This appeal presents the questions whether due process forbids giving a
jury’s findings of negligence and strict liability in a class action against cigarette
manufacturers preclusive effect in a later individual suit by a class member and, if
not, whether federal law preempts the jury’s findings. Florida smokers and their
survivors filed a class action against several tobacco comp

“Registration” of a copyright is a precondition to filing suit for copyright infringement. 17 U.S.C. § 411(a). This appeal requires us to decide an issue that
* Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.
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has divided the circuits: whether registration occurs when an owner

Appellant Elma Garza Gonzalez was sued by her eight siblings for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and conversion in connection with the disposition of their
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late father’s assets. The trial court granted summary judgment against Elma,
awarding damages to her siblings and declaring void a gift of real property.
On appeal, Elma raises two issues, arguing that the court lacked subjec

Tulsa, OK - Woman Given Five Year Deferred Sentence In Death of Her One-Year-Old Daughter

The State of Oklahoma charged Hallelujah Brookens, age 22, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, CHILD ABUSE MURDER, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 12/01/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
WATKINS, NATHANIEL JAMAL Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/12/2017. Guilt

New Mexico appeals the district court’s grant of Debra Hatten-Gonzales’s
motion for a preliminary injunction preventing the New Mexico Human Services
Department from implementing NMAC § 8.139.410.14, a regulation
implementing federal restrictions on food stamp benefits, until December 31,
2016. Hatten-Gonzales filed the motion pursuant to a consent decree that has
* This order

Oklahoma City, OK - Cindi Novotny v. Blake Mattea

Issue # 1. Issue: AUTO NEGLIGENCE (AUTONEG)
Filed By: Novotny, Cindi
Filed Date: 10/08/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: Mattea, Blake Disposed: JUDGEMENT FOR PLAINTIFF, 04/25/2017. Jury Trial
Docket
Date Code Description Count Party Amount
10-08-2014 TEXT

CIVIL RELIEF MO

In 2005, a jury found Mr. Alston guilty of murder, aggravated robbery, having
weapons under disability, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence as well as several
firearm specifications. The trial court sentenced him to a total of 24 years to life in prison. This
Court upheld his convictions on appeal. In March 2016, Mr. Alston moved to vacate and correct
his sentence

Defendant-appellant, Javier Ramos, appeals the trial court’s decision
denying his motion to terminate postrelease control sanctions. For the reasons that
follow, we reverse and remand with instructions.
{¶2} In February 2004, Ramos pleaded guilty to one count of drug trafficking in
violation of R.C. 2925.03, a first-degree felony, and was sentenced to nine years in
priso

On June 14, 2015, Smith entered a negotiated plea of guilty to one count of
Illegal Manufacture of Drugs, in violation of R.C. 2925.04, a second degree felony; one
count of Illegal Assembly or Possession of Chemicals for the Manufacture of Drugs, in
violation of R.C. 2925.041, a felony of the third degree; and one count of Aggravated
Possession of Drugs, in violation of R.C. 29

Appellant was indicted on or about August 21, 2015 on four
counts: robbery, a felony of the second degree, in violation of R.C.
2911.02(A)(2); robbery, a felony of the third degree, in violation of R.C.
2911.02(A)(3); kidnapping, a felony of the second degree, in violation of
R.C. 2905.01(A)(2); and robbery, a felony of the second degree, in violation
of R.C. 2911.02(A)(1)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Warren Curtis Blunt with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: INDE, INDECENT EXPOSURE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1021
Date of Offense: 04/20/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

BLUNT, WARREN CURTIS
Disposed: ACQUITTED, 12/03/2015. Jury Trial
Count as Disposed: INDECENT EXPOSURE(INDE)
Violation of 21 O.S. 102

A wife agreed to hold funds in trust for her husband’s
elderly stepmother. After her husband’s death, the wife
changed the form of the accounts and used the funds for her
own purposes. The stepmother died and her personal
representative brought this action to impose a constructive
trust on the funds. At the conclusion of the personal
representative’s case-in-chief, the tria

SUMMARY
Code of Civil Procedure section 404.1 governs the
conditions for coordination of civil actions.1 In February 2016, a
coordination motion judge found that a coordination proceeding
was appropriate for approximately 470 cases filed in nine
California counties. Six months later, the judge assigned as the
coordination trial judge for those cases, applying the same
s

Tulsa, OK - Kathryn Williston v. Loren Griffith

Issue # 1. Issue: AUTO NEGLIGENCE (AUTONEG)
Filed By: WILLISTON, KATHRYN
Filed Date: 11/03/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: GRIFFITH, LOREN Disposed: JUDGEMENT FOR PLAINTIFF, 04/25/2017. Jury Trial
Docket
Date Code Description Count Party Amount
11-03-2015 TEXT

CIVIL RELIE

A. Conviction of Woolheater. The partially decomposed body of Morningstar was discovered in February 2005 in a forested area in Altoona near Woolheater’s home. Police immediately began investigating Woolheater and subsequently charged him with first-degree murder. Woolheater was convicted after a jury trial. The conviction was upheld by the court of appeals. State v. Woolheater, No. 10–0478,

Troy L. Randolph (“Defendant”) appeals his convictions for possession with
the intent to distribute marijuana,1 possession with the intent to distribute heroin,2
possession with the intent to distribute cocaine,3 and possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon.4 Defendant also appeals his sentence for possession with the intent
to distribute heroin as indeterminate. Finding th

Tulsa, OK - Marcia Sanderson sued Tyler Donovan Braddy on an auto negligence theory:

Issue # 1. Issue: NEGLIGENCE (GENERAL) (NEGL)
Filed By: SANDERSON, MARCIA
Filed Date: 05/27/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: BRADDY, TYLER DONOVAN Disposed: JUDGEMENT FOR PLAINTIFF, 04/27/2017. Jury Trial
Docket
Date Code Description Count Party Amount<

Tulsa, OK - Man Sentenced to Life Plus 20 Years for Killing Infant

The State of Oklahoma charged Joseph Lee Bunnell, age 22, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, CHILD ABUSE MURDER, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 03/14/2016

Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHN, CHILD NEGLECT, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 (C)
Date of Offense: 03/14/2016

The

TULSA, OK - THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA charged GARY DEAN LAMPKIN, A/K/A JOHANNAS LAMPKIN, A/K/A TONY RAY LAMPKINS with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: LMFR, LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE FROM RETAILER, in violation of 21 O.S. 1731
Date of Offense: 05/13/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

LAMPKIN, GARY DEAN
Disposed: CONVICTION, 11/13/2014. Guilty Plea
Count

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Roberto Ruano with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: DU8II, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 05/31/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

RUANO, ROBERTO
Disposed: DEFERRED, 07/29/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG (D

In 1999, Sapp was found guilty of nine counts of aggravated murder with
death penalty specifications, two counts of attempted aggravated murder, four counts
each of rape by force and kidnapping, three counts of tampering with evidence, and three
counts of abuse of a corpse. At the penalty phase of his trial, the jury found that the
aggravating factors outweighed the mitigating

In 1997, Johnson attempted to rob Nicole Sroufe. Johnson was
apprehended but later released on bond. Two months later, Johnson forcibly
entered Shannon Marks’ home through a back door to look for money. He was
wearing gloves and was armed with a baseball bat. He took $50 from Marks. In
statements to police, Johnson admitted striking Marks twice in the back of the head

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Roberto Ruano with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: DU8II, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 05/31/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

RUANO, ROBERTO
Disposed: DEFERRED, 07/29/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG (D

After a jury heard evidence that John Robert Phelps engaged in sexual intercourse with his
nineteen-year-old biological daughter, they convicted him of prohibited sexual conduct.1 In
accordance with the jury’s verdict, the trial court sentenced Phelps to twenty years’ imprisonment,
ordered him to pay a $10,000.00 fine, and also ordered him to pay $400.00 for his court-appointed

In May 2007, the victim, then-three-year-old J.B., moved to Denver with her
mother and older brother. Dherl Jefferson befriended the children’s mother that
summer, after which J.B. and her brother occasionally spent time at Jefferson’s
apartment playing video games and watching movies. The children called Jefferson
“Uncle Dherl,” and he helped the family financially from time