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State of Missouri v. George Richey, and State of Missouri v. John B. Wright





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Richey
George Richey pleaded guilty in April 2015 to violat

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Johnnie Teresa Marchisio v. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC





This is the second federal action filed by Plaintiffs Johnnie Teresa Marchisio and Adrian Marchisio against Defendant Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC. Defendant’s repeated failures to accurately report the status of Plaintiffs’ mortgage loans prompted both actions. Sp

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Donald Morgan v. Michael Robinson





Donald Morgan sued his boss Michael Robinson for First Amendment
retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Robinson moved for summary judgment based
on qualified immunity. The district court denied the motion. This court reverses and
remands.
I.
Morgan is

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Ashley Eva Morrison v. The State of Texas





It is uncontroverted that sixteen-year-old Christian Sims (Sims) shot and killed his
grandmother, Annie Lois Si

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BP Exploraton & Production v. Claimant ID 100141850





This case presents another appeal arising out of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the resulting BP Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Settlement (Settlement Agreement). Here, BP contends that Claimant was not entitled to the $65 million award it received p

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United States of America v. Thomas Corliss





On June 12, 2017, following a nine-day trial, a jury convicted Thomas
Corliss of ten counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and one count
of embezzlement from an organization receiving federal-program benefits,
18 U.S.C. §666(a)(1)(A). He was sentenced on Septembe

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Laurence Johnson v. The Raytheon Company, Inc.

Plaintiff and appellant Laurence Johnson was seriously
injured when he fell from a ladder at work. At the time, Johnson
was employed by an independent contractor which provided
maintenance engineering staff for defendant and respondent The
Raytheon Company, Inc. Raytheon was undergoing a renovation
project of a water cooling tower on its premises. The prime
contractor for t

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United States of America v. Justin Tyme Hawley





Defendant Justin Hawley pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of distributing heroin. The district court sentenced him to fifty-seven months’ imprisonment, in part because his criminal history included a prior sentence of thirt

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George Zakk v. Vin Disel

This case involves a dispute over whether plaintiff and appellant
George Zakk is entitled to be paid and receive an executive producer
credit for a film that is a sequel to a film he had worked on and
developed. Zakk sued defendants Vin Diesel, One Race Films, Inc., and
Revolution Studios1 for breach of an oral contract, breach of an impliedin-fact
contract, intentional interfe

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Bruce A. Vance et al. v. State of Ohio




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On June 26, 2015, appellants, Bruce A. Vance, G. Fredrick Pierce-Ruhland, and the Joseph K. Blystone T

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Shyriaa Henderson v. United Student Aid Funds, Inc. d/b/a USA Funds





Shyriaa Henderson appeals the district’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee United Student Aids Funds, Inc. (USA Funds). The district court incorrectly held that a reasonable jury could not hold USA Funds vicariously

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Daniel Nieto v. Fresno Beverage Company, Inc.

Plaintiff Daniel Nieto was employed for many years as a delivery driver for
defendant Fresno Beverage Company, Inc., doing business as Valley Wide Beverage
Company (VWB). After being terminated from his employment, Nieto filed a class
action lawsuit against VWB alleging various wage and hour violations under California
labor law. VWB responded by filing a petition to compel arbitra

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Jacqueline Lewis v. City of Union City, Georgia





Faced with a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, a plaintiff asserting an intentional-discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Protection Clause, or 42 U.S.C. § 1981 must make

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Tim P. Brundle v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.




After owners of a closely held corporation sold the company to its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”), a participant in the ESOP brought this action. The participant contended that the trustee chosen for the ESOP by the corporation breached its fiduciary duties to the ESOP and overpaid

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Cindy Tinsley v. Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.




This case is about an employee, Cindy R. Tinsley, whose distaste for her supervisor’s managerial decisions was so severe—particularly the fact that he permitted her co-workers to bounce stress balls off the ground—that it triggered her post-traumatic stress disorder

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Retired Oakland Police Officers Association v. Oakland Police and Fire Retirement System

The Oakland Police and Fire Retirement System (retirement system), the
retirement system board, and the City of Oakland appeal a judgment granting a writ of
mandate in favor of the Retired Oakland Police Officers Association, along with several
system members and beneficiaries (collectively, the association) directing that master
police officer-terrorism pay (MPO pay) be included i

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Columbus Light & Water Department v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security




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Teresa Darby (Darby) was employed by Columbus LW beginning in May 2010.
Darby worked for Columbus LW as a payroll clerk with the added duty of assisting as a

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United States of America v. Felipe Gutierrez




Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma City Man Pleads Guilty for False Representation to the Department Of Labor to Employ Mexican Workers

FELIPE GUTIERREZ, 48, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty to making a false statement and representation to the Department of Labor ("DOL") to e

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United States of America v. Kevin Ingram




Indianapolis, IN - Forty-year federal prison sentence for Serial armed robber

Indianapolis man had robbed over a dozen women

Kevin Ingram, 29, was sentenced following his conviction in federal court for four armed robberies of Indianapolis area businesses. U.S. D

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United States of America v. Satish Kartan and Sharmistha Barai

Sacramento, CA - Former Stockton Convicted of Human Trafficking Charges Related to Forced Labor of Foreign Nationals

After an 11-day trial, a federal jury found Satish Kartan, 45, and his wife, Sharmistha Barai, 40, guilty on March 14 of conspiracy to obtain forced labor and two counts of obtaining forced labor. In addition, Kartan was found guilty of fraud in foreign labor contracting. A

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Ann Garcia v. Salvation Army




The Salvation Army is an evangelical ministry founded in 1865 by William Booth, a former Methodist minister.1 The Salvation Army’s religious tenets differed from traditional Methodism in rejecting the importance of sacraments and emphasizing strong c

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Adrian Bryant v. Jeffrey Sand Company





After trial, a jury awarded Adrian Bryant nominal compensatory damages and
$250,000 in punitive damages for his claim of hostile work environment against his
former employer, Jeffrey Sand Company. The district court1 denied Jeffrey Sand’s
1The Honorable Brian S. Mill

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In Re: Elena Hernandez




When Elena Hernandez filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in December 2016, she reported one sizable asset: a pending workers’ compensa-tion claim valued at $31,000. To place that claim beyond the reach of credit

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Zoe Spencer v. Virginia States University; Keith T. Miller





Dr. Zoe Spencer, a sociology professor at Virginia State University, sued the University under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII for paying her less than two male professors, allegedly because she is a woman.
Spencer earned about $70,000 per year—a median salary when compared to the

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LAWRENCE RALSTON v. STATE OF ARKANSAS








Appellant appeals from his conviction by a jury of sexual assault in the second degree and rape for which he was sentenced to a total of fifty years’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal, he arg

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