Cases

GREENLEE, J., FOR THE COURT: ¶ 1. Michael Louis Straight was convicted in Harrison County Circuit Court of transfer of less than two grams of cocaine and sentenced as a habitual offender and subsequent drug offender to twelve years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). At trial, a witness testified that Straight was the perso

PER CURIAM. We reverse the final summary judgment in favor of appellant’s employer in this action for retaliation under the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 (“FCRA”). The appellate court reviews de novo a summary judgment, examining the record in a light most favorable to the non-moving party. Shirey v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 94 So.3d 619, 620-21 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). In her comp

Patricia L. Cohen, Presiding Judge Introduction Odeta Cule (Wife) appeals the judgment and decree of dissolution of marriage to George Cule (Husband) entered by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County. Wife claims that the trial court erred in: (1) awarding joint legal and physical custody of their children without making specific findings as requ

228 S.W.3d 30 (2007) James T. DAOUKAS, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Cross-Respondent, and William Lacey, Appellant. No. ED 87350. Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two. March 6, 2007. Application for Transfer Denied April 5, 2007. *31 Ronald E. Fox, Ronda F. Willia

ED CARNES, Chief Judge: James Harold Griffith was convicted by a jury of several drug and firearms offenses. After this Court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal, he filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence. Among other things, he sought an evidentiary hearing based on his claim that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to

PER CURIAM. Steve Campbell, an inmate at the Farmington Correctional Center (FCC) in Missouri, filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Campbell alleges that the FCC’s grooming regulation for prisoners, which prohibits “long hair,” violates his constitutional right to freely exercise his religious beliefs because as a follower of the Nazarite religion it is forbidden tha

988 P.2d 1116 (1999) Louis M. GEORGE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. No. A-6951. Court of Appeals of Alaska. October 8, 1999. James Wendt, Anchorage, for Appellant. Marcelle K. McDannel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee. Before COATS

WILSON, Circuit Judge: This case involves a law student’s efforts to form a contract by accepting a “million-dollar challenge” that a lawyer extended on national television while representing a client accused of murder. Since we find that the challenge did not give rise to an enforceable unilateral contract, we hold that the district court properly entered summary judgment for t

223 S.W.3d 192 (2007) David ULLUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGE CARDEN CIRCUS INTERNATIONAL, INC., and Treasurer of the State of Missouri, as Custodian for the Second Injury Fund, Defendants-Respondents. No. 27971. Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One. May 23, 2007. *193 David Simpson, St. James, for Appel

702 N.E.2d 982 (1998) 299 Ill. App.3d 888 234 Ill.Dec. 328 Carol GEORGE and Ronald George, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ronald E. OSPALIK, Defendant-Appellee. No. 3-97-0967. Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District. September 14, 1998. Rehearing Denied November 12, 1998. Louis E. Neuendorf (argued), Sa

DON E. BURRELL, P.J. Philip H. Berger (“Employee”) appeals the judgment (“the dismissal judgment”) that dismissed with prejudice his second amended petition (“the petition”) against Emerson Climate Technologies (“Emerson”), Scroll Compressors LLC (“Scroll”), and George Svaranowic (collectively, “Respondents”). The petition presented three counts: (1) (“t

KEARSE, Circuit Judge: Defendants George Daly and Louis M. Giardina appeal from judgments entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, following a jury trial before Jack B. Weinstein, Chief Judge, convicting Daly on two counts of accepting bribes in violation of the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 186(a)(2) and (b)(1) (19

BYE, Circuit Judge. George Tannous appeals the jury verdict against him on the claims of conspiracy to defraud and violations of the Securities Act. He argues the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, the district court 1 erred in instructing the jury, and the district court erred in denying his motion for d

KYLE, District Judge. Plaintiffs brought this action against the City of St. Louis and three members of its Police Department alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988. The district court 1 granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants, determining that the conduct complained of did not violate “clearly establis

234 S.W.3d 597 (2007) PROJECT, INC., Appellant, v. PRODUCTIVE LIVING BOARD FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY CITIZENS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, Respondent. No. ED 88758. Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two. September 11, 2007. *599 Francis E. Pennington III, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant. James S. Cole, Jr.,

159 S.W.3d 448 (2005) THE MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS, Appellant, v. COMPASS SQUARE & STAR, INC., et al., Respondents. Nos. ED 85210, ED 85320. Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Five. January 25, 2005. Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied March 23, 2005. Application for Transfer Denied April 26, 2005.<

217 S.W.3d 301 (2007) Larry REICHERT, et al., Appellants, v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Respondent. No. SC 87911. Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc. March 13, 2007. *302 George O. Suggs, St. Louis, for Appellants. James C. Hetlage, Kenneth C. Brostron, Timm W. Schowalter, St. Louis, for Respondent.</

SYLLABUS Based on separation of powers principles, we will not consider an issue that was not properly raised before a local zoning authority. The court reviews the record to determine whether the issue was fairly raised for consideration before the zoning authority. *Page 488 OPINION This appeal concerns the decision of the Saint Louis County Planning Commission to grant a conditional use permit

OPINION Mary K. Hoff, Judge In December 2011, while employed by Ameren Corporation (d/b/a Union Electric Company, “Union Electric”) at its power plant in Labadie, Missouri, Catherine Berliner (“Decedent”) was using a hammer drill manufactured by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation (“Milwaukee”) on an 85-foot-high platform. Decedent fell from th

476 F.3d 981 Lakhdar BOUMEDIENE, Detainee, Camp Delta, et al., Appellantsv.George W. BUSH, President of the United States, et al., AppelleesKhaled A.F. Al Odah, Next Friend of Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellantsv.United States of America, et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees. No. 05-5062. No. 05-5063. No. 05-5064.