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OPINION CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FARMER, J., and LILLARD, J., joined. After Local union’s executive board terminated employment of its executive director, a member of the board sued in chancery court to enjoin the union from terminating the executive director. Th

RYAN, Circuit Judge. Defendants are nine members of a drug trafficking conspiracy known as the Chambers Brothers Organization. They appeal their convictions for conspiracy and related crimes. I. On February 29, 1988, twenty-two persons were named in a fifteen-count indictment charging conspiracy with the intent to possess and distribute controlled substances, in violation of 21 U.S

PER CURIAM. The judgment of conviction in this case involving the smuggling and transporting of heroin into the United States is affirmed. The heroin was actually carried across the border from Mexico into the United States in the underpants of one Janice High, who was accompanying Morgan at the time. Mrs. H

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER SUHRHEINRICH, District Judge. This matter is before the Court on objections filed by several defendants to their respective presentence reports and the reports’ effect on the application of the Sentencing Guidelines. The presentence reports purport to establish a drug conspiracy of a scope sufficient to satisfy the requirements of base level 36. Essentially, defendants contend

639 S.W.2d 451 (1982) Jim Joe CHAMBERS, et al., Petitioners, v. Brenda Lee TERRELL, et al., Respondents. No. C-1179. Supreme Court of Texas. July 14, 1982. Kugle, Douglas & Skelton, Henry T. Skelton, Athens, for petitioner. John W. Key, Jr., Willis D. Moore, Athens, for respondent. PER CURIAM. This suit was brought for termination of parenta

944 F.2d 1253 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Billy Joe CHAMBERS (89-1381), Larry M. Chambers(89-1380/1950), Willie L. Chambers (89-1877/1879), Otis B.Chambers (89-1357/1949), Belinda Lumpkin (89-1382), Jerry L.Gant (89-1358), Marshall Glenn (89-1396), Eric L. Wilkins(89-1359), and Elayne C. Lucas (89-1360), Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 89-1357 to 89-1360, 89-1380 to 89-1382, 89-1396,<

This is an appeal from a decree terminating the parent/child relationship between the child, Terry Christopher Terrell, and his mother, Brenda Lee Terrell, appellant herein, and his father. Trial was to the court sitting without a jury. No findings of fact or conclusions of law were requested or filed. The father, Rickey Terrell, is not a party to this appeal. Appellees, the sister and brother-in-law of the father, initiated this suit to terminate the parent/child relationship

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge: Appellant, Willie James Byrd, is a Georgia state prisoner serving a sixteen-year sentence imposed by the Superior Court of Fulton County on May 30, 1973, following conviction for three counts of armed robbery. Of the numerous alleged errors he propounds as grounds for the District Court’s dismissal of his p

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs May 3, 2016 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOE WILLIS Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 13-05650 John Wheeler Campbell, Judge No. W2015-01839-CCA-R3-CD - Filed September 9, 2016 The Defendant-Appellant, Joe Willis, was convicted by a Shelby County jury as charged of two count

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 15, 2008 Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 15, 2008. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals

801 So.2d 837 (2001) Tracy WILLIS v. The ATLANTA CASUALTY COMPANY and Rebecca Brown. 1990455. Supreme Court of Alabama. May 4, 2001. John A. Tinney, Roanoke, for appellant. Winn Faulk and Joe M. Reed of Faulk & Reed, L.L.P., Montgomery, for appellees. On Application for Rehearing MOORE, Chief Justice. This Court, on O

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge: On March 3,1974, after a jury trial in the Superior Court of Colquitt County, Georgia, Willie X. Ross was convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. Sentences of life imprisonment, twenty years and the death penalty were imposed, respectively. The convictions and sentences were affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court. Ross v. State, <

SHORTESS, Judge. These proceedings were remanded to this court “to consider whether judgment should be amended to reflect credit for payments made in compromise and settlement.” Tammy Willie v. American Casualty Co., 553 So.2d 467 (La.1989). Our original opinion affirmed the judgment of the trial court without passing expressly upon Mutual Fire, Marine & Inland Insurance Company’s (Mutual)

145 S.W.3d 150 (2004) Harry J. JOE and Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation, Petitioners, v. TWO THIRTY NINE JOINT VENTURE, Respondent. No. 02-0218. Supreme Court of Texas. Argued April 9, 2003. Decided September 3, 2004. *153 Jeff Archer, Austin, for Amicus Curiae J.E. "Buster" Brown. Roger

PER CURIAM. The order appealed from is affirmed. The issue of whether Grace’s confession in which he implicated himself and the other petitioners was a volunta3ry one was submitted to a state jury under instructions. The jury verdict necessarily found against petitioners’ contentions. We cannot say as a matter of law the confession was involuntary or was

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2000-DP-00507-SCT BENNY JOE STEVENS v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/04/1999 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. MICHAEL R. EUBANKS COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: MARION COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: MORRIS SWEATT, SR. J. C. AINSWORTH, JR. ATTORNEYS FOR

JACOBS, Circuit Judge. Defendants Jason and Clinton Cox challenge their convictions and sentences for numerous drug and gun crimes, following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Nev-as, /.). This opinion considers (a) Jason *79 Cox’s argument that his acc

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-01-00516-CV State of Texas, Appellant v. <

547 So.2d 1075 (1989) Tammy WILLIE v. AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY, et al. Earl L. CHAMBERS, et al. v. FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST, et al. Nos. 88 CA 0003, 88 CA 0004. Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit. May 30, 1989. Rehearing Denied August 17, 1989. *1076 Robert Manard, III, and Joseph McK

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-01-00516-CV State of Texas, Appellant v. Joe L. Ware and the Estate of Christine Ware , Appellees FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 53RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 97-09229, HONORABLE WILLIAM E. BENDER, JUDGE PRESIDING