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JOHNSON, Judge. The facts pertinent to this appeal are as follows: Mr. W. H. Smith died testate in Pitt County on 9 June 1954. His Last Will and Testament provided that two trusts be created, one for the benefit of his wife, the Ada T. Smith Trust, and one for the benefit of his children and their descendants, the W. H. Smith Trust. Both trusts terminate at the death of Ada T. Smith. Sam B. Underwood, Jr., respondent, and Robert

KELLY, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part. Plaintiffs made an unusual decision in this case.1 They challenged only the constitutional amendment concerning same-gender marriage. Okla. Const, art. II, § 35. They ignored the earlier-enacted statutory provisions which define and only recognize marriage as between persons of opposit

MlKELL, Judge. Evelyn Williams filed suit against Syreeta K. Smith on December 9, 1999, to recover for injuries she allegedly sustained in an automobile accident. Smith filed a demand for jury trial on January 19, 2000. The case was placed on a May 14, 2001 trial calendar; however, it was continued by order of the trial court and placed on the June 18 calendar. Because Smith’s counsel had filed a leave of

FILED United States Court of Appeals PUBLISH Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS July 18, 2014 Elisabeth A. Shumaker TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of

(2008) Harry SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs v. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 3:02-cv-212 (CFD). United States District Court, D. Connecticut. August 26, 2008. RULING ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, District Judge. Table of Contents I

Cite as 2022 Ark. 32 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-21-581 Opinion Delivered: February 17, 2022 JOHN THURSTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI SHARON BROOKS; BILENDA HARRIS- COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT RITTER; WILLIAM LUTHER;

725 A.2d 549 (1999) 353 Md. 143 Diane SHOEMAKER et al. v. Judee G. SMITH et al. No. 44, September Term, 1998. Court of Appeals of Maryland. March 10, 1999. *551 Charles S. Fax (Andrew J. Toland, Dana M.S. Wilson, Shapiro and Olander, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioners. Phillip F. Scheibe, County

Cite as 2022 Ark. 32 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-21-581 Opinion Delivered: February 17, 2022 JOHN THURSTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI SHARON BROOKS; BILENDA HARRIS- COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT RITTER; WILLIAM LUTHER;

M. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Appellants are lawyers and law firms that represented class members in an underlying class action that secured a settlement of more than $10 billion and an additional award of $175 million in fees for class counsel. Non-class counsel filed 244 motions for attorneys' fees. In a single order, the district court denied all of the motions, determining that the lawyers neither performed common benefit work nor

OPINION CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ„ joined. The issue in this post-divorce proceeding is whether a parent seeking to modify a residential parenting schedule in a permanent parenti

USCA4 Appeal: 22-1927 Doc: 119 Filed: 04/29/2024 Pg: 1 of 147 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 22-1721 MAXWELL KADEL; JASON FLECK; CONNOR THONEN-FLECK; JULIA MCKEOWN; MICHAEL D. BUNTING, JR.; C.B., by his next friends and parents; SAM

02/05/2020 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs May 7, 2019 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. WILLIAM K. LAWRENCE, JR. Appeal from the Criminal Court for Davidson County No. 2015-D-2716 Cheryl A. Blackburn, Judge _________________________________

ZAGEL, District Judge. On 17 July 1991, in a fifteen-count superseding indictment, a federal grand jury charged ten defendants with crimes arising from their concerted efforts to sell cocaine and crack cocaine from November 1987 through 31 March 1991 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Five of the ten went to trial: Gregory Anthony Collins, Kenneth Dale Collins, Sylvia Ann Lipson, Anthony Angelo Smith, ■and LaDatril Chevelle Spra

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-11-00378-CV DAVID J. KANTNER AND WIFE, APPELLANTS SHERI K. KANTNER, JON D. MATHE, DAVID MOORE, AND WIFE, SYLVIA MOORE, AND MICHAEL MORRIS AND WIFE, KIM MORRIS V. CHESAPEAKE ENERGY APPELLEES CORPORATION AND CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, LLC

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Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court. Witness intimidation in cases involving gangs, drug racketeers, organized crime, and domestic violence has become a significant challenge to the criminal justice system. In this appeal, we must decide whether, under our Rules of Evidence, a witness’s hearsay statement implicating a defendant in a crime should be admissible, when through violen

958 F.2d 1565 Allan LOWE, Peggy Lowe, Patsy Smith, Irvin Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.Nancy ALDRIDGE, Defendant-Appellant,James Davis, Defendant-Appellant,Victoria Karp, Victoria Lowe, Defendants,Sharon Moody, Defendant-Appellant,Cobb County Georgia, Defendant.William Howard OAKES, Anne M. Oakes,Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants, Appellees,v.James E. DAVIS, Nancy Aldridge,Defendants-Counter-Claimants, Appell

618 F.Supp.2d 96 (2009) In re: NEURONTIN MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: Bentley v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-11997-PBS. Bulger v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 07-11426-PBS. Dixon v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-11998-PBS. McGee v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-12593-PBS. Owens v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-11017-PBS. Pursey v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 07-10106-PBS. Roberson

OPINION SHARON G. LEE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., joined. *320 We accepted a question of law certified by the United