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United States v. White

Mr. White took indecent liberties with a child in North Carolina on February 6, 2005, in violation of section 14-202.1 of the North Carolina Criminal Code. On July 27, 2006, Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Mr. White was indicted by the State of North Carolina on December 11, 2006, and convicted on February 14, 2007. On February 28, 2007, two weeks after

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United States v. Thompson

The challenged portions of the indictment are as follows. Counts Seven through Twelve charge violations of three similar statutes: 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 (in the indictment, "Interstate Prostitution"), 2421 ("Mann Act"), and 2423 ("Illicit Transportation of a Minor"). The Interstate Prostitution counts allege that Defendant induced "one or more individuals to travel in interstate commerce to engage in

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State Of Tennessee v. Reid

On April 23, 1997, twenty-one year-old Angela Holmes and sixteen-year-old Michelle Mace were abducted and murdered while working at the Baskin-Robbins ice cream store on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard in Clarksville, Tennessee. Both Ms. Holmes's and Ms. Mace's bodies were found the following morning at the Dunbar Cave State Park in Clarksville. Appellant was indicted for the kidnapping and murders of M

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United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union AFL-CIO-CLC, et al. v. Wise Alloys, LLC

This appeal and cross-appeal represent the latest chapter3 in the contentious
aftermath of a November 2007 collective-bargaining agreement between the Union
and the Company. The Company operates an aluminum rolling mill in Muscle
Shoals, Alabama, and the Union represents many of the Company’s production
workers. In 2007, the Company and the Union entered into a collective-barg

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United States v. Litvak

The charges in this case arise from Litvak’s conduct as a securities broker and trader at Jefferies & Company (“Jefferies”), a 
global securities broker‐dealer and investment banking firm. In January 2013, the government filed an indictment charging 7  
Litvak with eleven counts of securities fraud, see 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b), 78ff (Counts 1-11), one count of fraud against the United St

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Doyle E. Owen, Jr. v. Angela Hoffer

Tulsa, OK - Doyle E. Owen, Jr. sued Angela Hoffer on an auto negligence theory claiming:

1. That on or about December 20, 2011 at approximately E 4Pt St And SkellyjInve in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Defendant Hoffer negligently operated a motor vehicle by running into the side rear of the vehicle driven by the Plaintiff, who had the right of way. Said negligence of Defendant caused th

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GRAHAM v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

On October 15, 2012, six-year-old “G.G.G.” received the FluMist flu vaccine. See Graham II, 2015 WL 5334242, at *1. Approximately one month later, G.G.G. was taken to an urgent care facility because of a variety of symptoms, including discomfort while urinating and lower back pain. Id. The attending doctor diagnosed G.G.G. with a urinary tract infection and prescribed an antibiotic. Id. But,

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Helen Allen, et al v. C & H Distributors, L.L.C.

Plaintiffs–Appellants Helen and Robert Allen filed a personal injury suit against Defendants for alleged workplace injuries to Helen Allen. Defendants moved for summary judgment, contending that the suit should be barred by judicial estoppel because the Allens failed to disclose the personal injury claim during their concurrent Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding. The district court granted the motio

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United States of America v. Mark Hebert

The case before us stems from a series of fraudulent activities committed in 2007 by Defendant–Appellant Mark Hebert. Until late 2007, Hebert was a deputy sheriff employed by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. In the early morning hours of August 2, 2007, Hebert responded, in his official capacity, to a one-car accident involving Albert Bloch in Metairie, Louisiana. Emergency p

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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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Catherine Willis v. Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh

Viewing the record in a light most favorable to the nonmovant, Willis, the facts in this case are as follows. Willis worked as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (“NNP”) at Children’s from August 16, 1993 until her termination on January 13, 2012. (A-375). From 2001 until 2011, Willis served as co-lead NNP. (A-84, A-87). At all times relevant to the instant action, Margaret Lamouree, the nurse manager

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Limoliner, Inc. v. Dattco, Inc

LimoLiner is a Massachusetts corporation that owns and
operates a fleet of luxury motor coaches that are known as
"Liners." Dattco is a Connecticut corporation that repairs and
services motor vehicles, including buses and coaches. The
undisputed facts are as follows.
On May 30, 2011, two LimoLiner employees met with two
Dattco representatives to discuss the possible

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SIGA Technologies, Inc. v. PharmAthene

In 2004, SIGA acquired technology for ST-246, an antiviral drug for the treatment of smallpox. At that time, the viability, potential uses, safety, and efficacy of the drug, as well as the likelihood of SIGA obtaining regulatory approval or making sales to the government, were, as is typical in this industry, uncertain. By late 2005, SIGA was running out of money, its largest shareholder, MacAndr

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Solomon v. State Of Kansas

In 1861, the people of the new State of Kansas adopted a constitution that assigned judicial power to a supreme court and to various lower courts: "The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, justices of the peace, and such other courts, inferior to the supreme court, as may be provided by law; and all courts of record shall have a seal, t

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Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. v. United States

Prior to publication of the review for year 2011, Commerce initiated the year 2012
review and selected Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Borusan) as the sole
mandatory respondent. Respondent Selection Memorandum at 4-5 (May 17, 2013), PDoc 17.

Toscelik participated in the proceeding by filing comments concerning respondent selection matters.

See Toscelik R

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SEARS, et al. v. United States of America

The land at issue was previously held as a right-of-way for railroad purposes by Iowa River Railroad, “extending from milepost 243.35 near Marshalltown, Iowa, to milepost 209, outside Steamboat Rock, Iowa, a total distance of 34.35 miles, in Marshall and Hardin Counties, Iowa.” Second Am. Compl. ¶ 4, ECF No. 33. The Iowa National Heritage Foundation filed a Trail Use Request with the federal gov

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State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Department of Transportation v. Kenneth E. Brashear, et al.

Claremore, OK - The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Department of Transportation sued Kenneth E. Brashear, et al. on eminent domain theories seeking to condemn certain rights, title and interest in real property owned by the Defendants for public use.

COMES NOW the Plaintiff, State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation (the “Plaintiff’), and for its cause of action against

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The People of the State of Colorado v. Louis Alonzo Madden

In 2005, Madden was convicted of attempting to patronize a prostituted child
and attempted third degree sexual assault by force. See §§ 18-2-101, 18-7-406(1), C.R.S.
(2015); 18-3-404, C.R.S. (1999). Madden was originally sentenced to an indeterminate
sentence and was ordered to pay costs, fees, and restitution. Specifically, the trial
court ordered Madden to pay the follow

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The People of the State of Colorado v. Shannon Nelson

In 2006, Nelson was convicted of five charges relating to sexual assaults allegedly
committed against her children. The trial court sentenced Nelson to prison for twenty
years to life, and ordered that she pay court costs, fees, and restitution. Specifically, the
trial court ordered Nelson to pay the following costs and fees: (1) $125.00 to the victim
compensation fund, (2) $

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Nancy Williams v. GENEX Services, LLC

The FLSA protects “all covered workers from substandard wages and oppressive working hours.” Barrentine v. ArkansasBest Freight Sys., Inc., 450 U.S. 728, 739 (1981); see also 29 U.S.C. § 202(a) (noting that the FLSA protects “the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers”). Toward these ends, the FLSA establishes the general rule that employer

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Maria Garlick v. Trans Tech Logistics Inc

George Garlick drove a water truck for Trans Tech Logistics (“TTL”).3 TTL
leased its vehicles and provided drivers to QC, which operated “a bulk tank truck
network serving the chemical, bulk liquid, and energy markets.” App. 155. QC
contracted TTL to haul water via baby bottle trucks, to and from natural gas fracking
sites, operated by Anadarko, an oil and gas producer and o

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Oscar Salazar v. District of Columbia

Appellants the District of Columbia, the District’s Mayor, and the Director of the District’s Department of Human Services (collectively, the “District”) appeal two separate awards of attorneys’ fees and expenses for work performed from 2010 to 2012 on this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Medicaid class action. In this consolidated appeal, the District raises three grounds for its position that the district co

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Flytenow, Inc. v. FAA

Flytenow, Inc., developed a web-based service through which private pilots can offer their planned itineraries to passengers willing to share the pilots’ expenses. After starting operations in early 2014, Flytenow sought a legal interpretation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding its business plan’s compliance with the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and the FAA’s regulations. T

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Federal Insurance Company v. Kert Reedstrom

Federal Insurance Company appeals the order of the Marshall Circuit Court denying its motion to compel arbitration of the breach-of-contract claim asserted against it by Kert Reedstrom. We reverse and remand.

In 2008, Reedstrom entered into a written employment agreement with Marshall-Jackson Mental Health Board, Inc., d/b/a Mountain Lakes Behavioral Healthcare ("MLBHC"), to begin serv

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Ruth Belche May v. Air & Liquid Systems

Ruth Belche May (“Petitioner”) is the widow of a machinist mate, Philip Royce May (“May”), who served on active duty in the United States Navy (“Navy”) for 20 years, from 1956 until 1976. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Warren Pumps LLC, and IMO
Industries, Inc. (“Respondents”) manufactured steam pumps that were sold to the Navy. The Navy used these pumps to move extremely hot and highly pressur

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