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ACCEPTED 15-25-00012-cv FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 8/8/2025 3:13 PM No. 15-25-00012-CV

Reversed and Remanded and Memorandum Opinion filed November 4, 2021. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-17-00223-CV REBECCA WILSON, ET AL., Appellants1 V. GEORGE FLEMING AND FLEMING & ASSOCIATES, L.L.P., Appellees On Appeal from the 189th District Court

OPINION AND ORDER SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge: I. INTRODUCTION Beginning in 1998, New York mandated that certain violent felonies be punished by a determinate prison sentence followed by a mandatory term of parole, known as post-release supervision (“PRS”).1 The governing statute did not require that the term of PRS be announced by the judge at

Reversed and Remanded and Opinion filed December 21, 2018. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-17-00223-CV REBECCA WILSON, ET AL., Appellants1 V. GEORGE FLEMING AND FLEMING & ASSOCIATES, L.L.P., Appellees On Appeal from the 189th District Court Harr

ACCEPTED 15-25-00013-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 8/8/2025 12:26 PM No. 15-25-00013-CV

ORDER SCOTT 0. WRIGHT, Chief Judge. Pending before the Court are two issues left to be resolved in this case. First is the issue of damages under the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 count against the Highway Commission. At the trial in September, 1983, the jury returned verdicts in favor of the class and against the Highway Commission. The question is whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity precludes such damages und

MATHESON, Circuit Judge. Table of Contents I. Background...982 A. Factual Background...982 1. Mr. Williams's Arrest and Transfer to TCSO Custody...982 2. Mr. Williams's Injury and Lack of Treatment...982 a. October 22-Response to initial injury and transfer to medical unit...982 b. October 23-24-Continued paralysis and arrival of m

Matter of Attorneys Inviolation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (2024 NY Slip Op 04648) Matter of Attorneys Inviolation of Judiciary Law § 468-a 2024 NY Slip Op 04648 Decided on September 26, 2024 Appellate Division, Third Department Published by

264 F.3d 21 (2nd Cir. 2001) FREDDIE HAMILTON, Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of Njuzi Ray, Deceased, and Individually, KATINA JOHNSTONE, Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of David Johnstone, Deceased, and Individually, DIANE BENJAMIN, as Administratrix of the Estate of Donald Boyd, Deceased, and Individually, DELORES BOYD, as Administratrix of the Estate of Donald Boyd, Deceased, and Individually, ANNE CARGILL,

Pfeifer, J. {¶ 1} This is an appeal as of right by defendant-appellant, Wayne Powell. A jury convicted Powell of the aggravated murder of Rosemary and Mary McCollum, four-year-old Jamal McCollum-Myers, and three-year-old Sanaa’ Thomas, and of aggravated arson. The jury recommended the sentence of death for the aggravated murder of t

500 S.E.2d 54 (1998) 348 N.C. 130 James H. Pou BAILEY, A. Pilston Godwin, Harry L. Underwood, Henry L. Bridges, Rosalie T. Adams, Jesse M. Almon, Helen L. Andrews, Worth B. Skew, Billy A. Baker, Parker N. Bare, Arthur C. Beaman and Grace G. Beaman, Joseph G. Binkley, Robert L. Blevins, Ellie L. Boyles, Chancel T. Brown and Joan W. Brown, Elizabeth S. Butler, Dorothy T. Carmichael, John Carricker, Harold D. Coley, Sr., Anna L. Coop

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DANIEL CAMPBELL; et al, * No. 15-56990 Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. v. 2:04-cv-08592- AG-AJW CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellee. CESAR MATA,

606 F.Supp. 1161 (1985) Lucy Peng-Fei CHANG v. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, et al. Diane R. SELEEN, et al. v. BOARD OF REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OF RHODE ISLAND, et al. Sandra KRAYNEK v. BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OF RHODE ISLAND, et al. Wendy ROWORTH v. BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OF RHODE ISLAND, et al. Civ. A. Nos. 77-0070 S, 79-0087 S, 83-0044 S and 83-0099 S

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge: The present action against numerous handgun manufacturers was instituted by the relatives of several victims of handgun violence to recover damages and, according to an amicus brief, to attempt to halt the injury and death of teenage youths— the victims of armed youthful criminals. The suit went to trial where a jury held several manufacturers liable for failing to exercise reasonable care to prevent

447 B.R. 475 (2009) In re CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC., et al., Debtors. No. 08-35653. United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division. February 12, 2009. Robin S. Abramowitz, Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid, P.C., Melville, NY, for *476 Bond Circuit VIII Delaware Business Trust. Angela Sheffler Abreu, McCarter

ORDER YOCK, Judge. This civilian overtime and premium pay dispute is before the Court on the defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction filed on June 4, 1990. For the reasons stated herein, defendant’s motion is granted in part and denied in part. Facts All the plaintiffs in this case are guards employed by the United States Department of

43 Cal.4th 757 (2008) In re MARRIAGE CASES. [Six consolidated appeals.][1] No. S147999. Supreme Court of California. May 15, 2008. *765 Alliance Defense Fund, Benjamin W. Bull, Glen Lavy, Timothy Donald Chandler, Christopher R. Stovall, Dale Schowengerdt; Advocates for Faith and Freedom, Robert Henry Tyler; Law Offices of Terr

449 F.Supp.2d 1 (2006) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, and National African American Tobacco Prevention Network, Intervenors, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., (f/k/a Philip Morris, Inc.), et al., Defendants. No. CIV.A. 99-2496(GK). United States Distri

AMENDED ORDER DENYING BANKS’ MOTION UNDER 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b) TO CONVERT CASE TO CHAPTER 7 ALEXANDER L. PASKAY, Chief Judge. This is a yet-to-be-confirmed Chapter 11 case filed on October 11, 1995, by Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., Inc. (Debtor). The immediate matter under consideration is a Motion to Convert Case to Chapter 7 (Motion), filed by J.P. Morgan Delaware, Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., Whitney Natio

215 F.Supp.2d 795 (2002) In re NORPLANT CONTRACEPTIVE PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. MDL No. 1038. United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division. August 14, 2002. *796 *797 Christopher Matthew Parks, Parker & Parks, Port Arthur, TX, for Plaintiffs. F. Lane Heard III, Williams