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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ EPLUS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee v. LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC., Defendant-Appellant ______________________ 2013-1506, 2013-1587 ______________________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in N

MORIARTY, C. The respondent sued the appellant township, alleging that he was the owner of the northwest quarter of section 3 in said township, and that, in grading a road along the west side of said land, the township had taken from' said land a strip outside the legal' limits of the highway) thereby appropriating about 2% acres of respondent’s land and téaring down certain of his fences. , The case was tried

463 F.Supp.2d 1270 (2006) Jo L. LAWSON, Plaintiff, v. John POTTER, Postmaster General of United States Postal Service, Defendant. Civil Action No. 05-2402-KHV. United States District Court, D. Kansas. December 4, 2006. *1271 *1272 *1273 Ira Dennis Hawver, L

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 03-3433 MEGAN LAWSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CURTIS HILL, Defendant-Appellee. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Justice Scalia, concurring. Last Term’s decision in Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, Inc., 512 U. S. 753 (1994), has damaged the First Amendment more quickly and more severely than I feared. In this case the New Jersey courts asserted the power to enjoin residential picketing *1111by antiabortion demonstrators that was explicit

Justice Scalia, concurring. Last Term’s decision in Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, Inc., 512 U. S. 753 (1994), has damaged the First Amendment more quickly and more severely than I feared. In this case the New Jersey courts asserted the power to enjoin residential picketing *1111by antiabortion demonstrators that was explicit

Justice HECHT delivered a plurality opinion, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice OWEN, and Justice JEFFERSON joined. If a government entity agrees to settle a lawsuit from which it is not immune, can it claim immunity from suit for breach of the settlement agreement? We answer no and accordingly affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.1

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2019-CA-01773-COA ROSIE ANDERSON AND CHARLES WHITE APPELLANTS v. MARION O’NEAL BROWN JACKSON, AS APPELLEES ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF LEVON JACKSON LAWSON, SHIMEKA JACKSON, TERRY BUTLER, AND LEVON JACKSON, JR. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/17/2019 TRIAL JUDGE: HO

TROUT, Chief Justice. This is a quiet title action to determine whether the appellant lot owners have property rights in a 240-acre tract of land in Blaine County by virtue of a subdivision plat and declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions for a failed subdivision recorded after a blanket mortgage had been recorded on the same property. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUN

Defendants, William and Dianne Hill, appeal from a judgment *Page 837 entered in favor of plaintiff, David Lawson, following a bench trial, establishing an easement of necessity by implication across the defendants' land in favor of the plaintiff and establishing an easement by prescription across defendants' land in favor of plaintiff. Plaintiff cross-appeals from those portions of the judgment which denied him a bill to quiet title, refused to a

349 F.Supp. 203 (1972) Virginia Louisa LAWSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Otis L. BROWN, Director, et al., Defendants. Civ. A. No. 72-C-66-R. United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Roanoke Division. October 13, 1972. *204 *205 David G. Karro, Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley, Roanoke, Va

MONACO, J. The appellant, A.S.C. (aged 15), was chai'ged in a petition for delinquency with disorderly conduct in violation of section 877.03, Florida Statutes (2007), and with disruption or interference with the lawful administration of an educational institution in violation of section 877.13, Florida Statutes (2007). At the conclusion of the State’s case the defense moved for a judgment of dismissal based on the failure

*811 In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Walker, J.), dated September 29, 2014, as denied his motion for summary judgment on the cause of action alleging a violation of Labor Law § 240 (1), and the third-pa

WILSON, J., FOR THE COURT: ¶ 1. Karanja Cobbert argues that the circuit court exceeded its authority by imposing the full remainder of the suspended portion of his sentence after the court revoked his post-release supervision (PRS) for a second time based on “technical violations.” Cobbert argues that because this was only his second revocation, the circuit court lacked authority to impose a period of

SCHUMAN, C. J. The stipulation of facts disclose that claimant, George W. Lawson, at the time of his alleged claim on May 25, 1948, was 51 years of age and had two minor children under the age of 16 years; that he was employed by the State of Illinois since April 1, 1941 and that his earnings the year immediate to May 25, 1948 were $2,-413.32; that he was paid full salary of $203 per month unt

DICKSON, Justice, dissenting. Despite the majority's elaborate analysis of the interpretation of the word "receiving" as it appears in Indiana Code § 7.1-5-5-2, I believe that this criminal statute must be narrowly construed, in accordance with several well recognized due process principles-variously framed in our jurisprudence as the "void for vagueness doe-trine," the "rule of lenity," and the "fair notice

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-1053 SHAWNQIZ LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ERIC HARRIS, BRANDON POFELSKI and CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court f

USCA11 Case: 22-14234 Document: 73-1 Date Filed: 08/07/2024 Page: 1 of 16 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-14234 ____________________ A.W. BY AND THROUGH J.W., E.M. BY AND THROUGH B.M.,

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-1053 SHAWNQIZ LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ERIC HARRIS, BRANDON POFELSKI and CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court f

BART F. VIRDEN, Judge Appellant Nicole Killingsworth (formerly Dittmar) appeals from the Sharp County Circuit Court's order awarding custody of her children, M.D. and A.D., to their father, appellee Jeremiah ("J.D.") Dittmar. Nicole argues that (1) the trial court erred in finding that a joint-custody agreement existed and concluding that her relocation was a material change in circumstances and (2) alternatively, even if a joint-cu