Tulsa, OK - Jury Finds Defendant Guilty of Felony Murder, Etc. For Death of Man In 2015 Robbery

The States of Oklahoma charged Geomari Day’on Washington, age 21, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, FELONY MURDER - 1ST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 12/23/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
WASHINGTON, GEOMARI DAY'ON
Count # 2. ... More...   $0 (04-14-2018 - OK)

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 ... More...   $0 (04-13-2018 - MD)

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 ... More...   $0 (04-13-2018 - LA)

Katherine Morgan, as wrongful death representative of her deceased husband
David Morgan, appeals the district court’s grant of judgment as matter of law
(“JMOL”) in favor of Baker Hughes Incorporated, issued after trial but before the
case was submitted to the jury. Because material disputes in the evidence remain for
resolution by the jury, we conclude that JMOL was inappropriate.... More...   $0 (04-09-2018 - WY)

Brooks previously appealed his convictions and sentence to this court in State
v. Brooks, 2016-Ohio-489, 56 N.E.3d 357 (8th Dist.) (“Brooks I”).
In May 2014, Brooks, along with co-defendant Sylvester Cotton, was indicted in a multi-count indictment. Counts 1 and 2 charged attempted murder; Counts 3 and 4 charged felonious assault; Counts 5 and 6 charged kidnapping; Counts 7 and 8 charged... More...   $0 (04-07-2018 - OH)

From 1973 to 1982, FAG Bearings Corporation released thousands of gallons
of trichloroethylene (TCE), a volatile organic compound now classified as a hazardous
substance, at its manufacturing facility in Joplin, Missouri. In 1991, the Missouri
Department of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) detected TCE
contamination in residential wells in the Villages of Silver... More...   $0 (04-05-2018 - MO)

Good easements do not always make good neighbors.
And, as the present case makes clear, neither does sharing a bucolic lakeshore in the northern
reaches of Michigan. Defendant APJ Properties, LLC (“APJ”), and the Pamela B. Johnson Trust
(the “Trust”),1 neighboring landowners on Round Lake in Charlevoix, Michigan, have sparred in
court for more than a decade. Today we decide whether... More...   $0 (04-05-2018 - MI)

The Saunders Group L.L.C. (Saunders) raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the district court erred in dismissing Saunders' petition, and (2) whether the district court erred in assessing a $250 fine to Saunders' attorney. We affirm the district court based on Saunders' utter abandonment of these claims of error on appeal.

The facts are well known to the parties and their attorneys ... More...   $0 (04-02-2018 - KS)

Plaintiff MetLife Life and Annuity Co. of Connecticut (“MetLife”) initiated this interpleader action under Rule 22 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and sought to pay into the registry of the district court the proceeds of an insurance policy on the life of Dr. Ignatius Akpele, deceased. The defendants named by MetLife were Uzo Akpele (the widow of Dr. Akpele), J.E.A. (a minor child of Dr. A... More...   $0 (03-29-2018 - GA)

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... More...   $0 (03-29-2018 - KS)

Chad Barnes is a seaman who was injured when the boat on which he was working, the M/V Tehani, exploded. During his recovery, Barnes received some monetary assistance from either Sea Hawaii Rafting, LLC (“SHR”), which owned the Tehani, or Kris Henry, SHR’s owner and manager, but those payments soon stopped. Seeking the ancient maritime remedy of maintenance and cure,1 among other relief, Barnes su... More...   $0 (03-29-2018 - HI)

Byron Johnson appeals the district court's denial of his motion for habeas corpus relief under K.S.A. 60-1507. Because the district court made only limited factual findings—and a Kansas Supreme Court Rule requires the district court to state factual findings and legal conclusions on all the issues raised—he asks us to send the case back to the district court for it to do a more thorough job. See K... More...   $0 (03-22-2018 - KS)

The facts are mostly undisputed, except whether Gonzalez knew his gun was loaded as events unfolded.

Gonzalez and his friends—Levi (the victim), Bailey Bishop (Levi's sister; Gonzalez' girlfriend), Jeff Swisher (Levi's step-brother), and Zachary Cashman— attended various New Year's Eve parties. At some point, the four men wanted to return to the first party and Gonzalez drove them. Cash... More...   $0 (03-21-2018 - KS)

Tulsa, OK - Kyle Baker sued Darin W. Arnold, II on an auto negligence theory.


Issue # 1. Issue: AUTO NEGLIGENCE (AUTONEG)
Filed By: BAKER, KYLE
Filed Date: 11/21/2017
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: ARNOLD, DARIN W II Disposed: DISMISSED - SETTLED, 03/20/2018. Dismissed- Settled
Docket
Date Code Description Count Party Amount
11-2... More...   $19085 (03-20-2018 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - Man Sentenced To Two LWOPS For Murders

The State of Oklahoma charged James Warren Mahdavi, age 55, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7 A
Date of Offense: 11/18/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
MAHDAVI, JAMES WARREN Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/20/2018. Jury Trial
Count as Disposed: MURDER ... More...   $0 (03-20-2018 - OK)

Abraham Gonzalez-Alarcon filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241
alleging specific facts which, if proven, would demonstrate that he is a United States
citizen. He seeks release from custody from Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(“ICE”) following ICE’s reinstatement of a prior order of removal on that basis.
Dismissing Gonzalez-Alarcon’s petition, the district court concl... More...   $0 (03-20-2018 - NM)

Defendant-appellee, the Village of
Melrose Park (“the Village”), terminated plaintiff-appellant,
John Cannici, a former firefighter with the Village, for violating
the “Residency Requirements for Officers and Employees”
(“Residency Ordinance”) found in the Village’s Code of
2 No. 17-1424
Ordinances. Cannici filed suit against the Village claiming a
violation of both his... More...   $0 (03-18-2018 - IL)

This case arises from the events surrounding the death of Jamycheal Mitchell. His personal representative, Roxanne Adams, brought this action on his behalf, asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against Debra K. Ferguson and forty-nine other defendants. Ferguson moved to dismiss all claims against her; the district court denied the motion. Ferguson appeals. For the reasons that fol... More...   $0 (03-14-2018 - VA)

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... More...   $0 (03-12-2018 - FL)

Defendant Dameion Higley filed a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in
the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. He argued that his
conviction for using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence should be vacated
because armed bank robbery is not a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
The district court denied the motion as untimely or alternati... More...   $0 (03-10-2018 - CO)

Tulsa, OK - Woman Found Guilty Child Abuse Murder In Death of Her 7-Month-Old Son

The State of Oklahoma charged Ruth Ann Lewis with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, CHILD ABUSE MURDER, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 05/24/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
LEWIS, RUTH ANN
Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHN, CHILD NEGLECT, in violation of 2... More...   $0 (03-09-2018 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - Crystal D. Hayner sued Hillcrest Medical Center, Jessie Hatfield, m.D. and Jeffery Goodloe, M.D. on medical malpractice theories.

Issue # 1. Issue: MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE (MEDNEG)
Filed By: HAYNER, CRYSTAL D
Filed Date: 04/01/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER Disposed: DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, 08/17/2017. JudgeMore...   $0 (03-08-2018 - OK)

The panel certified the following question to the
California Supreme Court:
Does a finding of probable cause at a
preliminary hearing preclude a false arrest
claim?
The panel withdrew the case from submission and stayed
further proceedings pending final action by the California
Supreme Court.

We certify the question set forth in Part II of this order to
the... More...   $0 (03-08-2018 - CA)

The issue is whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, as applied, bar
Missouri officials from employing a procedure that is authorized by Missouri statute
to execute Russell Bucklew.
In March 2006, Bucklew stole a car; armed himself with pistols, handcuffs, and
a roll of duct tape; and followed his former girlfriend, Stephanie Ray, to the home of
Michael Sanders, where she... More...   $0 (03-06-2018 - MO)