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*********************************************** The “officially released” date that appears near the be- ginning of each opinion is the date the opinion will be pub- lished in the Connecticut Law Journal or the date it was released as a slip opinion. The operative date for the be- ginning of all time periods for filing postopinion motions and petitions for certification is the “officially released” date appearing in the opinion. All opinions are subject to modification and technical corr

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AMINAH S. FINNEY, C.A. NO. K17C-02-018 WLW Plaintiff, : Kent County V_ . ATLANTIC STATES INSURANCE : COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant. Submitted: October 13, 2017 Decided: December 6, 2017 ORI)ER Upon Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment Dem`ed. Scott E. Chambers, Esquire of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, Delaware; attorney for Plaintiff. Gary W. Alderson, Esquire of Elzufon Austin & Mondell, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; at

Mr. Chief Justice ShakKey delivered the opinion of the court. Finney, Lee & Co. commenced this suit by attachment in May, 1840, returnable to the October term of the circuit court of Warren county. At the April term, 1841, the defendant pleaded in abatement that the promises in the declaration mentioned were made by the defendant jointly with C. F. Buckley, still living, and not by defendant alone. The plainti

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge. William Ulmer brought this action against defendant Associated Dry Goods Corporation (Corporation), former operator of retail stores in the St. Louis, Missouri, area, asserting that the Corporation maliciously initiated a criminal charge of peace disturbance against him after he vocally protested his arrest by a Corporation security guard in a Cor

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE ) COMPANY, ) ) Defendant Below/Appellant, ) ) v. ) C.A. No.: N23C-08-084 FWW ) HENRY HAMILTON, ) ) Plaintiff Below/Appellee

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS. STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge: In the early 1970s Independent Petrochemical Corporation (“IPC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of plaintiff Charter Oil, was in the business of selling petrochemical products. As a courtesy to a customer, it arranged on several occasions for the disposal of waste o

Finney, Justice: Appellant, Ann Hasell, instituted this medical malpractice action against the respondent, Roper Hospital,1 alleging that her hip fracture was aggravated by treatment she received on January 26,1982. Appellant sued for actual and punitive damages in the total amount of seven hundred fifty thousand ($750,000.00) dollars. The trial judge, over objection of appell

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. The Plaintiffs-Appellants in this case submitted a ballot initiative petition proposing to amend the Ohio Constitution in *445 two ways: imposing term limits on the justices of the Ohio Supreme Court and requiring that all laws "that apply to the peopl

RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 20a0314p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT CHAD THOMPSON; WILLIAM T. SCHMITT; DON ┐ KEENEY, │ Plaintiffs-Appell

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 13-1999 Filed January 14, 2015 STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ANDREW BRASEAN BUCHANAN, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Glenn E. Pille (co- defendant’s motion to withdraw guilty plea), Robert J. Blink (trial and sentencing), Judges.

OPINION & ORDER JAMES L. GRAHAM, United States District Judge Plaintiffs move for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. (Doc. 2). Plaintiffs want to put a two-part constitutional amendment on the ballot by way of Ohio’s initiative process. Ohio prohibits anyone from proposing to its voters a mul-ti-part amendment or law. Ohio tasked the Ohio Ballot Board with enforcing this rule. Pla

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. Like many states, Ohio wants the voting public to determine who will serve as its judges. Yet Ohio, mindful of the potentially corrosive effects of uninhibited fundraising and partisanship, also wants to protect public trust in the judiciary's independence. To serve these twin goals, the state fills judicial offices through elections, but imposes fundraising and

692 F.Supp.2d 855 (2010) Thomas E. BRINKMAN, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Armond D. BUDISH, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and Chairman of the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee of the Ohio General Assembly, et al., Defendants. Case No. 1:09-cv-326. United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Western Division. February 17, 2010.

104 F.3d 367 97 CJ C.A.R. 42 NOTICE: Although citation of unpublished opinions remains unfavored, unpublished opinions may now be cited if the opinion has persuasive value on a material issue, and a copy is attached to the citing document or, if cited in oral argument, copies are furnished to the Court and all parties. See General Order of November 29, 1993, suspending 10th Cir. Rule 36.3 until December 31, 1995, or

OPINION COLE, Chief Judge. Susan B. Anthony List (“SBA List”) and the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (“COAST”) sued the Ohio Elections Commission (“Commission”) and various state officials, alleging that Ohio’s political false-statements laws, Ohio Rev.Code § 3517.21(B)(9)-(10), violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court agreed and entered summary judgment and a pe

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 16a0048p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT _________________ SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST; COALITION OPPOSED TO ┐ ADDITIONAL SPENDING & TAXES, │

Paul W. Brown, J. The issue before this court in Wolfe v. Wolfe (1976), 46 Ohio St. 2d 399, was whether a court of common pleas had power to modify the terms of a decree of divorce previously issued by it, which relate to an allowance of “alimony.” Before addressing the issue, this court reexamined the basis and method upon which alimony is awarded in Ohio. In its reexamination the court pointed out that “alimo

OPINION & ORDER MICHAEL R. BARRETT, District Judge. This matter is before the Court on Defendants Citrosuco North America, Inc. and Seeretary/Treasurer Plan Administrator Salary Continuation Plan’s (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss. (Doc. 16).1 Plaintiff Michael DuBrul (“Plaintiff’) filed a response in opposition (Doc. 19), and Defendants filed their

OPINION & ORDER JAMES L. GRAHAM, United States District Judge Ohio permits its citizens to amend the state constitution by proposing an amendment to electors through a petition, garnering sufficient signatures, placing the proposed amendment on the ballot, and having the proposed amendment approved by a majority of the electors that voted on the proposal. This is called the initiative process. Ohio la

660 N.W.2d 821 (2003) STAR TRIBUNE, published by The Star Tribune Company, Respondent, v. CITY OF ST. PAUL, Minnesota, and its Department of Police, Appellant. No. C5-02-1931. Court of Appeals of Minnesota. May 13, 2003. *823 Mark R. Anfinson, Minneapolis, for respondent. Manuel J. Cervantes, City Attorney, Reyne M. Rofuth