 22, with manslaughter and attempted second-degree murder for shooting and killing Brittany Thomas and wounding several others on Bourbon Street on July 29, 2014.

The State claimed that Le was shooting at an unknown gunman.
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Jeffrey A. Cleary v. State of Indiana

On the afternoon of November 4, 2010, Jeff Cleary drove to Giovanni’s Restaurant in Munster, Indiana, for lunch and drinks with two other individuals. Over the course of the next six to seven hours, Cleary ordered six drinks—all doubles of Absolut Vodka and water—and the table shared a bottle of wine. Later that evening, Cleary went to the Country Lounge in Hobart, Indiana. He had most of anoth... More...   $0 (01-11-2016 - IN)

Hinkston v. State Of Arkansas

In 1998, appellant Michael Hinkston was found guilty by a Crawford County jury of
capital murder, with residential burglary as the underlying felony, and theft of property. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for capital murder and twenty years’
imprisonment for theft of property. We affirmed.
On January 26, 2015, Hinkston filed a petition for writ of habeas cor... More...
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United States of America v. Harlan Salmona

Not many people want to be locked up in a federal penitentiary serving a life
sentence. Harlan Salmona does because it beats the alternative, which is being
locked up in a state penitentiary that he believes is less safe. The problem for
Salmona is that his life sentence was imposed by a Florida state court, not by a
federal court. Salmona claims that because of a promise ma... More...
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Kathy S. Crofts State of Wyoming, ex rel., Department of Game and Fish

Kathy Crofts was a long-term Game & Fish employee. At all relevant times, Ms. Crofts was a wildlife investigator based in Cody, and was entitled to the protections provided to full-time, permanent employees by the Stateof Wyoming’s Personnel Rules.
[¶4] Ms. Crofts was issued a one-day suspension without pay on October 13, 2011. That suspension was based upon Ms. Crofts’ insubordinate behavior... More...
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Anglers Conservation Network v. Penny Pritzker

Plaintiffs brought this lawsuit claiming that federal agencies unlawfully neglected to manage stocks of river herring (alewives and blueback herring), and shad (American shad and their smaller relatives, hickory shad) in the Atlantic Ocean from New York to North Carolina. These are schooling ocean fish. In early spring, as waters warm, river herring and shad begin their annual spawning runs into... More...   $0 (01-07-2016 - )

State Of Wisconsin v. Peterson

These cases arise from a John Doe proceeding originally initiated in Milwaukee County, and subsequently expanded to four additional counties, Iowa County, Dodge County, Dane County, and Columbia County. Though not consolidated, these proceedings have been overseen by a single John Doe judge and organized by a single special prosecutor (Francis Schmitz). For the sake of clarity, we will refer to al... More...   $0 (01-03-2016 - WI)

AT&T Corp v. Core Communications Inc

Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 19961 (TCA) to “fundamentally restructure[] local telephone markets.”2 Before the TCA, local telephone service companies operated as government-regulated monopolies. “States typically granted an exclusive franchise in each local service area to a local exchange carrier (LEC).”3 One of the TCA’s principal aims “was to end local telephone monopolies a... More...   $0 (12-24-2015 - PA)

State Of North Carolina v Biddix

Mark Allan Biddix (“Defendant”) appeals from judgment entered following his
plea of guilty to manufacturing methamphetamine, two counts of conspiracy to
manufacture methamphetamine, ten counts of possession of an immediate precursor
chemical used to manufacture methamphetamine, and continuing a criminal
enterprise. Defendant does not have a statutory right to appeal the issue ... More...
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Jeffrey Hewitt v. Westfield Washington School Corporation, et al.

On July 1, 2011, Jeffery Hewitt signed a contract with Westfield Washington School Corporation (Westfield) that provided that he would serve as Principal of Monon Trail Elementary School (MTES). Hewitt’s contract was the regular teacher’s contract used throughout Indiana, except that the contract was limited to a two-year term and specified that Hewitt would serve as Principal. With regard to te... More...   $0 (12-16-2015 - IN)

GOWENS v. BARSTOW

On July 3, 2007, a paramedic supervisor, Defendant Ethan Barstow (Mr. Barstow), collided with a vehicle driven by the Plaintiff/Appellee, Elizabeth Gowens (Ms. Gowens) resulting in property damage to both vehicles and physical injury to Ms. Gowens. At the time of the collision, Mr. Barstow was a paramedic supervisor for the Defendant/Appellant EMSSTAT which is a division of the Defendant/Appellan... More...   $0 (12-16-2015 - OK)

USA v. STEWART

On June 22, 1984, Judge Joyce Hens Green sentenced Stewart
to one year of imprisonment for carrying a pistol without a
license, in violation of 22 D.C. Code § 3204, two to six years of
imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute heroin, in
violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), and a special parole term of
three years to follow his imprisonment, with those sentences to... More...
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State Of Louisiana VS James Burt

The trial court did not err in denying relator' s motion for production of documents, as at the time
relator filed the motion his appeal was pending before the Louisiana Supreme Court. Additionally, relator' s allegations were insufficient to establish a particularized need, as he had not filed an application for postconviction relief. The jurisprudence requires lower courts to provide indigen... More...
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HIGH PLAINS v. FALL RIVER CTY

Keith Andersen of Andersen Engineering contacted the Fall River
auditor, Sue Ganje, and asked her to place him on the Board’s March 25, 2014
agenda so he could present a resolution to authorize a petroleum contaminated land
farm. The item was listed on the agenda as “Keith Andersen, Andersen
Engineering – Plat; Review of Resolution for Land Farm General Permit”.
Anderson... More...
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J.C. Carter v. St. John Medical Center, Inc.

Tulsa, OK - J.C. Carter sued St. John Medical Center, Inc. on a medical negligence (medical malpractice) theory claiming:

1. The Plaintiff is a resident of Tulsa County. The Defendant is a corporation with its principal place of business in Tulsa, and operates a not for profit hospital.
2. On July 5, 2005, the Plaintiff was a patient at the defendant hospital. One of the employees of ... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. Victor Cornell Miller

Tulsa, OK - Man sentenced to life without parole for murder committed in 1999

The State of Oklahoma charged Victor Cornell Miller, age 52, with two counts of first-degee murder for killing Mary Agnes Bowles, age 77, and Jerald Thurman in 1999 in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7 in 1999.

Court docket entries for this case:

Date Code Description Count Party Amount
09-22... More...
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THADDEUS J. NORTH, et al. v. SMARSH, INC., et al.,

Mr. North is a resident of Connecticut. From February 2008 to August 2011, Mr.
North was the Chief Compliance Officer of Southridge Investment Group, LLC (Southridge).
In 2010, FINRA began investigating Southridge because of certain improprieties concerning the
owner’s management of a hedge fund and an alleged business relationship between LK, a broker
registered with Southr... More...
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Michael A. Howard v. Cullman County and Barry Willingham, Revenue Commissioner of Cullman County

The revenue commissioner for each county is responsible for the assessment of property for the purpose of taxing the property, collecting those taxes, and making reports concerning the same. County property taxes are due on October 1 of each year and must be paid by December 31 to avoid incurring a late fee. Before its amendment during the course of this action, § 40-7-42, Ala. Code 1975 (hereina... More...   $0 (12-06-2015 - AL)

IN RE RSR CORPORATION AND QUEMETCO METALS LIMITED, INC., RELATORS

This original proceeding concerns whether the trial court abused its discretion by
disqualifying plaintiffs’ counsel because they “worked so closely” with a defendant’s former finance
manager. Treating the finance manager like a side-switching paralegal, the trial court applied In re
American Home Products Corp., 985 S.W.2d 68 (Tex. 1998) (orig. proceeding), and found
plaintiffs’ ... More...
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Gerald A. Lechliter v. Del. Department of Natural Resources, et al.

The Plaintiff here, Colonel Gerald A. Lechliter, is a resident of Lewes. His
home is situated on a quiet cul-de-sac, and his property abuts a parcel of land once
part of a planned, but never used, industrial park owned by the University of
Delaware. The land was acquired from the University by the State Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control (“DNREC”), and ... More...
   $0 (12-01-2015 - DE)

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