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John Russell Coffman v. Celeste Elane Coffman Melton

John Russell Coffman appeals from the issuance of a second protective order preventing him from having contact with his ex-wife, Celeste Elane Coffman Melton, among others. In two issues, John challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support the court’s order and contends the court
erred in awarding attorney’s fees to Celeste. We affirm.
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Background
Duri

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Jerry L. Starkey, TBDL, L.P., and PBW Development Corporation v. Glen Graves

When the relationship between the companies and individuals involved in a limited partnership broke down, the aggrieved limited partner sued the other partners and their owner, alleging that they breached successive partnership agreements and committed or conspired to commit statutory and common-law
fraud and breaches of the duties of loyalty and care. The plaintiff sought the same two categor

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State of Oklahoma v. Megan Burnett

State of Oklahoma v. Megan Burnett

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: PROS, ENGAGING IN PROSTITUTION WITHIN 1000FT OF SCHOOL/CHURCH , in violation of 21 O.S. 1031 D
Date Of Offense: 12/22/2012

Party Name: Disposition Information:

BURNETT, MEGAN
Disposed: DEFERRED, 05/24/2013. Guilty Plea.
Count as Disposed:PROSTITUTION (PROS)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1031

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State of Oklahoma v. Darwin Alex Howard Jr., a/k/a Dwayne Anthony Prudom

Tulsa criminal defense lawyer Mike Manning represented Darwin Alex Howard Jr., a/k/a Dwayne Anthony Prudom who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: DU2M, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG - 2ND OFFENSE , in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402 B 1
Date Of Offense: 12/20/2012

Party Nam

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State of Oklahoma v. Chauncy Jodonis Thomas

Tulsa criminal defense lawyer Michael Manning represented Chauncy Jodonis Thomas, who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: BRG2, BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE , in violation of 21 O.S. 1435
Date Of Offense: 11/07/2013

Party Name: Disposition Information:

WALLACE, KENDALL KE

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Linda A. Copeland v. Robert E. Anderson

¶1 Does civil liability for the tort of perjury exist in this state? This is the foremost question which arises from the sustention of a demurrer to plaintiff's cause of action for perjury and pretrial deceit. A procedural problem concerning our jurisdiction to review will be preliminarily disposed of sua sponte. We hold that civil liability for the tort of perjury does lie in this state but that

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Helen Butts Tipps v. Chinn Exploration Company and Cherokee Royalty Syndicate

The appearance of settled mineral ownership—which had surrounded three neighboring tracts of oil-and-gas-producing land in Gregg County since the late 1800s or early 1900s—was shattered beginning in late 2008 when three different lawsuits arose involving eight parties, one consolidation, multiple partial summary judgments, and two trials. One group of the parties generalized it well: “This c

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Woody K. Lesikar v. Carolyn Ann Lesikar Moon

This appeal is the most recent round in a protracted legal battle between two siblings over their respective inheritances.1 Woody K. Lesikar, individually, and as trustee of the Woody K. Lesikar Special Trust and the Woodrow V. Lesikar Family Trust, appeals the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of Carolyn Ann Lesikar Moon, individually and as trustee of the Carolyn Ann Lesikar Moon Special

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Timothy White v. University of California

In this appeal, we consider whether the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (“NAGPRA” or “the
Act”) abrogates tribal sovereign immunity and, if not,
whether the district court properly dismissed this declaratory
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judgment action because the tribes and their representatives
were indispensable parties under Fed. R.

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Jeffrey M. Healey v. Louis S. Spencer

Jeffrey Healey and Edward
Given reside in the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater,
Massachusetts (the Treatment Center or Center). Each has been
civilly committed as a sexually dangerous person (SDP). In
separate suits, Healey and Given challenged the adequacy of sex
offender treatment provided by the Center as well as the conditions
of their confinement. They sou

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Biodiversity Conservation Alliance v. United States Forest Service

Biodiversity Conservation Alliance challenges a United States Forest
Service decision modifying trail use in the two-million-acre Medicine Bow
National Forest in southern Wyoming. In particular, the Forest Service formally
closed several hundred miles of unauthorized motorized trails, but allowed
motorcycle use on an approximately five-mile trail in the Middle Fork Inventoried

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State of Utah v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Clean Air Act required Utah to submit a proposed implementation plan to the
Environmental Protection Agency. Utah complied, but the EPA rejected parts of the
plan. The State of Utah and other aggrieved parties could obtain judicial review under 42
U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1) by filing a petition within 60 days. See Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
§ 7607(b)(1) (2012).
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The State of

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A & B Irrigation District v. State of Idaho

This appeal arises out of the Snake River Basin Adjudication (SRBA) court’s decision on the following basin-wide issue: Does Idaho law require a remark authorizing storage rights to “refill,” under priority, space vacated for flood control? The SRBA court concluded that a remark was not necessary because a storage water right that is filled cannot refill under priority before affected junior

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Camp Easton Forever, Inc. v. Inland Northwest Council of Boy Scouts of America

Camp Easton Forever, Inc., (“CEF”) and Daniel and Matthew Edwards (collectively “the Edwardses”) appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Inland Northwest Council Endowment Properties, LLC, and Inland Northwest Council of the Boy Scouts of America (collectively “INWC”). CEF and the Edwardses filed an action to declare the parties’ rights to property INWC owns on L

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Reed J. Taylor v. Richard A. Riley

This is a permissive appeal out of Ada County from an order denying the appellants’ motions for summary judgment. The central issue is whether an attorney who, as counsel for a corporation, issues an opinion letter stating that a stock redemption agreement does not violate the law can be held liable to the shareholder whose stock was redeemed if the opinion was incorrect and the redemption agree

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Michael Wasson v. Weldon Parts, Inc.

Michael Wasson v. Weldon Parts, Inc.

1. The Plaintiff is a resident of Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.
2. Defendant is doing business in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
3. Venue and Jurisdiction are correct before this Court in so much as all actions
complained of herein happened in Tulsa County.
First Cause of Action
Negligence
4. On or about January 27, 2011, the Plaint

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The People v. J.S.

While imprisoned after being convicted of several offenses, defendant J.S. was declared a Mentally Disordered Offender (MDO) pursuant to Penal Code1 section 2962. On March 6, 2012, J.S. was placed on parole and began her initial one-year term of involuntary treatment. After the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) rejected her challenge to her MDO classification and initial commitment, she filed a petit

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In re the Marriage of Joy and William Evans

This appeal presents a question of first impression about the Family Code provisions that require spouses who are dissolving their marriage to exchange declarations of disclosure of assets and liabilities.1 Specifically, is a property settlement
1 Declarations of disclosure (disclosure declarations) are governed by Family Code sections 2100 through 2113, which sections comprise chapter 9 of pa

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Jerron C. Hill, M.D. v. Tx-An Anesthesia Management, LLP, et al.

Appellants Jerron C. Hill, M.D., individually, and Jerron C. Hill, M.D., P.A. appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Tx-An Anesthesia Management, LLP, M2 Healthcare Services, LP, and Anesthesia Business Consultants. Appellants complain, in three issues, that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because appellees failed to prove that all of appellants’ clai

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Richard E. Jaffe v. In re: Guardianship of Michael Ross Jaffee

Richard E. Jaffe (“Jaffe”) appeals the trial court’s order granting the petition
of attorney Joy Carr (“Carr”) for attorney’s fees and costs, and the trial court’s
order denying Jaffe’s petition to enforce a settlement agreement. For the reasons
that follow, we affirm.
FACTS AND BACKGROUND
Jaffe’s son Michael Jaffe (“Michael”) was employed for twenty years

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State of Oklahoma v. Jamie Glasscock

State of Oklahoma v. Jamie Glasscock

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: ABOFF, ASSAULT & BATTERY UPON A POLICE OFFICER , in violation of 21 O.S. 649
Date Of Offense: 12/08/2012

Party Name: Disposition Information:

GLASSCOCK, JAMIE
Disposed: CONVICTION, 06/03/2013. Guilty Plea.
Count as Disposed:ASSAULT & BATTERY UPON A POLICE OFFICER (ABOFF)
Violation

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State of Oklahoma v. John Michael Merchant

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer Barrett Kent Holder represented John Michael Merchant who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

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

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Rosalva Ruiz v. CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

This cause is pending before the Court on Rosalva Ruiz’s appeal of the district
court’s order granting a final, take-nothing summary judgment for CBL & Associates
Properties, Inc. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 166a. Prior to this appeal, Ruiz successfully
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challenged a different summary judgment for CBL. See Ruiz v. CBL & Assocs. Props.,
Inc., No. 13-12-00162-CV, 2012 WL 4335305 (Te

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In the Interest of K.P., K.P. and K.P.

After a bench trial, the trial court entered an order which terminated the parental rights of N.C. (Mother) and A.P. (Father) to their daughters, K.P., K.P., and K.P.1 See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 161.001 (West 2014).2 In this appeal of the judgment terminating their parental rights, Mother raises three issues and Father raises seven issues.
1We identify the minor children by initials to protect

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Favour Leasing, LLC, et al v. Patrick J. Mulligan, et al

We deny appellees’ motion for rehearing. On our motion, we withdraw our June 24, 2014 opinion and vacate our judgment of that date. This is now the opinion of the Court.
This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order overruling the special appearance of Favour Leasing, LLC, C.F. Abbott Family LLC, and the LLC’s sole members, the C.F. Abbott Trust and the Oranee H. Abbott Tr

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