This appeal reads like a telenovela, a Spanish soap opera. It pits music celebrities, who make money by promoting themselves, against a gossip magazine, that makes money by publishing celebrity photographs, with a paparazzo, who apparently stole the disputed pictures, stuck in the middle.

Noelia Lorenzo Monge and Jorge Reynoso (“the couple”), Latin American celebrities, claim that Maya

This action, removed from Massachusetts Superior Court, involves residential condominium units in a development along Boston's Battery Wharf. Plaintiff Kenneth Edlow appeals the 12(b)(6) dismissal of his suit against the developer RBW, LLC, in which he sought to rescind his purchase of a condominium unit, to recoup his deposits on a second unit, and to recover damages. Mr. Edlow also appeals the d

Four days after Angelo Dahlia, a detective in the City of Burbank Police Department, disclosed the alleged use of abusive interrogation tactics by his colleagues to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, he was placed on administrative leave by Chief of Police Tim Stehr. That decision prompted Dahlia to file a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Stehr and lieutenants, sergeants, and a detective of the

were opposed to the LCO because of the potential harms to the neighboring farms and to the Minidoka National Historic Site petitioned the district court for review of the Board’s decision on remand from the district court. The district court affirmed the Board’s approval of the permit, finding in the process that four of the organizations concerned with the effects on the Minidoka National His

This appeal involves the interpretation of a claims-made professional liability insurance policy that appellant Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc., d.b.a. PIC Wisconsin (PIC), issued to nonparty dentist Hamid Ahmadi, D.D.S. The policy covers dental malpractice claims made against Dr. Ahmadi and reported to PIC during the policy period. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the dist

¶1 The Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar) filed a complaint pursuant to Rule 6, Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), against the Respondent, Michael Joseph Corrales ("Respondent" or "Corrales"), alleging violations of Rule 8.4(b), Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct (ORPC), and Rule 1.3, RGDP, that warrant the imposition of professional discipline.1

¶2 Count I alleged that a cr

A homeowner appeals an order denying her Objections to Judicial Sale and Motion to Set Aside Judicial Sale. She argues the trial court erred in denying her motion because no pre-sale publication notice was made, pursuant to section 45.031, Florida Statutes (2011). We agree and reverse.

After entering a judgment of foreclosure for $66,314.12, the trial court set the date of the foreclosure s

Jane Mead was fired from her job as administrator of fifteen assisted living facilities operated by Independence Association ("IA") and licensed by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS"). Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Mead filed suit against IA and two DHHS employees in the United States District Court for the District of Maine, alleging that her termination without a hearing

Plaintiffs James Brooks and Donald Hamlette, corrections officers at the Correctional Unit in Rustburg, Virginia, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendants unlawfully fired them for exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech. The Supreme Court has been quite clear, however, that "‘complaints about . . . the employee’s own duties’" that are "filed with an employer

Cynthia Sotelo, Jose Garcia, Jessica Garcia, Joseph Garcia, Ashley Garcia, Tiffany R., and Brandon L., appeal from the trial court‟s denial of their motion for class certification in a suit alleging that respondents engaged them, and those similarly situated, to work as independent contractors though they were actually employees, and that as a result of this misclassification, respondents are li

¶1 This case comes before us on certification from the court of appeals. The State brought a civil action against Pharmacia Corporation ("Pharmacia"), alleging that the company reported inflated drug prices to Wisconsin Medicaid. A jury found Pharmacia liable for violating Wisconsin Statutes sections 100.18(1) (1992)[1]——the Deceptive Trade Practices Act ("DTPA")——and 49.49(4m)(a)2. (

Appellees, Daniel Kasprzak, his wife Patricia Kasprzak, and his daughter Katherine Kasprzak (collectively, “the Kasprzaks”) sued appellants, Mary Lee Anderson, Dian Demma, and Bruce Lindsay (collectively, “the residents”), for defamation and related causes of action as a result of a conflict between Daniel Kasprzak, as president of his neighborhood’s homeowner’s association, and variou

Since 1999, the Town of Greece, New York, has begun its Town Board meetings with a short prayer. In 2008, town residents Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens brought suit against the town and Town Supervisor John Auberger in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, asserting that aspects of this prayer practice violated the Establishment Clause. The district court (Charl

George and Margaret Paeth faced many hurdles from Worth Township in trying to renovate their home. Eventually, they took the Township to court, where a jury awarded them $600,000 on First Amendment retaliation and procedural due process claims. The Paeths did not establish a procedural due process violation, because the process they were afforded was constitutionally sufficient. There was, however

Defendants Ron Angel and John Selig appeal from the district court's denial of summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. Defendants raised this defense against Jacobia Twiggs's claim of gender discrimination, which she brought after being fired for untruthfulness in connection with the release of a youth resident from residential custody. We reverse the district court, finding Angel and

Plaintiff-Appellant Buxton Craig Heyerman was imprisoned for more than seventeen years as a pretrial detainee after a state appellate court reversed his criminal conviction and remanded the matter to the trial court. He filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants-Appellees, alleging that this lengthy detention violated his Sixth Amendment speedy-trial rights. Defen

¶1 Appellants, Alfredo Omalza, Ronnie Lee Floyd and David Lee Flippo, were tried separately by jury in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-89-4717 before the Honorable James B. Blevins, District Judge.1 Omalza was convicted of two counts of Murder in the first degree (21 O.S.Supp. 1982 § 701.7 [21-701.7](A)) and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Murder (21 O.S. 1981 § 421 [21-42

Marjorie Gayle Hendrix, the appellant, was injured in an automobile accident caused by Charles Robert Burns, one of the appellees. In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Mrs. Hendrix sued Mr. Burns and Candice Marie Burns, his wife, the other appellee, alleging battery and negligence against Mr. Burns and negligent entrustment against Mrs. Burns.

Mrs. Hendrix prayed a jury trial. Before

In Maryland the vicious mauling of young children by pit bulls occurred as early as 1916.1 Bachman vs. Clark, 128 Md. 245; 97 A. 440 (1916). In that case, a ten-year-old boy, John L. Clark, was playing on the north side of a street when a pit bull (“bull terrier”) came across the street from its owner’s property and attacked him, inflicting serious injuries. The pit bull refused to release t

¶1 [2] Appellant, Scott Allen Hain, was convicted of two counts each of Murder in the First Degree, Kidnapping, Robbery with Firearms, and Larceny of an Automobile and one count of Arson in the Third Degree after a two stage jury trial in the District Court of Creek County, Case No. CRF-87-240. Following the guilty verdicts, Appellant was sentenced in accordance with the jury's recommendations. H

American poet, author, and essayist William Carlos Williams wrote, “It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it. There lies the secret of the ages.” Selected Essays, preface at i (1954). Respondents in the present case, CEGW, Inc., owner of the Baltimore-based City Paper, and Van Smith (Smith), a reporter, published in 2006–07 two articles in the City Paper that re

The Appellants, Harris Schwartzberg, Maxwell Stolzberg, and multiple trusts are among the defendants in nursing home litigation brought by the Appellee, Kim K. Knobloch, as the personal representative of the Estate of William Knobloch, deceased. The Appellants challenge the circuit court's order denying their motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.1 Because Ms. Knobloch failed to est

The plaintiff, Carmen I. Perez-Dickson, brought this action claiming that the defendants, the board of education of the city of Bridgeport (board), Henry R. Kelly, the former assistant superintendent of the Bridgeport public schools (school district), and Daniel Shamas,1 the former acting superintendent of the school district, disciplined her for exercising her rights guaranteed by the first amend

The plaintiff, Robert Pelkey, appeals the decision of the Superior Court (Garfunkel, J.) granting the motion for partial summary judgment of the defendant, Dan’s City Used Cars, Inc. d/b/a Dan’s City Auto Body. We reverse and remand.

I. Background

The following facts are drawn from the record. In March 2009, the plaintiff brought suit against both his landlord, Colonial Village,

This case arises out of a dispute over real property in the City of Newport (Newport or city). The plaintiffs, Shannon Reagan, William A. Reagan, Terrance Moy, and Margaret Moy, appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendants, Newport and its representatives,1 on the plaintiffs’ action to clear title to a portion of the Washington Street Extension, which is located in Newport. In this appeal,