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OPINION AND ORDER JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge. Plaintiff Bettina M. Whyte, acting in her capacity as the trustee of the SemGroup Litigation Trust (the “Trustee”), brings the above-captioned case seeking to avoid certain transactions between several Sem-Group entities1 and defendants Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital, Inc. (collectively, “Barclays”). On August

OPINION [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 1445 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 1446 The doctrine of inevitable disclosure permits a trade secret owner to prevent a former employee from

678 F.3d 513 (2012) Tamara PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMUNITY INSURANCE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 10-1654. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued October 25, 2010. Decided April 27, 2012. *516 Mark P. Murphy (argued), Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Appellate Case: 22-6086 Document: 213-1 Date Filed: 04/30/2026 Page: 1 FILED United States Court of Appeals PUBLISH Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS April 30, 2026

WIENER, Circuit Judge: This case involves the attempted recovery of funds paid over time by the debtor, Fair-child Aircraft Corporation (“Fairchild”), to Defendant-Appellant Butler Aviation International (“Butler”) for fuel that Butler had provided to a customer of Fairchild, Air Kentucky Airlines (“Air Kentucky”). Plaintiff-Appellant Bettina M. Whyte was appointed Fiscal Agent to pursue avoidance actions on behalf of the

WIENER, Circuit Judge: This case involves the attempted recovery of funds paid over time by the debtor, Fair-child Aircraft Corporation (“Fairchild”), to Defendant-Appellant Butler Aviation International (“Butler”) for fuel that Butler had provided to a customer of Fairchild, Air Kentucky Airlines (“Air Kentucky”). Plaintiff-Appel

Case: 22-20603 Document: 142-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/29/2024 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit ____________ FILED April 29, 2024

Opinion HEALEY, J. The petitioner appeals from the judgment of the second habeas court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the second habeas court improperly (1) denied his petition for certification to appeal and (2) denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the judgment of the second habeas court. T

HUG, Circuit Judge: This appeal involves the question of whether a claim may be stated under the Civil Rights Act for a violation of the civil rights of a deceased person resulting from the alleged actions of public officials after the death of the decedent, in covering up and failing to prosecute properly the persons who killed the decedent. The Administratrix of the Estate of Tyrone Guyton brought this

606 F.2d 248 CA 79-3089 Tyrone GUYTON, a Deceased minor, by MattieShepherd, Administratrix of the Estate of TyroneGuyton, Deceased, Appellant,v.Dale PHILLIPS, Thomas Mierky, William Mathews, James F.Donovan, John Robert Lothrop, Conrad Blevins, WallerPrentice, Thomas Donahue, George T. Hart, Edward Hilliard,Lawrence Holman, Donald Whyte, Charles Edward Herbert, D.Lowell Jensen, Appellees. No

6 F.3d 1119 62 USLW 2387, 24 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 1569,Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,603 In the Matter of FAIRCHILD AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Debtor.BUTLER AVIATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellant-Cross-Appellee,v.Bettina M. WHYTE, Fiscal Agent, Appellee-Cross-Appellant. No. 93-8320 Summary Calendar.United States Court of Appeals,Fifth Circuit.

NOONAN, Circuit Judge: Shiv Mohan, an Indian national normally residing in New Delhi, India, John Townsend, a British national normally residing in Australia, and David Whyte, a Canadian national normally residing in Toronto, Canada, all now held in custody in the Western District of Washington, appeal from the denial of bail. We affirm the district court.

PER CURIAM. Appellant sold debtor, on May 16, 1933, bottle washing equipment under a conditional sales contract. The purchase price was $15,000 of which $6,000 has been paid. On October 16, 1934, a petition was filed under section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S. C.A. § 207) for the reorganization of debtor. Appellee was named trustee after a ruling that the petition showed jurisdiction and was filed in good faith. Notice

Whyte, Judge, concurred with the opinion of Judge Haywood, except as to the estoppel of the tenant to set up a title against his landlord, and upon this point he took time to advise. RoaNE, Judge, did not sit in the cause, being disqualified by the act of Assembly. See, as to estates at will, Duke v. Narper, 6 Yer. 280. As to denial of landlord’s title, Cald

as to the last point in the cause concerning which Whyte and Haywood disagreed, — that the tenant could not, without restoring the possession, oppose the claim of his landlord; therefore the judgment was reversed, and the cause remanded, that the evidence of the tenancy be received as proposed to be given by Phillips on the trial.

Fred L. Lemley, as assignee of a tax purchase receipt, seeks by his petition in mandamus filed in this court to compel John S. Phillips, clerk of the county court of Marion County, to receive a report of survey, give the statutory notice, and in case of no redemption, execute a tax deed conveying to petitioner a parcel of land located in the city of Fairmont and sold on the 14th day of December, 1931, at a tax sale by the sheriff of Marion County. The clerk refused to perform these functions

ELLISON, J. In November, 1905,’the city of St. Joseph duly directed the grading of King Hill Avenue, in said city. Under the provisions of law a copy of the ordinance was filed in the Buchanan Circuit Court for proceedings in pursuance of law. At this time defendant was the owner of real property along such avenue which was affected by such proposed grading. On September 3, 1906, the circuit court appointed commissioners to assess

*819ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND STRIKE Re: Dkt. Nos. 14, 31 Ronald M. Whyte, United States District Judge Before the court are motions to dismiss the complaint filed by plaintiff Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. (“Theta Chi” or “plaintiff’) against Leland Stanford Junior University, The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Unive

ORDER J.P. STADTMUELLER, District Judge. 1. INTRODUCTION The plaintiff, Jane Flint (“Flint”), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, filed a .complaint in this matter on March 25, 2014, alleging the defendants violated her civil rights. (Docket # 1). On October 24, 2014, the Court granted, inter alia, Flint’s motion to amend the complaint to add Milwaukee Police Department (“MPD”) Sergeant Ju-tiki Jackson

DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT WILLIAM E. CALLAHAN, JR., United States Magistrate Judge. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This action was commenced on July 12, 2011, when the plaintiff, Phillip C. Lamson *805(“Lamson”), filed a complaint naming EMS Energy Marketing Service, Inc. (“EMS”) as the defendant. L