United States of America v. Arthur Michael Rhyne, a/k/a Arthur Michael O’Neil

Twin Falls Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Providing Illegal Firearms, Including “Glock Switches,” to Californian with Cartel Ties ... More...    $0 (04-24-2024 - ID)

Investigative journalism has long been a fixture in the American press, particularly with regard to food safety.1 In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair highlighted conditions in the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, a novel based on his time working incognito in a packing plant.2 This case also originates in the agricultural sector�a secretly-filmed expos� of the operation of an Idaho dairy fa... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - ID)

Bryann Kristine Lemmons (Defendant) was found guilty by a jury of two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine by delivering methamphetamine and two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine by conspiring to deliver methamphetamine. The charges arose from two instances in which Defendant, with the assistance of a co-conspirator, agreed to, and then did, deliver methamphetamine to a confidential in... More...    $0 (08-22-2015 - ID)

On November 14, 2002, the grand jury sitting in Ada County indicted Abdullah on one count of murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 to -4003; one count of arson in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code section 18-802; three counts of attempted murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 and 18-306; and one count of injury to a child, a felony, Idah... More...    $0 (08-12-2015 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Bonner County from a judgment awarding damages for common law trespass and attorney fees for statutory trespass. We affirm the judgment except for $1,000 of the damages awarded and remand for the entry of an amended judgment.
I.
Factual Background.
Duane Mueller and his wife owned a 20-acre parcel of rural real property (Mueller Parcel) in Bonner County. They l... More...    $0 (02-26-2015 - ID)

Richard Giesler and Idaho Trust Deeds, LLC (collectively “Giesler”) appeal the Twin Falls County district court’s judgment declaring the rights and obligations on a contract. This case arose out of several oral and written agreements between Giesler and Gregory Hull that related to purchasing and subdividing property. After a bench trial, the court found that Hull sold the property to Giesle... More...    $0 (08-06-2014 - ID)

This is an appeal from the district court sitting in its appellate capacity and comes before this Court on review from the Idaho Court of Appeals. We reverse the decision of the district court and remand with instructions.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This is a dispute between two collections agencies, Medical Recovery Services, LLC (MRS) and Bonneville Billing and Collections, Inc... More...    $0 (08-21-2014 - ID)

This is a permissive appeal out of Ada County from an order denying the appellants’ motions for summary judgment. The central issue is whether an attorney who, as counsel for a corporation, issues an opinion letter stating that a stock redemption agreement does not violate the law can be held liable to the shareholder whose stock was redeemed if the opinion was incorrect and the redemption agree... More...    $0 (08-27-2014 - ID)

This is an appeal from the district court’s order of attorney fees against the defendants, Aeroplanes Over Idaho (“AOI”) and Holbrook Maslen (“Defendants”), in a dispute arising from the claim of lien filed by AOI on a PT-23 Fairchild airplane (“Fairchild”) owned by the Idaho
Aviation Hall of Fame (“IAHOF”) and transferred to the Idaho Military Historical Society (“IMHS”)... More...    $0 (06-17-2014 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County from an order granting a judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a commercial lawsuit in which the jury found in favor of the defendant. We reverse the order and remand this case for consideration of the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

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Factual Background.

Glenn Mosell is a commercial real estate broker in investment sales and a land... More...    $0 (02-22-2013 - ID)

Bonneville Billing and Collections, Inc. (BBC) appeals from the district court’s order, on intermediate appeal, vacating the magistrate’s award of summary judgment in BBC’s favor. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and reinstate the judgment of the magistrate.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

BBC is a collection agency which had outstanding accounts for a debtor. Medical ... More...    $0 (01-18-2013 - ID)

This is an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Buku Properties, LLC. Buku initiated this lawsuit to recover earnest money deposits from Raoel and Janet Clark and Jerry and Betty Peterson (collectively “Appellants”), after two codependent land sale contracts involving Buku and Appellants failed to close. We affirm.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HIS... More...    $0 (12-21-2012 - ID)

This is an appeal from Power County in which the appellants challenge a judgment ejecting them from real property purchased by the respondent at a mortgage foreclosure sale. The appellants’ primary complaint is that the district court denied their claim for unjust enrichment under which they sought to recover damages for improvements they had made to the real property prior to the foreclosure sa... More...    $0 (09-14-2012 - ID)

This case concerns the appeal of Frank Ronald Marek and Gayle Marek (the Mareks) of the district court’s decision and judgment decreeing the locations of two boundary lines in dispute between the Mareks and Earl A. Lawrence and Sandra L. Lawrence (the Lawrences). As the deed at question in this appeal was unambiguous, we find that the district court impermissibly consulted evidence outside of th... More...    $0 (05-30-2012 - ID)

Minor Miracle Productions, LLC, (MMP) is the limited liability company responsible for the film “The Hayfield.” MMP is composed of David Richards, who provided a filming location and funding for the film, and Randy Starkey, who wrote and directed the film. After the film was completed, Starkey refused to turn over possession of the film and various pieces of equipment from the film. MMP brough... More...    $0 (01-05-2012 - ID)

This case stems from Dr. John F. Noak’s dismissal as the medical director for Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS), which provided medical services for the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) under a contract. Noak appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of IDOC and Richard D. Haas, an IDOC employee, on claims of breach of an implied covenant of good faith, intenti... More...    $0 (01-06-2012 - id)

This case concerns Appellants Ismael Chavez and Dolores Mercado (collectively Chavez) and their appeal of the district court’s granting of their petition for judicial review, claiming that the original complaint should not have been converted into a petition for judicial review. Chavez also appeals the district court’s finding that the motion for contempt for Canyon County’s untimely complia... More...    $0 (01-06-2012 - ID)

This case involves an ongoing dispute between Ron McCann (Ron) and his brother William McCann, Jr. (Bill) concerning the operation of McCann Ranch & Livestock Company, Inc. (Corporation), a closely-held corporation created by their father, William McCann, Sr. (William, Sr.). In 1997, William, Sr.’s shares passed to a trust set up to benefit his wife Gertrude McCann (Gertrude), with Gary Meisner ... More...    $0 (01-10-2012 - ID)

Knipe Land Company (“KLC”) and John Knipe (“Knipe”) appeal from a jury verdict in favor of Richard Robertson, Johnnie Robertson and Robertson Kennels, Inc. (collectively, “Respondents”). KLC and Knipe (collectively, “Appellants”) ask that this Court grant a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, alternatively, a new trial. Appellants also argue that the district court erred in fa... More...    $0 (03-23-2011 - ID)

This case arises out of the purchase by Appellant Wesco Autobody Supply, Inc. (Wesco) of three auto body supply stores from Paint & Equipment Supply, Inc. (P&E) on August 1, 2005. The stores were located in Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho (Idaho Stores). Respondents Holly Ernest (Ernest) and Tom Davis (Davis) were owners of Automotive Paint Warehouse (APW), a wholesale supplier to th... More...    $0 (11-24-2010 - ID)

On May 23, 2003, Respondent, James Carpenter, purchased two portable buildings for which Carpenter testified he paid twenty thousand dollars cash. When transporting the larger of the two buildings, Herbert Turrell drove by, and because Carpenter was blocking the road, the two began talking. At that time, Herbert allegedly offered to allow Carpenter to store the buildings on his property. Carpenter... More...    $0 (02-19-2010 - ID)

This is an appeal from the dismissal of Jerry and Joy Christians‘ action to set aside an allegedly fraudulent transfer. The district court dismissed the action, finding that the Christians‘ lacked standing because their claim was preempted by federal bankruptcy law. We vacate and remand.

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Factual and Procedural Summary

Jerry and Joy Christian were victims of a Ponzi sche... More...    $0 (10-20-2009 - ID)

Detective Dale Rogers made a decision permitted by Idaho law to remove temporarily a sick infant from the custody of her parents in order to secure a medical diagnostic test and prophylactic treatment, procedures which pediatric doctors advised Rogers were both necessary and within the standard of care for the infant’s situation. At the time, the child had been taken to St. Luke’s hospital in ... More...    $0 (08-10-2009 - ID)

Margot Shay was employed by Richard and Joyce Cesler as installation manager at The Power House Car Audio from December 1994 to May 1995. The record shows that Shay was to be paid $10 per hour and receive a 10% interest in the business in return for her employment. Eventually it became apparent that the parties could not work together, and the business arrangement ended. Shay filed suit against... More...    $13500 (03-17-1999 - ID)