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MEMORANDUM ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE AMOZ L. MAZZANT, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Came on for consideration the report of the United States Magistrate Judge in this action, this matter having been heretofore referred to the United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636. On February 18, 2016, the report of the Magistrate Judge was ente

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-2214 DONALD THORPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRANK BISIGNANO, 1 Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for

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OPINION OF THE COURT O’Connor, J. The issue here presented is whether the Family Court has jurisdiction to commit a juvenile to the Department of Mental Hygiene if it is alleged that the juvenile is a delinquent in a situation where, prior to being adjudicated pursuant to article 7 of the Family Court Act, he is found to be incompetent to defend himself in such proceeding. We hold that the Family Court ha

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Emily Fitzmorris, et al. v. Case No. 21-cv-25-PB Opinion No. 2024 DNH 003 New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Weaver, et al. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER On November 27, 2023, I certified a class of certain participants in New Hampshire’s Choices for

Matter of Jeter v Poole (2024 NY Slip Op 05868) Matter of Jeter v Poole 2024 NY Slip Op 05868 Decided on November 25, 2024 Court of Appeals Troutman, J. Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pur

OPINION GERBER, Judge: Petitioners have moved for litigation costs under section 7430.1 This otherwise routine type of motion becomes unique here because we (the trial court) decided the case in favor of respondent and the appellate court reversed, finding in favor of petitioners. Petitioners were unable to seek fees at the trial level

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) IVY BROWN, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 10-2250 (PLF) ) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,

105 Wis.2d 78 (1981) 312 N.W.2d 833 Frank SWANSON and Betty Swanson, Petitioners-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES of the State of Wisconsin, Defendant-Respondent.[†] No. 81-018. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin. Submitted on briefs August 19, 1981. Decided October 6, 1981.

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE DELTA ETA CORPORATION, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 2021-1106-MTZ ) CITY OF NEWARK, a municipal ) corporation of the State of Delaware, ) and MAYOR & COUNCIL of the City ) of Newark, JERRY CLIFTO

497 F.2d 702 7 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1111, 7 Empl. Prac.Dec. P 9360O'Neal W. KOGER (on behalf of himself as an individualplaintiff, and as a member of a class for all present andprospective Negro employees of the Social SecurityAdministration as a class), Appellants,v.Robert M. BALL, Commissioner of the Social SecurityAdministration and the Department of Health,Education and Welfare, and Secretary,Department o

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION ONE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) No. 81203-3-I ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) ZACHERY KYLE MEREDITH, ) PUBLISHED OPINION ) Appellan

MEMORANDUM OPINION JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge Mark Twain once observed, “[T]he dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s.” Letter to William D. Howells, April 2, 1899, in Selected Mark Twain-Howells Letters 1872-1910 at 331 (Anderson et al. eds., 1967). Plaintiff Ma

FEINBERG, Chief Judge: William O’Dell Spell appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Ellen Bree Burns, J., affirming a ruling of bankruptcy judge Trevethan that Spell owed $10,123.29 to appellee Commissioner of Administrative Services for the State of Connecticut and that this debt had not been discharged by Spell’s bankruptcy. The only question on appeal is whether the dis

OPINION OF THE COURT BECKER, Circuit Judge. Appellant Dieter Troster, an employee of the State Correctional Institution at Greens-burg, Pennsylvania (“SCI”), is in danger of losing his job as a corrections officer because, as a matter of principle, he refuses to wear an American flag patch on his uniform as required by departmental regulations. He filed

CARNEY, Justice. I. INTRODUCTION We are again called upon to determine whether restrictions placed upon Alaska's Medicaid funding of abortions violate the Alaska Constitution. A 2014 statute and 2013 regulation re-define which abortions qualify as "medically necessary" for the purposes of Medicaid funding. The statute defines medically necessary abortions as those that "must be performed to avoid a t

IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA William Penn School District; : Panther Valley School District; : The School District of Lancaster; : Greater Johnstown School District; : Wilkes-Barre Area School District; : Shenandoah Valley School District; : Jamella and Bryant Miller, parents of : K.M., a minor; Sheila Armstrong, : parent of S.A., minor; Tracey Hughes, : parent of P.M.H., minor; Pennsylvania : Association of R

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge: Chad Weiler has sued the Village of Oak Lawn and Village Manager Larry Deetjen, challenging their decision to eliminate the Village’s Department of Business Operations, of which Weiler was the sole employee. Weiler alleges that Deetjen recommended the elimination of the department because Weiler had publicly accused Deetjen of ra

Notice: This opinion is subject to correction before publication in the P ACIFIC R EPORTER . Readers are requested to bring errors to the attention of the Clerk of the Appellate Courts, 303 K Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, phone (907) 264-0608, fax (907) 264-0878, email corrections@akcourts.us. THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA STATE OF ALASKA and THE ) COMMISSIONER OF THE ) Supreme Court No. S-16123 D

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE No. 83342-1-I EMPLOYEES, COUNCIL, 28; et al.† DIVISION ONE Respondents, PUBLISHED OPINION v. STATE OF WASHINGTON; et. al. Respondents, FREEDOM FOUNDATION,