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COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-11-00378-CV DAVID J. KANTNER AND WIFE, APPELLANTS SHERI K. KANTNER, JON D. MATHE, DAVID MOORE, AND WIFE, SYLVIA MOORE, AND MICHAEL MORRIS AND WIFE, KIM MORRIS V. CHESAPEAKE ENERGY APPELLEES CORPORATION AND CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, LLC

02-11-378--390-CV_COR

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 61 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 62 This case involves two related oil and gas mineral lease disputes that were jointly tried. One of the disputes is between p

Plaintiffs Marion and Margaret Walker purchased a lot from defendant Harry McConnell and his late wife on June 19, 1976. At the time of purchase, plaintiffs asked Judy McConnell, the real estate agent and daughter of the McConnells, whether the lot would qualify for financing through the Veterans Administration (VA) or the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) if plaintiffs built a home on it. She allegedly replied that it would. Subsequently, it was discovered that the plat of the lot

MEMORANDUM OPINION Opinion by: CATHERINE STONE, Chief Justice. The City of Laredo appeals a judgment awarding attorney’s fees to the appellees *3(“Montano Family”) after a jury found that the City of Laredo intended to condemn property owned by the Montano Family for an unauthorized use. The City of Laredo challenges: (1) the legal and fa

WOODARD, Judge. For the reasons assigned this day in Sutton Steel & Supply Inc. v. BellSouth Mobility, Inc., 03-1536 (La.App. 3 Cir. 6/9/04), 875 So.2d 1062, 2004 WL 1253765, we deny BellSouth’s application for a supervisory writ. WRIT DENIED.

OPINION GOULD, Circuit Judge: Through its officials, the state of Nevada appeals the district court’s grant of partial habeas corpus relief to petitioner Mark Rogers, a Nevada prisoner who has been sentenced to death. Rogers cross-appeals from the district court’s decision not 'to stay habeas corpus proceedings due to Rogers’s purported incompetency,

OPINION AND ORDER THOMAS W. THRASH, JR., District Judge. In this civil rights action, the Plaintiff contends that she was subjected to abusive *1251treatment while a special-needs student at Hopewell Middle School. She is suing the abusive teacher, the principal of Hopewell at the time, and the county school district. The principal, Frances Boy

Affirming. The action was instituted under the Declaratory Judgment Act, Civil Code of Practice, Sections 639a — 1 to 639a — 12 inclusive, seeking a declaration of rights between the parties under a deed from their father and mother, R.H. Hoskins and Mary F. Hoskins, dated September 28, 1895, conveying a tract of land in Jefferson County to William Wheeler, who in turn devised the land to appellee upon his death, on April 25, 1936. The deed from Hoskins to Wheeler conveyed

WILSON, Circuit Judge: Alphonso Cave, a Florida state prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the district court’s denial of his application for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He raises five issues for our review, including three claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, an allegation that the district court applied an erroneous standard of review, and an argument that his sentencing violated Ring v. Arizona,

HOUSTON, Justice (dissenting). While I join Justice Maddox’s dissent, I also choose to write specially. Alabama Code 1975, § 6-3-5, applies to all corporations that issue policies or certificates of insurance of any kind. The defendants in these actions are corporations that issue policies or certificates of insurance. Under § 6-3-5, these defendants are “subject to a civil action on any su

236 S.W.3d 579 (2007) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. Dennis CAIN, as Executor of the Estate of Daniel Cain; Mary Helen Cain; John T. Cain; Becky Cain; Vincent J. Becker; and Kathleen Becker, Appellees. and Debbie Ellen Rehm, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of James David Rehm; Nicholas James Rehm, by and Through their Parent, Guardian and Next Friend, Debbie Ellen Rehm; and Christina Marie Rehm, by and Through Their Paren

The plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment for the defendants, Providence Hospital and Elizabeth Newberry, in a case brought under the Alabama Medical Liability Act, § 6-5-480 et seq., as supplemented by the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987, § 6-5-540 et seq. We affirm. Marie Catherine Leonard, an 81-year old woman, fell out of bed in Providence Hospital in Mobile County, Alabama, and broke her hip. S

This list is being published pursuant to Gov.Bar R. 1(15). The following persons have applied to take the February 2017 Ohio Bar Examination. Allen Taylor Gene Vance Lima Ashland Sarah Kathleen Lewis Austinburg Belmont Carson Lee Schambach St. Clairsville Butler Eric ScottBeutel Liberty Township Marc Edward Bras

924 So.2d 971 (2006) STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Carole Mae BJORKLAND, David Magdalik, Shelby Rae Stebbins, Regan E. Paton, Mark Dail, Tara Brown, Thomas Janke, Lisa Frederickson, Michael Abel, Carmen Carter, Carl Coury, Douglas Kremer, Ronald Labasky, *972 Courtney Massey, Belinda Barnett, Marcia Barnett, David Bennett, Melissa Bennett, Karen Burnham, Martha Burns, Willis Chambers, Barbara Chandler, Robe

PER CURIAM. Plaintiffs are seven same-sex couples seeking to marry in Nebraska or to have their marriage in another state recognized in Nebraska. They also seek state benefits incident to marriage. The district court 1 granted Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. It found that Article I, § 29 of the Nebraska

MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-10-00401-CV CITY OF LAREDO, Appellant v. Luis MONTANO, Cecilia Montano Mota, Cruz Jorge Montano, Clarence Hillburn, and Clarence Hillburn as Executor of The Estate of Gloria Montano Hillburn, Deceased, Appellees

OPINION FRIEDLANDER, Judge. In Indiana, Ind.Code Ann. § 34-51-3-6 (West, Westlaw current with all 2018 legislation) allocates the lion's share of punitive damage payments to the State. In this case, we must decide whether the statute empowers the State to intervene in otherwise private litigation, ostensibly to protect its interest in a punitive damage a

Because I believe the trial judge did not err in refusing to instruct the jury as requested by the defendant, I must respectfully dissent. Punishing a defendant for unintentionally causing the death of another while in the commission of a misdemeanor is not a new legal concept, in either a criminal case or a civil case. For example, in Pippin v. State,19 Ala. App. 384, 387, 97 So. 615<

OMNIBUS MEMORANDUM OPINION ROBERT L. JONES, Bankruptcy Judge. The Court addresses 37 motions filed in 20 lawsuits by 96 defendants, all of which seek dismissal of bankruptcy-based causes of action upon the authority of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Stern v. Marshall, 564 U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 2594, 180 L.Ed.2d 475 (2011) (“Stern”).1