The Association for Accessible Medicines (“AAM”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of its dormant commerce clause challenge to a Maryland statute prohibiting price gouging in the sale of prescription drugs. AAM also appeals the district court’s refusal to enjoin enforcement of the statute on the basis that it is unconstitutionally vague. We hold that the statute violates the dormant commerce

On July 31, 2015, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of
information charging defendant with attempted second degree murder in violation
of La. R.S. 14:27 and La. R.S. 14:30.1. On August 17, 2015, defendant pleaded
not guilty at his arraignment. On November 30, 2015, defendant filed a pro se
motion for substitution of counsel complaining his court-appointed co

On June 29, 2014, sometime between 2:00 a.m. and 2:50 a.m., an exchange
of gunfire between two shooters erupted in the 700 block of Bourbon Street, near
the intersection with Orleans Street in the French Quarter. This incident resulted in
the untimely death of Brittany Thomas (hereinafter “Ms. Thomas”), the attempted
murder of an unknown male, and injury to numerous bystanders

On July 7, 2011, Dale Wadric Winters (“Defendant”), was charged with
second degree murder, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. On April 13, 2015, the
indictment was amended to charge the Defendant with manslaughter, a violation of
La.R.S. 14:31. At that time, the Defendant entered a plea pursuant to North
Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160 (1970), and was sentenced to

On May 26, 2015, Defendant, Teddy Aguillard, owned a driving school in
Eunice and was teaching driving lessons when he made lewd comments to two of
his juvenile students, S.B. and A.A.1 On October 26, 2015, Defendant was charged
with two counts of indecent behavior with juveniles, violations of La.R.S.
14:81(A)(2).2 On February 17, 2017, a unanimous jury found him guilty as <

In 2008, the defendant, Jaderrick Barrett (also known as “J.D.”), was
16 years old.2 He entered an abandoned house with G.K.,3 a 12-year-old
mentally challenged girl, pulled down her panties and engaged in vaginal
and anal sexual intercourse with her.4 The Shreveport Police Department
investigated the matter but the police officers were unable to locate the
defendant. S

The state charged Defendant by bill of information with one count of
indecent behavior with juveniles in violation of La. R.S. 14:81(A)(2), one
count of molestation of a juvenile in violation of La. R.S. 14:81.2 and one
count of pornography involving juveniles in violation of La. R.S. 14:81.1.
As to Count One, the state alleged that on April 20, 2014, Defendant
transmitte

On June 16, 2013, Willie James (“James”) hosted a Father’s Day
celebration at his home located at 3814 White Street, Monroe, Louisiana.
One of the invited guests, Chiquita Williams (“Williams”), attended the
party with her ex-boyfriend, Eldrick Dontrail Carter (“Carter”). At some
point during the party, a disagreement ensued between Carter and another
guest. After Carte

On August 10, 2015, a grand jury indicted Meadows with second
degree murder of a child. On January 10, 2017, Meadows pled guilty to the
reduced charge of second degree cruelty to juveniles. The trial court
accepted the plea, and ordered a presentence investigation report.
On March 15, 2017, the State filed a habitual offender bill of
information against Meadows, alleging

In October 2003, Henk was charged with first degree murder,
with aggravating circumstances, for the death of his son,
Brendan Gonzalez, which occurred on or about January 6. He
was initially questioned after his son disappeared, but he did
not make any admissions. At a subsequent hearing on an unrelated
charge, Henk admitted in open court to killing Brendan.
He was then int

Defendant’s four-day trial began on October 10, 2016. Tensas Parish
Sheriff Ricky Jones testified that around 2:22 p.m. on November 6, 2015,
N.H. frantically ran into the sheriff’s office barefoot, wearing a pink
nightgown and black jogging pants. According to Sheriff Jones and Deputy
Betty Spillman Brown, N.H. was hysterical; she was crying and could barely
talk. The o

Defendant was charged by bill of information with second degree
battery and second degree kidnapping that occurred on August 29, 2015, in
Monroe, Louisiana. After an extensive on-record discussion, the trial court
granted defendant’s motion to represent himself. Defendant waived his right
to a jury trial and filed notice of his intent to present an intoxication defense.

On September 15, 2016, several Shreveport Police Department
(“SPD”) officers were dispatched to the McDonald’s at 7000 West 70th
Street, Shreveport, Louisiana, in response to a reported shooting. Upon their
arrival, the officers encountered Jeremy Brooks carrying a sword in a sheath.
Brooks claimed that two men, Ladamion Davis and Lakendrick Scroggins,
pulled a gun on hi

Plaintiff‐Appellant Great Minds appeals from the March 21, 2017 dismissal
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) of its copyright infringement action
against FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc. (“FedEx”) in the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of New York (Hurley, J.). We find that Great Minds’
public license does not explicitly address whether

We derive the following facts from the trial record. On
January 23, 2015, defendant drove Stephanie Monzo, a friend, to
the local Walmart. Monzo entered the store while defendant
remained in the car. As Monzo shopped, three Walmart asset
protection associates approached her based upon a suspicion of
shoplifting. One of the associates requested that she "come into
t

The defendant, Kyvonte Latrell Eaglin, attended a party at the American
Legion Hall in Jennings on August 8, 2015. An altercation broke out, and a group
moved outside. The defendant went to his vehicle and retrieved a gun. Shots from
one or more firearms were fired, and the victim, Jawon Lennette, was killed.
The defendant was indicted for second degree murder, a violation o

This appeal involves an award of summary judgment to the defendant
on claims involving premises liability. For these claims, the defendant had
only limited duties for dangers that are considered “open and obvious.”
This limitation lies at the center of this appeal: The victim was killed by
cattle, and the danger from cattle is ordinarily open and obvious. Here,
though, the catt

After a seven-day trial and two days of deliberation, a jury found that Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, and Clifford Harris, Jr.’s song “Blurred Lines,” the world’s best-selling single in 2013, infringed Frankie Christian Gaye, Nona Marvisa Gaye, and Marvin Gaye III’s copyright in Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit song “Got To Give It Up.” Three consolidated appeals followed.

Appellants and Cross-A

Omaha, NE - The Maids International, Inc. sued Maids on Call, LLC et al. on a trademark infringement theory.

Authors write books. Filmmakers make films. Playwrights
craft plays. And television writers, directors, and producers
create television shows and put them on the air -- or, in these
modern times, online. The First Amendment protects these
expressive works and the free speech rights of their creators.
Some of these works are fiction. Some are factual. And some are
a combinat

NOPD 911 operator Ms. Shondrell Isadore testified that every 911 call for
police assistance is recorded, assigned an item number and generates an incident
recall report. The item number assigned the 911 call in this case was A-034256
12. Ms. Isadore identified State’s Exhibit 2 as the recording of the 911 call, made
by Jeremy Ballard on January 25, 2012, at approximately 7:11

The victim, C.M., lived with his grandmother, Armelinda Trejo, after his
mother passed away in 2007, and because his father was not a part of his life.
C.M. and his grandmother moved to the Wingfield apartments in May 2010.
Defendant, Clevance “Junior” Cormier, lived in the Wingfield apartments, first in
apartment number three, and then in the apartment across from Ms. Trejo

Following a four-day bench trial, the court entered
judgment in favor of Eleanor Licensing LLC and Denice
Shakarian Halicki and against Classic Recreations, LLC, T&D
Motor Company, Jason Engel and Tony Engel (collectively
Classic), ordering that Eleanor Licensing retain possession of a
vehicle identified as “Eleanor No. 1,” which had been
manufactured by Classic pursuant to

This appeal, brought by three tobacco companies (“Appellants”), challenges on multiple grounds the judgment entered against them and in favor of Pauline Burkhart for compensatory and punitive damages. The judgment was awarded after a bifurcated, ten-day trial in which the jury found in Burkhart’s favor on her claims of negligence, strict liability, fraudulent concealment, and civil conspiracy. Thi

Dr. Edward Tobinick appeals the District Court’s award of attorney’s fees to Dr. Steven Novella. Dr. Tobinick argues both that the District Court’s decision to award attorney’s fees and the amount of fees it awarded were made in error. This case presents an issue of first impression for our circuit. That is, whether the “exceptional case” standard for awarding attorney’s fees in Patent Act cases,