Cases

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) HERBERT FRANCIS YOUNG, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 08-1603 (PLF)

REDMANN, Judge. Dorothy Poydras appeals from a judgment in favor of A. Lester Sarpy for $1,140 attorney and other fees plus 25% attorney fees and costs. We reverse. Ignoring other problems, we hold that until a prospective lender and the prospective borrower have reached an agreement in writing on the terms of a desired loan to be secured by mortgage on immovable property (subject to property title and value requirements),

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Judgment of Appellate Division modified by providing that the costs of the judgment of the Special Term be against appellant Ball, as trustee, and as modified affirmed, without costs in this court to either party, on the ground that there is no appeal taken from the provision of the judgment of the Special Term that the costs should be recovered against the trustee as such; no opinion. Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Willard Bartlett, Hiscock

Concur: CULLEN, Ch. J., WILLARD BARTLETT, HISCOCK, CHASE, CUDDEBACK, HOGAN and MILLER, JJ. *Page 574

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge THACKER joined. OPINION AGEE, Circuit Judge: Vitol, S.A. (“Vitol”) brought the underlying action in the district court against Spartacus Navigation Corp. (“Spartacus”) and Primerose Shipping Company (“Primerose”) (collectively “S & P”)

RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS STEFAN R. UNDERHILL, District Judge. This case arises out of Somali pirates’ seizure of a Marshall Island ship — which was managed by a British company and staffed by Indian sailors — in the Gulf of Aden. In the fall of 2010, pirates boarded a tanker named the MT Marida Marguerite Schiffarhrts (“Marida Marguerite”) somewhere off the coast of Yemen. The ship had set out

Opinion by Chief Judge HUME. Plaintiff, Jarvis Ryals, appeals the judgment of the trial court dismissing his complaint against defendants, St. Mary-Corwin Regional Medical Center (Hospital), Pueblo Radiological Group (PRG), and others in their individual and professional capacities, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm. Plaintiff, a neurologist, is a member of the medical staff

GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge: From time to time, the Sentencing Commission decides to lower the guideline range applicable to an offense and gives retroactive effect to that reduction for those sentenced before the change. Amendment 782 to the Guidelines was one such change. It lowered by two the offense level for most drug crimes.

OPINION OF THE COURT Edward J. Greenfield, J. Plaintiffs in this action, claiming that renovation work on the building adjoining theirs had caused damage to their premises and caused them to sustain injuries, nervous shock and trauma, have brought two actions suing the owner of the adjoining premises and 18 other architects, engineers, contractors and materialmen for $2,950,000. Defendant Greco Bros. Ready M

HAINES, A.J.S.C. The Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders created the Office of Superintendent of Elections on May 23, 1984. The defendant, John Sacca, was appointed to that office on August 8, 1984, by a Board resolution which provided in pertinent part as follows: FURTHER RESOLVED pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:32-50 all appropriations made in the budget of the County Board of Electi

Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound volumes go to press. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS No. 18-CV-628 RACHEL M. FRANKENY, APPELLANT, v. DISTRICT HOSPITAL PARTNERS, LP,

The opinion of the Court was delivered by MUIR, J.A.D. Defendant Burlington County Board of Freeholders appeals from a Law Division decision holding that it must accept the entire annual certified budget of third-party defendant Burlington County Election Board with no discretion to modify unless it successfully challenges the budget in a judicial proceeding. The holding followed litiga

In the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District DIVISION THREE CHRISTOPHER WESTMORELAND, ) No. ED107787 ) Respondent, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of ) the City of St. Louis vs. ) 1522-CC1101

STUART M. BERNSTEIN, United States Bankruptcy Judge Plaintiffs Kenneth M. Krys and Charlotte Caulfield (together, the "Liquidators"),2 in their capacities as foreign representatives of Fairfield Sentry Limited ("Sentry"), Fairfield Sigma Limited ("Sigma"), and Fairfield Lambda Limited ("Lambda," and collectively, the "Funds") seek leave to amend their complaints, (see Memorandum Of Law in Support of

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 04-2384 JAY PRESTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WISCONSIN HEALTH FUND, BRUCE TROJAK, and LINDA HAMILTON, Defendants-Appellees. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the

849 F.Supp. 1347 (1994) FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO., a California corporation, Plaintiff and Counterdefendant, v. NATIONAL BANK FOR COOPERATIVES, as successor-in-interest to the Texas Bank for Cooperatives, Defendant and Counterdefendant. And Intervening Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants. No. C 92-2667 BAC. United States District Court, N.D. California. April 1, 1994.

POSNER, Circuit Judge. Jay Preston, a dentist, charges that the Wisconsin Health Fund, his former employer, discriminated against him on account of his sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., when they replaced him as director of the Fund’s dental clinic with Linda Hamilton (not to be confused with the female

150 N.J. 276 (1997) 696 A.2d 556 JOHN KINSELLA, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT, v. MARY KINSELLA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT. The Supreme Court of New Jersey. Argued December 2, 1996. Decided July 10, 1997. *285 Cary B. Cheifetz and Michael C. Caulfield argued the caus

10 P.3d 654 (2000) Jarvis D. RYALS, M.D., Petitioner, v. ST. MARY-CORWIN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, a Colorado not-for-profit corporation; Pueblo Radiological Group, P.C., a Colorado professional corporation; Michael E. Ball, M.D., individually and as President of Pueblo Radiological Group, P.C.; Lynn Phelps, M.D.; Mark Forte, M.D.; Marc Johnson, M.D.; Gary Lamonte, M.D.; Mark Mountford, M.D.; Stan W. Jonas, individually and in his capacity as Inte