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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan Syllabus Chief Justice: Justices: Bridget M. McCormack Stephen J. Markman

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. When Anthony Condie was Sheriff of LaSalle County, Illinois, two of his employees filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Plaintiffs contended that Sheriff Condie perpetrated sex discrimination and other wrongs. Litigation against sheriffs in Illinois must take account of the fact that, although each county’s she

No. 120,369 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS DAVID HENDERSON, Appellant, v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS and DEPUTY MICHAEL GRIMES, Appellees.

Holmes, J. In the case sub judice the trial court instructed the jury upon ordinary negligence principles as well as those of the public duty-special duty theories of liability. As a matter of law, neither legal theory suffices to establish appellant’s liability under the circumstances within the record before us. Accordingly, and for the reasons which follow, we reverse the determinations of the courts below.

261 P.3d 943 (2011) The ESTATE OF Jeffrey Ray BELDEN, Marie Gaston, Administratrix, and Marie Gaston, Survivor and Heir of Jeffrey Ray Belden, Appellants, v. BROWN COUNTY, Kansas; The County Commissioners of Brown County, Kansas; Lamar Shoemaker, Individually and as Sheriff of Brown County, Kansas; Brett Hollister; and Brandon Roberts, Appellees. No. 104,246. Court of Appeals of Kansas.

HARRELL, Judge. These two cases, Fried v. Archer, No. 84, September Term, 2001, and Muthukumarana v. Montgomery County, No. 83, September Term, 2001, share a common issue: whether local government emergency telephone system employees (specifically operators, dispatchers, and managers) owe an individual tort duty to persons in need of their services, and, if so,

JOHN W. BROOMES, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE This case comes before the court on Defendants' motions to dismiss (Docs. 33, *124338, 51, 53, 61). The motion has been fully briefed and is ripe for decision. (Docs. 34, 39, 52, 54, 60, 62, 65, 67, 68, 73, 74, 82, 83, 86.) Defendants' motions are GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART for the reas

MEMORANDUM OPINION AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge Plaintiffs Toshia Hodges, Barron Jackson, Irma Flores, and Rasheed Hammond have brought four separate actions against several Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) officers in their individual capacities and against the District of Columbia. They allege claims arising out of thei

ACCEPTED 03-14-00197-CV 4929353 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEX

Appellate Case: 25-1235 Document: 46 Date Filed: 08/28/2026 Page: 1 FILED United States Court of Appeals PUBLISH Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS August 28, 2026

In June, 1924, the plaintiff moved the court "that a certain writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, issued out of said court, on May 10, 1924, in said above-entitled cause, and on which said defendant was later arrested and confined in jail by the sheriff of said county, be quashed, recalled, set aside and held for naught, and that said defendant may be released from custody, and all his bondsmen, and the several bonds heretofore given by the said defendant to remain within the jai

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Steere, J. Plaintiff, Fannie Westerhouse, commenced a tort action by capias against defendant Orrie J. Staal in the circuit court of Ottawa county on September 7, 1918. He obtained release from arrest by bail to the sheriff, and filed special bail to the action on September 23, 1918. The case was duly brought to *458trial by jury and plaintiff secured a judgment

Campbell, J. A mandamus is sought to compel respondent to vacate an order refusing to set aside taxation of costs and order a re-taxation in the case of Genesee County Savings Bank v. The Michigan Barge Co., Edward P. Ferry and Thomas W. Ferry. That suit was begun in February, 1883, for a claim of $5000 and a little interest, by levy of attachment on eight barges, appraised at $44,000, and lands appraised at $18

238 P.3d 278 (2010) Jose Mora SOTO, Appellant, v. CITY OF BONNER SPRINGS, et al., Appellees. No. 96,011. Supreme Court of Kansas. September 3, 2010. *280 William Sharma-Crawford, of Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law, of Overland Park, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant. Patrick M. Waters, of legal departme

WILDER, J. In this action to quiet title to a condominium unit, plaintiff, Trademark Properties of Michigan, LLC, appeals as of right an order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), and Bank of America (BOA). We reverse. I. FACTS AND PROCED

In 1925 the county treasurer of Ottawa county instituted a suit in the district court of that county in accordance with the provisions of chapter 212, Laws of 1923, to foreclose various special improvement warrants, or bonds, issued for the construction of sewers in the city of Miami. These constituted liens upon certain property against which they were assessed. The installments were past due and the bonds were in default. On the same property ad valorem taxes had accumulated. Service was ha

274 Kan. 1049 (2002) 58 P.3d 680 In the Matter of the Marriage of RICK D. PHILLIPS, Appellee, and CAROL LYNN PHILLIPS, Appellant. No. 87,999. Supreme Court of Kansas. Opinion filed December 6, 2002. Mark A. Corder, of Mark A. Corder, P.A., of Olathe, was on the brief for appellant. Joyce Hendrix-Kuchar, of Bezek, Lowry &

Alice Robie Resnick, J., dissenting. {¶ 51} I am hardly one who concedes infallibility to legal precedent, however long or recently established. See, e.g., Wright v. Bloom (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 596, 635 N.E.2d 31 (overruling paragraph two of the syllabus of In re Estate of Thompson [1981], 66 Ohio St.2d 433, 20 O.O.3d 371, 423 N.E.2d 90); Clark v. Southview Hosp. & Family Health Ctr. </

Kelly, J. The Oakland county board of supervisors decided on a site and commenced plans for the construction of a new and adequate courthouse. No one challenges the fact that a new courthouse was necessary. Plaintiff, a voluntary, nonpartisan association of taxpayers and electors of Oakland county, filed its bill of complaint asking the court to decree: “A. That no authority is confe