In this appeal, we review the circuit court’s dismissal, upon demurrer and pleas in bar, of a property owner’s claims for compensation and damages following the demolition of a residential building by the City of Norfolk.

FACTS

The circuit court dismissed the case below on demurrer and pleas in bar without taking evidence. “Where no evidence is taken in support of a plea in bar

Petitioner, Ted Williams, seeks review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Oken v. Williams, 23 So. 3d 140 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in St. Mary‟s Hospital v. Bell, 785 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001), on a question of law. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fl

Petitioner, Ted Williams, seeks review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Oken v. Williams, 23 So. 3d 140 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in St. Mary‟s Hospital v. Bell, 785 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001), on a question of law. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fl

Appellant Covenant Health System[2] brings this interlocutory appeal[3] challenging the order of the trial court denying its motion to dismiss the claims of appellees Linda Barnett and Robert Barnett for their failure to serve an expert report. Finding the Barnetts’ claims are health care liability claims, we reverse the trial court’s order and remand the case to the trial court.

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This appeal arises from Killam Ranch Properties, Ltd.’s (“Killam”) claim that Webb County violated the Texas Local Government Code and the Texas Open Meetings Act when it sold county-owned acreage and easements to Khaledi Properties, Ltd. (“Khaledi”). Killam filed suit against Webb County seeking a declaration the sale was void because of the statutory violations. Killam also filed a lis

Gary Pitts and Pitts & Collard, LLP sued Arthur L. Schechter, Arthur L. Schechter, P.C. d/b/a Schechter & Associates, Schechter & Marshall, L.L.P., and Schechter, McElwee & Shaffer, L.L.P. for breach of contract. The contract claim was based upon an allegation that the Schechter parties failed to pay referral fees from nearly a thousand lawsuits that Pitts referred by way of nine letter agreement

This interlocutory appeal challenges denial of a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action by members of a sheriff’s department for claimed constitutional violations by Sheriff Guadalupe Valdez and Executive Chief Deputy Jesse Flores. Sued in their individual and official capacities, defendants contend: the individual-capacity claims are barred by qualified immunity; and

Wade Brady sued the Fort Bend Star newspaper on a libel theory claiming that journalist LeaAnn Klentzman wrote an article that falsely said that he tape-recorded meetings between Brady's father, Fort Bend County Chief Deputy Craig Brady, and deputies involved in a 2001 traffic stop that ended with the younger Brady being ticketed as a minor in possession of alcohol.

The libel lawsuit, file

A group of former captains fromthe Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) sued state and union officials alleging that the defendants unlawfully punished them for seeking to organize with a rival union. One of the defendants is former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Much of the litigation below, which began in June 2005, focused on plaintiffs’ efforts to depose Governor Blagojevich. After

Plaintiff-Appellant Wythe Crowe appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee ADT Security Services, Inc. (“ADT”) on his claims for discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Background

Because this matter was resolved on summary judgment, we

Plaintiff-Appellant David A. Bentkowski, the Mayor of Seven Hills, Ohio, sued Defendants-Appellees Scene Magazine, Cleveland Scene Publishing, LLC, Cleveland Scene, LLC, and Village Voice Media Holdings LLC for defamation arising from an article published in a weekly publication called Cleveland Scene. The district court granted Appellees’ motion for summary judgment and Bentkowski appeals. In a

Plaintiff-Appellant David A. Bentkowski, the Mayor of Seven Hills, Ohio, sued Defendants-Appellees Scene Magazine, Cleveland Scene Publishing, LLC, Cleveland Scene, LLC, and Village Voice Media Holdings LLC for defamation arising from an article published in a weekly publication called Cleveland Scene. The district court granted Appellees’ motion for summary judgment and Bentkowski appeals. In a

Deana Tusing sued the Des Moines Independent Community School District, Celeste Kelling, and Dee Culp (collectively, "School District"), challenging the School District's failure to hire her for two positions and its transfer of her to a different teaching position at another school. Tusing alleged age and disability discrimination, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA),

¶1 Plaintiff Bill Grogan appeals the order of the district court granting the motion for summary judgment filed by KOKH, LLC, a foreign limited liability company, Andrew Spino, Jaime Cerreta, and Matt Austin (KOKH defendants). Oral Argument was conducted in this case on March 5, 2010. The appeal has been assigned to the accelerated docket pursuant to Oklahoma Supreme Court Rule 1.36 (b), 12 O.S.

After the Department of Labor (DOL) had granted an alien employment certification to AMS & Associates, Inc., thereby clearing a path for its employee Abdulaziz Sugule to apply for an immigrant visa, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revoked the DOL’s certification on the ground of fraud. The DHS based its finding on three documents in which Sugule represented to two private parties he wa

With limited exceptions, this court’s jurisdiction to consider an otherwise timely appeal depends on whether the district court has entered a final judgment in the action below. NRAP 3A(b)(1). A final judgment is generally defined as one that resolves all of the parties’ claims and rights in the action, leaving nothing for the court’s future consideration except for post-judgment issues.

Charles Summerhill (Summerhill), the named plaintiff in a purported class action lawsuit against Terminix,1 appeals the district court's2 dismissal of his first amended complaint as time-barred because Summerhill failed to sufficiently plead that the Arkansas doctrine of fraudulent concealment saves his otherwise stale claims. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On June 16, 2008, Summerhill, on

I. Introduction

This case concerns the efforts of John Mathews, formerly a unionized employee of Denver Newspaper Agency, LLP (the “Agency”), to litigate certain statutory employment discrimination claims despite having previously arbitrated similar contractual claims to a final, adverse determination. Believing the Supreme Court’s recent decision in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett, 129 S.

Plaintiff-Appellant Call Center Technologies, Inc. (“Call Center”) appeals from (1) a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Squatrito, J.) entered on February 24, 2009, that, inter alia, granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant- Appellee Interline Travel & Tour, Inc. (“Interline”) on the issue of successor liability, and (2) a memorandum of dec

[¶1] Michael Sorenson appeals from a judgment quieting title to certain mineral interests in Ken Alinder, Robert Alinder, and Sharon Dragland, the children of Russell and Edna Alinder. Because the district court erred in applying N.D.C.C. § 38-18.1-06, we reverse and remand for entry of an order quieting title to the mineral interests in Sorenson.

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[¶2] Sorenson is the surface ow

[¶1] Scott L. Taliaferro appeals the district court's judgment quieting title to oil, gas and other minerals in Helen Johnson, Craig A. Johnson and Julia M. Johnson ("Johnsons"). We affirm.

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[¶2] On January 14, 2010, Craig A. Johnson and Julia M. Johnson filed a complaint to quiet title to the mineral interest under Section 13: SW 1/4 and Section 24: N 1/2 in Bottineau County, Nor

¶1 Plaintiff Kenneth Simington appeals a trial court order granting the motion to dismiss filed by "Defendants Linda Parker and the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS)" based on the failure of Simington's petition to state a claim upon which relief can be granted pursuant to 12 O.S.2001 § 2012(B)(6). Based on the following reasons, we affirm the order as to DRS and Parker, in he

In February 2009, Plaintiff Darnell E. Cole was terminated from his employment as president of the Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Plaintiff filed a complaint against Defendants, Milwaukee Area Technical College District (College) and Milwaukee Area Technical College District Board (Board) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He later filed an Amended Complaint, also pursuant to § 1983, and al

Appellants’ motion for rehearing is denied. This court’s opinion and judgment dated December 1, 2010 are withdrawn, and this opinion and judgment are substituted. Our prior opinion contained an incorrect reference to Laura Johnson serving as co-trustee of a foundation as opposed to Laura Johnson serving as co-trustee of a management trust. We substitute this opinion to delete the erroneous

Alan Nogiec, a former director of the Parks and Recreation Department of Isle of Wight County (County), sued the County for breach of contract and its assistant administrator, Patrick Small, for defamation. A jury found for Nogiec on both claims, and the County and Small appealed. We granted review to consider two questions: first, whether the evidence on damages was sufficient to support the jury