Cases

*70 OPINION OF THE COURT Roman, J. In this proceeding pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law art 6-C; hereinafter SORA), the defendant, who had a history of mental illness, was removed from the courtroom after making several outbursts d

974 F.2d 201 297 U.S.App.D.C. 415 UNITED STATES of Americav.Parris Raymond JEFFERSON, Appellant. No. 91-3136. United States Court of Appeals,District of Columbia Circuit. Argued April 6, 1992.Decided Sept. 15, 1992. [297 U.S.App.D.C. 416] Appeal from the United States District

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING KELTNER, Justice. This is an appeal from Doris McKinney’s worker’s compensation case in which the jury found that she did not suffer an injury in the course and scope of her employment with Weber Aircraft (Weber). National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (National Union) is Weber’s worker’s compensation carrier. We originally iss

OPINION OF THE COURT Stephen G. Crane, J. This is a motion1 to dismiss the accusatory instrument for failure to allege facts supporting all of the elements of the offenses charged (CPL 100.15, subd 3), and for facial insufficiency insofar as the instrument is deemed an information (CPL 100.40, subd 1, par [c]). In its accusatory part, the instrument, dated September 30, 198

MORROW, P. J. The conviction is for pandering; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years. Upon the written request of the appellant, duly verified hy his affidavit, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

Opinion by Green, C.: This was an action for an injunction, commenced in the district court of Harvey county, by T. C. Brewer, as the assignee of Chas. A. Malm. A temporary injunction was granted. The facts, briefly stated, are as follows: Chas. A. Malm made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors to T. C. Brewer, on the 17th day of June, 1889. The sheriff of Harvey county levied an attachment upon the ass

KING, Circuit Judge. A suit was brought in a state court of Georgia, by Buena Dill and Nola Dill, minors, by their next friend, Allen Dill, and by Allen Dill individually, jointly, against the Southern Railway Company, for the unlawful death of Clementine Dill, the mother of said minors and wife of said Allen Dill, and removed to the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia at Atlanta. The state statute c

Opinion of the Court by Judge Hurt Reversing. This was an action by the appellant, H. A. Woerman, against the appellee, McKinney-Guedry Company. The appellee is a manufacturer of pickles at Paducah, Ky., and the appellant is a wholesale pickle dealer at St. Louis, Mo. In the month of May, 1915, they entered into two contracts, by the one of which appeliees sold to appellant two carloads of bulk

Young, Justice, delivered the opinion of the court: This was an action commenced by petition and summons, at the March term of the Morgan circuit court, 1839, by the plaintiff, Brooks, for the use of McDougall, against the defendants, McKinney, Cloud, Brockenbrough, Lamborn, Douglass, and McConnell, as joint makers of a promissory note, for the sum of $150, bearing date the 26th of August, 18

JUSTICE SPOMER delivered the opinion of the court: The defendant, Tyson Foods, Inc., appeals from the order of the circuit court of Madison County that denied its motion for a summary judgment. The defendant requested a summary judgment in its favor on the basis that federal law preempts the claims of the plaintiffs, Timothy A. Rogers and Alan Westfall, which th

OPINION MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge. This civil-rights action was brought by two African-American plaintiffs, Mary V. Williams and Terrence D. Williams Merriweather on behalf of themselves and a putative class of similarly situated persons.1 As last amended, the plaintiffs’ complaint claims, among other things, that defendant National Security Insurance Company (“NSIC”)

CORRECTED OPINION PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ROSE BELLE THORN; ROSA M. THORN,  Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Leroy Thorn, Deceased; ROBERT PUGH; EVELYN D. PUGH, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.  No. 05-1162 JEFFERSON-PILO

Chapa Products Corp., as Assignee of Emmanuel Vidal, Appellant, againstMVAIC, Respondent. The Rybak Firm, PLLC (Damin J. Toell of counsel), for appellant. Marshall & Marshall, PLLC (Jeffrey Kadushin and Frank D'Esposito of counsel), for respondent. Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Richard J. Montelione, J.), entered Marc

OPINION OF THE COURT Michael L. Hanuszczak, J. In this case of first impression, the court is asked to determine whether a family offense petition should be dismissed because the alleged violent acts occurred prior to the effective date of the family offense statute. Background of the Proceeding On July 23, 2008, the petitioner filed a verified petition seeking an orde

OPINION OF THE COURT Traci DiMezza, J. On May 20, 2016, the defendant, Jamie L. Ormanian, was charged with the crimes of obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, in violation of Penal Law § 195.05; resisting arrest, in violation of Penal Law § 205.30; attempted assault, in violation of Penal Law §§ 110.00, 120.00 (1); attempted escape in the third degree, in violation of Penal Law §§ 11

890 A.2d 1078 (2006) COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Parris Lavon HARPER, Appellant Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Submitted December 5, 2005. Filed January 11, 2006. *1079 Clinton L. Johnson, Chester, for appellant. John F.X. Reilly, Assistant District Attorney, Media, for Commonwealth, appellee. Before

OPINION OF THE COURT Read, J. On March 19, 2003, defendant James W. Newton, Jr. was indicted for the crimes of sodomy in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.50 [1]), sexual abuse in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.65 [1]) and sodomy in the third degree (Penal Law § 130.40 [3]).1 The three-count indictment accused defendant of engaging in oral sex with a 19-year-old male by forc

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, againstNadia Bedard, Appellant. Nassau County Legal Aid Society (Tammy Feman and Gianpaolo Ciocco of counsel), for appellant. Nassau County District Attorney (Judith R. Sternberg and Andrea M. DiGregorio of counsel), for respondent. Appeal from judgments of the District Court of Nassau County, First District (Colin F. O'Do

VAUGHN, Judge. Each defendant, among other things, argues that his case should have also been submitted to the jury on the question of whether he was serving a sentence imposed for a misdemeanor. The bills of indictment allege that each defendant attempted to escape while serving a sentence imposed- for a felony. The District Attorney elected to consent and stipulate to the docketing of a record on appeal in this Court that do

*527OPINION OF THE COURT Thomas J. DiSalvo, J. History of the Case The defendant was previously charged with common-law driving while intoxicated (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192 [3]), aggravated driving while intoxicated (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192 [2-a]), imprudent speed (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180 [a]) and moving from a la