Caton Jones and Salena Anderson were Detroit, Michigan, residents with
a get-rich-quick plan. The plan involved driving to Lexington, Kentucky, and
employing homeless men to sign up for two-year cell-phone service contracts
with no intent to make payments in order to obtain high-end international
smartphones at discounted rates. A particular Blackberry phone with
internati

On May 21, 2011, Appellant Jerry Jamgotchian claimed Rochitta, a bay
filly, for $42,400 in a claiming race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Foaled February 26, 2008 in Pennsylvania, Rochitta was first purchased at the
2009 Keeneland Yearling Sales in Lexington, Kentucky for $160,000 by Rabbah
Bloodstock. Prior to her debut at Churchill Downs, Rochitta had run
pr

Belork is the owner of real property in Starke County, Indiana, which he uses in
part to raise cattle. Jan Ferch is the owner of real property along the eastern
boundary of Belork’s property, and Ferch’s farming operation includes grain
production. DMK&H is the owner of real property along the southern
boundary of Belork’s property, and its farming operation includes grain

Defendant Michael Leroy Wilkie appeals his conviction of first degree murder
of his wife. On appeal, defendant primarily argues that the trial court erred in
denying his motion to dismiss the charge of first degree murder because there was no
evidence demonstrating his wife’s death resulted from any act of criminal agency, and
the only evidence of her cause of death was his ex

Defendants Ali Mahamed Sheikh (“Sheikh”) and Abdulkadir Sharif Ali (“Ali”)
appeal from their convictions of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious
injury, attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, first degree burglary, and
conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. On appeal, defendants
primarily argue that we should vacate their convictions for attempted

J.K., a male child, lived with his mother, Ashley, in an apartment complex in
Greensboro, North Carolina. Ashley met Defendant while she was working as a
dancer at a nightclub. The two began dating, and Defendant moved in with Ashley
and J.K. approximately two months later. Defendant lived with J.K. and Ashley from
when J.K. was three years old until he was seven years old.

At 6:45 a.m. on March 16, 2014, 94-year-old Jessie Stephenson was a
resident of The Glen Retirement System d/b/a Village Health Care at the
Glen (“The Glen”) when she fell out of her bed that had been placed in the
highest position by a certified nursing assistant (“CNA”). Stephenson
suffered bilateral femoral fractures that led to the amputation of one of her
legs.
Foll

Defendant Jererad Hollaway was charged with first-degree
murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1), (2), second-degree possession of
a firearm for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a), and
second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun without a permit,
N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b). His first trial resulted in a hung jury.
At the retrial, defendant was acquitted of all charges other

With the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, Congress created Amtrak, a for-profit corporation indirectly controlled by the President of the United States. This public venture into private enterprise was, and remains, unprecedented. With the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA), Congress piled anomaly on top of anomaly. See 122 Stat. 4907. It endowed this wholly unique

The plaintiff, Daniel Gabino Martinez, brought this action to secure compensation for the value of certain livestock under the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause. In an Opinion and Order issued on October 6, 2015, this Court granted the government’s motion to dismiss Mr. Martinez’s complaint for failure to state a claim, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Rules of the Court of Federal Claims (RCFC). E

The inventions of the ’580 and ’962 Patents relate to anthropomorphic “master-slave” robotic manipulators. A “master-slave” system refers to a robotic assembly in which the robot acts as a “slave” to mimic movements performed by a human “master.” The asserted claims of the ’580 Patent aim to robotically simulate a gripping mechanism. Independent Claim 1 of the ’580 Patent is illustrative of its

In September of 2014, Alfred Catlin was away from his home in Bartholomew
County. On September 7, 2014, Catlin’s neighbor noticed that Catlin’s garage
door was ajar. It was subsequently determined that over $100,000.00 worth of
tools and other personal property had been stolen from Catlin’s home. The
Court of Appeals of Indiana | Memorandum Decision 03A01-1510-CR-1768 | Apri

Alicia Moore, the sixteen year old victim, was seen on film from the school bus video camera alighting from the bus at her home at 1900 Gibbons Street in Greenville, Texas, at 3:30 p.m., November 2, 2012. She never made it to the house. Her alcoholic unemployed great-uncle, Mike Wofford, was the only person at the house at that time of day. He testified that he never saw her. When Alicia did n

Appellant worked as contract labor for Jimmi Barclay, whose business, Barclay Leasing
Service, provided landman services to various companies. Those services included locating
mineral owners by running the title to properties to determine the current owners, and then
contacting the owners and securing mineral leases on the property. Barclay had entered into a
partnership with

The State appeals the dismissal of three counts of sexual
exploitation of a minor, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3258. The charges were filed against
defendant, a high school employee, based on her having engaged in sexual acts with a student
over the summer break between defendant’s school contracts. The issue is whether the
circumstances of this case support the charges. W

In this appeal, we must determine whether the trial court
properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress a rifle
discovered during a protective sweep of his apartment
immediately following his arrest in his living room. The court
rejected defendant’s claim that the limited search exceeded
constitutional limits. We must also determine whether the trial
court denied d

The facts are drawn from the Complaint, the operative limited partnership
agreements, other documents that are integral to the Complaint and matters of
which the Court may take judicial notice. a. The Parties
Plaintiff Peter Brinckerhoff (“Brinckerhoff” or “Plaintiff”), individually and
as trustee of the Peter R. Brinckerhoff Rev. Tr. U.A. DTD 10/17/97 (the “Trust”),
bring

A 94-year-old filed suit in district court against the nursing home
where she resided, raising claims that allegedly fell outside the Louisiana
Medical Malpractice Act, including intentional injury. The defendant
nursing home filed an exception of prematurity, alleging that the claims
must first be presented to a medical review panel. After the trial court
granted the excepti

A jury found Elias Ramon-Sanchez guilty on three counts of aggravated assault. The jury
also answered affirmatively a special instruction asking whether Ramon-Sanchez used or exhibited
a deadly weapon—a motor vehicle—in the commission of each offense. On each count, the jury
assessed punishment at five years’ confinement and a $5,000 fine; eight years’ confinement and a
$1,00

New Orleans, LA - Oil Company Sentenced for Multiple Felonies Related to Violations of Offshore Oil Production Safety and Environmental Regulation

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that ENERGY RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY GOM, LLC (ERT), was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $4 million fine and $200,000 community service payment by

We have been asked by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to consider whether the ‘‘[g]ood tobacco’’ exception to strict products liability contained in comment (i) to § 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts1 precludes an action in this state against a cigarette manufacturer for including additives and manipulating the nicotine in its cigarettes in a manner that ultimatel

This appeal raises in part the novel issue of whether a
plaintiff, who was treated by a private medical provider under
contract to provide care to inmates at a county jail, must serve
that private entity with a tort claims notice before she can sue
the company for negligence. We hold that the Tort Claims Act
(the "TCA" or the "Act"), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to :14-4, does not

On May 23, 2008, plaintiff filed a complaint, in which he alleged that he was owed a total
of $133,816 in unpaid commissions and severance pay in accordance with his understanding of
the Sales Commission Agreement signed by the parties.3 He contended that he had earned sales
commissions in the amount of $119,663. He acknowledged that NCS had already paid him
$15,761 in commis

The record reveals the following facts and procedural
history.
A. Suppression Hearing
According to Detective Robert Prachar of the Homicide
Squad, Essex County Prosecutor's Office (prosecutor's office),
he initially met defendant on July 23, 2009, at her home in
Fairfield, where Zoppi had been found dead that morning. Later
that day, defendant and her husban

We discern the following facts and procedural history from
the record. On the morning of August 18, 2006, the body of
seventy-five year old Mary Bostian was found in a bedroom of her
home in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Her hands and feet were bound
with cords. An autopsy subsequently revealed that she suffered
blunt force trauma to many parts of her body, bruising on her