Simone Mielnicki sued her former employer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart),
under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Colorado
Anti-Discrimination Act for discrimination on the basis of disability and under the
Colorado Wage Claim Act for unpaid compensation. She appeals the district court’s
grant of summary judgment in favor of Walmart on her ADA claim. Exercising

Xlear, Inc. and Focus Nutrition, LLC are both in the business of selling
sweeteners that use the sugar alcohol xylitol. Xlear filed a complaint raising a trade
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dress infringement claim under the Lanham Act, a claim under the Utah Truth in
Advertising Act (UTIAA), and a claim under the common law for unfair competition.
The claims all alleged that Focus Nutrition copied the pa

Los Angeles, CA - Plaintiff Wins $6 Million Verdict In Wrongful Termination & Emotional Distress Case

Maria Martinez sued Rite Aid Corporation on a wrongful termination theory.

Martinez began her employment with Rite Aid in 1983 at the age of 17. After starting as an ice cream scooper, Martinez was promoted to pharmacy clerk, and later became a licensed pharmacy technician. In

Tulsa, OK - State of Oklahoma charged Kermit Eugene Hathcoat, III 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: 12/05/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
HATHCOAT, KERMIT EUGENE III Disposed: DEFERRED, 02/08/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF

Tulsa, OK - State of Oklahoma charged Travis Eugene Mason a/k/a Travis Edward Mason with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, ASSAULT AND BATTERY - DOMESTIC- 2ND OFFENSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 644 C
Date of Offense: 01/02/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
MASON, TRAVIS EUGENE Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/15/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ASSAULT AND BATTERY -

The Rwandan Genocide is one of the darkest chapters in human history. Over
the span of 100 days, an estimated 800,000 people died. At least a million more were
displaced. During and shortly after the tragedy, the United States admitted a limited
number of refugees from Rwanda with priority given to those who were in the most
danger. Among those admitted were Gervais (“Ken”) Ngombwa

This case arises from the kidnapping and assault of the victim, Naser Ferwanah, by the Defendant and co-defendant, Lowi Fathi Akila, on February 1, 2012. On September 18, 2012, the Knox County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant on two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of aggravated burglary. The Defendant’s case proceeded to trial in Novem

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Casey Dale Scott with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8II, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG - METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 12/18/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
SCOTT, CASEY DALE Disposed: DEFERRED, 07/11/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG

Anthony Oliver sued his employer, Joint Logistics Managers, Inc., under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, alleging that it discriminated against him when it laid him off and when it hired another applicant to fill an open position. He also alleges that his employer retaliated against him after he filed a charge with the EEOC. The district court granted sum-mary judgment in favor of Oliver’s employer. Because Oliv

Anthony Simpkins sued the DuPage
Housing Authority and DHA Management, Inc. (collectively,
DHA), alleging various violations of the Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA), the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL), the
Illinois Employee Classification Act (IECA), the Illinois
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Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA), and the Family and Medical
Leave Act (FMLA). On cross‐

Plaintiff Daryl Sutula‐Johnson
sued her former employer, alleging that its changes to her
compensation for selling office furniture breached its contract
with her and violated the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection
Act. The district court granted summary judgment for the
employer. We affirm summary judgment for the employer on
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the claims for

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Jeremy Lee Maner a/k/a Casey Ray Maner with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LA4, POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE, in violation of 47 O.S. 4-103
Date of Offense: 12/26/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
MANER, JEREMY LEE Disposed: DEFERRED, 01/27/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE(LA4)
Violation

Mark Twain once quipped that “there are three kinds of
falsehood: lies, damnable lies, and statistics.” Dr. Paulus begs to differ and insists that certain
statistical estimations cannot be false. As a cardiologist, Paulus interpreted hundreds of
angiograms—specialized x-rays that approximate how severely a person’s arteries are blocked.
A federal jury convicted him of committing he

This appeal concerns the duty of care a contractor owes to a third party under Michigan tort law. When a piece of scrap metal seriously injured Filippo Leone
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while he was on the job, he sued the contractor that his employer had hired to clear the debris.
Sitting in diversity, the district court granted summary judgme

Zachary Connell was convicted of first-degree murder and child
endangerment resulting in death. State v. Connell, No. 12-0661, slip op. at *2,
2013 WL 6116831 (Iowa Ct. App. Nov. 20, 2013). Connell’s convictions resulted
from the death of A.B., who was a child of the woman with whom Connell lived,
V.B. Id. This court affirmed his convictions but remanded for resentencing

Farias and Candra Gonzalez are the parents of J.G.1 From about 2012, J.G., who was approximately four-years old at the time, lived with Farias and Farias’s mother. Gonzalez attempted to visit J.G. to no avail. In August of 2013, a temporary restraining order was rendered in the suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by Gonzalez. Farias did not appear at the hearing on the matter.

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Theron Jack Tecumseh and Felicia Annette Tecumseh with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LA4, POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE, in violation of 47 O.S. 4-103
Date of Offense: 12/26/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
TECUMSEH, THERON JACK Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/26/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE(L

Without prior notice, the City of New Orleans demolished a building
along the IH-10 service road that plaintiffs had recently purchased at a tax
sale. Yet two days before the demolition, the City actually cancelled the Code
Enforcement lien on the property, which it obtained after sending notices only
to the owner from 18 years earlier. When the Garretts objected to the
demolit

Ronald Salmond applied for, and was denied, social security benefits. The district court affirmed the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security. Because the Administrative Law Judge’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence, we reverse and remand to the district court with instructions that this case be sent back to the administrative level for additional proceedings.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Frederick
P. Aguirre, Judge. Affirmed. Request for Judicial Notice. Granted in part and denied in
part. Motion to strike Appellant’s opening brief. Denied.
Carol E. Wassmann, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Walsh & Associates, Dennis J. Walsh and Matthew C. Wallin for
Defendants and Respondents South Oran

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Harsleay Johnson, Jeremy Jose Shoemaker, Jauwan Jones, a/k/a Jawan Jones, a/k/a Gunner, Kristopher Levi Hill and Skylar Isaac Fields with:


Count # 1. Count as Filed: RBDW, ROBBERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 801
Date of Offense: 12/23/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
JOHNSON, HURSLAY Disposed: CONV

Tulsa, OK - State of Oklahoma charged Jeremy Scott Joiner, a/k/a Jeremy Street with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: OWPN, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHILE UNDER SUPERVISION OF DOC, in violation of 21 O.S. 1283 C
Date of Offense: 12/28/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
JOINER, JEREMY SCOTT Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/29/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF A

On May 1, 2018, Respondents/Proponents Dr. Tom Coburn, Brooke McGowan, and Ronda Vuillemont-Smith (collectively, Proponents) timely filed Referendum Petition No. 25, State Question No. 799 (the petition) with the Oklahoma Secretary of State. The petition seeks to refer HB 1010xx, passed by the 56th Legislature of the State of Oklahoma during its second special session, to the people of Oklahoma fo

This appeal requires us to decide whether the District Court correctly refused to enjoin the defendant School District from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the students’ gender identities as opposed to the sex they were determined to have at birth. The plaintiffs—a group of high school students who identify as being the same sex they were de