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United States of America v. Kyle Robert Wick

Missoula, MT - Stevensville Man Convicted of Manufacturing and Dealing Firearms Without a License

Following a three day federal trial, a Montana jury found Kyle Robert Wick, 31, of Stevensville, guilty of manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a license. The charges stemmed from Wick’s advertisement and sale of “Uzi parts kits” on a gun sale website.

Wick was originally

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ORION CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION v. USA

The solicitation, issued on February 21, 2013, is for a $50 million to $70 million
firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of multiple facilities—including
a headquarters building, maintenance and supply building, multi-purpose training and
coordination facility, warehouse, host switch and data server facility, remote switch
building, and other ancillary struc

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United States of America v. Albert S.N. Hee

Honolulu, HI - Honolulu Businessman Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison

Albert S.N. Hee, 61, of Kailua, Hawaii, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for engaging in a ten-year scheme of corruptly interfering with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the calculation and collection of his taxes, and for filing six false individual tax returns which underreported his income for the years

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Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

The current appeal results from a patent infringe- ment suit and countersuit between Apple Inc. (“Apple”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications Ameri- ca, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”). Apple alleged in- fringement of five U.S. patents that it owns: U.S. Patent Nos. 5,946,647 (the ’647 patent), 6,847,959 (the ’959
patent)

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CALL HENRY, INC. v. USA

On April 23, 2003, Plaintiff, Call Henry, Inc., entered into a contract with Defendant, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”), whereby plaintiff agreed to provide inspection, maintenance, and testing services for the John H. Glenn Research Center in Brook Park, Ohio. This contract has a base period of three years followed by up to seven one-year option periods and is a servic

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American Hospital Association v. Sylvia Burwell, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

At heart, this case is about an agency caught between two congressionally assigned tasks. Congress has prescribed specific time frames for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reach decisions on various stages of administrative appeals of Medicare reimbursement claim denials. But Congress has also directed the Secretary to implement the Medicare Recovery Audit Program to detect waste, fr

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Main Street Legal Services v. National Security

On appeal from a judgment entered in the Eastern District of New York 
(Vitaliano, J.) dismissing plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a claim under 
the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), plaintiff challenges the district court’s 
olding that the National Security Council is not an “agency” subject to the 
FOIA.  5 U.S.C. §§ 551(1), 552(f)(1). 
AFFIRMED.    Judge WESLE

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The State of New Hampshire v. Roland Dow

The pertinent facts are as follows. In September 2012, Linscott and her three-year-old son, J.N., lived with the defendant in his home in Plaistow. The defendant and Linscott were in a domestic relationship, but the defendant was not the father of J.N. Both the defendant and Linscott repeatedly disciplined J.N. for certain behaviors. If J.N. “had an accident or if he peed on the floor,” the de

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The State of New Hampshire v. Roland Dow

The pertinent facts are as follows. In September 2012, Linscott and her three-year-old son, J.N., lived with the defendant in his home in Plaistow. The defendant and Linscott were in a domestic relationship, but the defendant was not the father of J.N.
Both the defendant and Linscott repeatedly disciplined J.N. for certain behaviors. If J.N. “had an accident or if he peed on the floor,”

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Walter Jackson, Jr. v. Raymond Mabus, Jr.

As of 2005, Jackson was stationed at the U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station in Bahrain. In February 2005, Jackson was counseled for departing base a day before his scheduled leave – in essence, he was warned that he had done something wrong and should not do it again. Later that year, a second incident occurred. Jackson scheduled leave from July 30 to August 15, 2005. Without f

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AT&T Corp v. Core Communications Inc

Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 19961 (TCA) to “fundamentally restructure[] local telephone markets.”2 Before the TCA, local telephone service companies operated as government-regulated monopolies. “States typically granted an exclusive franchise in each local service area to a local exchange carrier (LEC).”3 One of the TCA’s principal aims “was to end local telephone monopolies a

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United States of America v. Gordon Potter

Concord, NH - New Hampshire Man Sentenced On Firearms Charges

Gordon Potter, 35, formerly of Hampstead, New Hampshire, was sentenced to a term of 92 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 3 year term of supervised release.

In August 2015, Potter pleaded guilty to a four count indictment charging him with three counts of possession of ammunition and firearms, in viola

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United States of America v. Clinton Lamont Crawley

Muskogee, OK - Grant Man Pleads Guilty To Firearm Possession

Clinton Lamont Crawley, age 38, of Grant, Oklahoma, pled guilty to FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM AND AMMUNITION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine or both.

Charges arose from an investigation by the Ch

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United States of America v. Kevin R. Lumpkin

Cleveland, OH - Former North Randall police officer convicted of selling firearms to felons

A former police officer was convicted of illegally selling firearms to people he knew were felons.

Kevin R. Lumpkin, 29, of North Olmsted, is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 29.

A jury convicted him after a weeklong trial of selling a Hi-Point .45-caliber rifle and a Ruger .380-cal

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United States of America v. Timothy Justen French

Chicago, IL - Member of Computer Hacking Group “NullCrew” Pleads Guilty in Cyber-Attacks on Corporations, Universities and Governments

A Tennessee man pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges he helped launch cyber-attacks on corporations, universities and governmental entities throughout the world.

As a member of the hacking group “NullCrew,” TIMOTHY JUSTEN FRENCH exploi

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United States of America v. Roy James Hudson

Tulsa, OK - Mayes County Felon Sentenced to 15 Years for Possessing Multiple Firearms and Over 1,000 Rounds of Ammunition

Roy James Hudson, 29, of Mayes County, Okla., was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Claire V. Eagan to 15 years in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.

On October 10, 2014, Mayes County Sheriff’s deputies searched Hu

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THADDEUS J. NORTH, et al. v. SMARSH, INC., et al.,

Mr. North is a resident of Connecticut. From February 2008 to August 2011, Mr.
North was the Chief Compliance Officer of Southridge Investment Group, LLC (Southridge).
In 2010, FINRA began investigating Southridge because of certain improprieties concerning the
owner’s management of a hedge fund and an alleged business relationship between LK, a broker
registered with Southr

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Bluestem Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) was passed by Congress in order to further deregulate the telecommunications industry. 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. (2012); see Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Bd. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n, 264 Kan. 363, 369, 956 P.2d 685 (1998). The 1996 Act was intended to serve the dual purposes of ensuring "universal service" to both low income consumers and consumers i

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Fisher v. Ward

It is not disputed that Fisher, the fee owner of a residential property located in
Bishopville, Worcester County, fell into default on her mortgage payments to the lender,
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). The lender designated substitute
trustees, named above, and, upon the filing of foreclosure proceedings, in September, 2013,
the court signed appropriate order

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Bluestem Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) was passed by Congress in order to further deregulate the telecommunications industry. 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. (2012); see Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Bd. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n, 264 Kan. 363, 369, 956 P.2d 685 (1998). The 1996 Act was intended to serve the dual purposes of ensuring "universal service" to both low income consumers and consumers i

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RAYTHEON COMPANY v. USA

In this bid protest, plaintiff Raytheon Company (“Raytheon”), the contract awardee, challenges both the statements made by a Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) attorney during an outcome prediction conference held in conjunction with protests lodged by defendantintervenors Lockheed Martin Corporation (“Lockheed”) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (“Northrop”), and the decision of the

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Larry Klayman v. Barack Obama

I vote to deny plaintiffs’ emergency petition for rehearing en banc. I do so because, in my view, the Government’s metadata collection program is entirely consistent with the Fourth Amendment. Therefore, plaintiffs cannot show a likelihood of success on the merits of their claim, and this Court was right to stay the District Court’s injunction against the Government’s program.
The Governme

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LightSquared Inc. et al v. Deere & Company et al

Before the Court is the joint motion of Defendants Deere & Company ("Deere"), Garmin
International, Inc. ("Garmin"), Trimble Navigation Limited ("Trimble"), and The U.S. GPS
Industry Council ("USGIC," and collectively, "Defendants") to dismiss two related actions
brought against them by LightSquared, Inc. ("LightSquared"), a mobile telecommunications
company currently in Chapte

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CoreTel Virginia, LLC v. Verizon Virginia, LLC

CoreTel Virginia, LLC (“CoreTel”), a telecommunications company, has entered into interconnection agreements with Verizon Virginia, LLC and Verizon South, Inc. (collectively “Verizon”) in accordance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (codified at 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.). In this second appeal arising out of a disagreement between CoreTel and Verizon over t

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Alfonzo De Niz Robles v. Loretta E. Lynch

In our constitutional order legislative enactments normally apply only
prospectively while judicial decisions also bear retroactive application. But
what’s the rule when an executive agency exercises delegated legislative
policymaking authority in what looks like a judicial proceeding? That’s the
peculiar question posed by this case.
It comes to us this way. Buried deep in our

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