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Batchelder, J. After four years of marriage to the defendant, the plaintiff filed a libel for divorce alleging the existence of irreconcilable differences which had caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage. See RSA 458:7-a. After a hearing, the Master {Larry Fletcher, Esq.) recommended a decree of divorce and property settlement which the Trial Court {Pappagianis, J.) approved. The defendant ap

421 F.Supp.2d 527 (2006) Anthony TORRES, Plaintiff, v. "John" TROMBLY, et al., Defendants. No. 3:03CV696 JBA/JGM. United States District Court, D. Connecticut. March 22, 2006. *528 Anthony Torres, Somers, CT, Pro se. Henri Alexandre, Steven R. Strom, Attorney General's Office, Hartford, CT, for Defendants.

676 F.2d 35 82-1 USTC P 9319 David ROCKEFELLER and Margaret McG. Rockefeller, Appellees,v.COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Appellant.ESTATE OF John D. ROCKEFELLER, 3rd, Deceased, John D.Rockefeller, IV, J. Richardson Dilworth and DonalC. O'Brien, Jr., Executors, andBlanchette H. Rockefeller, Appellees,v.COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Appellant. Nos. 886, 889

W. Brent Powell, Judge Abbott Laboratories, Inc., appeals the circuit court’s judgment awarding Maddi-son Schmidt $15 million in compensatory damages and $23 million in punitive damages for her personal injury claim. Abbott argues the circuit court erred in overruling: (1) its pretrial motion to transfer venue; (2) its pretrial motion to sever Schmidt’s claim from other plaintiffs’ claims; (3) its

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 19-3413 JAMES M. SWEENEY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KWAME RAOUL, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________

Pro Se; Rule 12(b)(1); Lack of Jurisdiction; Rule 12(b)(6); Failure to State a Claim; Tort Claims; Punitive Damages; Informant Reward; Criminal Penalties; Impeachment; Fifth & Sixth Amendments; Taking; Frivolousness, 28 U.S.C. § 1915; Interest; Attorneys’ Fees; Travel Expenses; Costs OPINION AND ORDER CAMPBELL-SMITH, Chief Judge Plaintiff Anthony R. Hicks, pro se, has filed

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge: In divining the meaning of statutory words, courts have long followed the principle that the legislature is the master,1 and that statutory interpretation therefore involves a search for evidence of legislative intent.2 As Justice Frankfurter aptly phrased it, “[t]he Court’s task is to construe not English but congressional English.”<

LYNCH, Circuit Judge. Current and former police officers of the Town of Agawam, Massachusetts brought suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., alleging that the Town’s compensation scheme for police officers violates the FLSA by omitting certain wage augments from the calculation of the officers’ overtime rate.

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DISMISSING PETITIONER’S HABEAS PETITION WITH PREJUDICE MARY G. LEWIS, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This case was filed as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 action. Petitioner is represented by excellent counsel. The matter is before this Court for review of the Report and Recommendation (Report) of the United States Magistrate Judge sugge

McLACHLAN, J., with whom ZARELLA, J., joins, dissenting. I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the continuing course of conduct doctrine applies generally to all claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Because the continuing course of conduct doctrine is an exception to the general rule that the statute *599of limitations

325 F.Supp. 294 (1970) In the Matter of PENN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Debtor. In re DEFERRAL of TAXES. No. 70-347. United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania. October 26, 1970. *295 Robert W. Blanchette, New Haven, Conn., Counsel for the Trustees of the Penn Central Transportation Company. Blank, Rome, Klaus &

Sosman, J. The plaintiff, John F. Otis, III, has appealed from a decision of the Superior Court, which granted summary judg*635ment in favor of all defendants on the ground that Otis’s claims against them were barred by the doctrine of judicial estoppel. The facts and theories on which Otis’s present claims are based are the precise opposite of the facts and theories that

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge: Eleven appellants challenge on innumerable grounds their convictions in the Middle District of Florida under a ten count indictment charging conspiracy and substantive offenses. Count One of the indictment charged all appellants, and twelve other original defendants, with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit an assortment of substantiv

429 F.Supp.2d 209 (2006) John A. TAYLOR, individually and p/p/a W.C.T.S., Plaintiff, v. Susanne G. SWARTWOUT et al. Defendants. No. CIV.A.03-10157 NMG. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. February 27, 2006. *210 Alanna G. Cline, Brighton, MA, for Susanne G. Swartwout, Dean Amrose, Jennifer M. Norton, Paul M. Kane, Def

Muse, J. This action arises from the assignment of a legal malpractice claim to the plaintiff by a former policyholder and client of the defendants. Prior to this *228assignment, the former client-assignor and the plaintiff-assignee were adversaries in a case to recover for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiff-assignee alleges that the attorneys r

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued November 14, 2024 Decided January 14, 2025 No. 23-1334 INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS OF AMERICA, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, RESPONDENT ITC MIDWEST LLC, INTERVENOR On Petition for Review of Orders of the

Perretta, J. This appeal presents the question whether principles of res judicata entitle Commercial Union Insurance Company (Commercial) to summary judgment on Cora Beals’s complaint seeking compensatory damages and counsel fees on the basis of allegations that Commercial had refused to consider *190and to pay her underinsurance claim fairly and promptly and instead forc

930 F.Supp. 1450 (1996) DESKTOP IMAGES, INC., a Colorado corporation, Plaintiff, v. Anthony AMES, an individual; Silicon/Aames, Inc., a Colorado corporation, d/b/a Ames Teleproductions, Silicon Publishing, Silicon Mountain Publishing and Silicon Mountain Training; Diamond Entertainment Corporation, a California corporation; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Sam's Wholesale Club, a Division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware corpora

Not for Publication in West's Federal Reporter Citation Limited Pursuant to 1st Cir. Loc. R. 32.3 United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 02-1518 GEORGE AFFONSO, STEPHEN ARAUJO, RICHARD AMORIN, DENNIS AUDET, PETER BALKUS, SR., ANTHONY BLACK, ALBERT DEL TORO, FRANK DRAKE, ROBERT EMBREY, RICHARD EZOVSKI, MANUEL FERREIRA, RONALD FINNERTY, JOHN FITZSIMMONS, JAMES GARANT, ALLAN GOLZ, CHARLES KARNS, RONALD LASS

22-2884 Mallet v. NYS Dep’t of Corrections 1 IN THE 2 United States Court of Appeals 3 For the Second Circuit 4 ________ 5 AUGUST TERM, 2023 6 7 ARGUED: SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 8 DECIDED: JANUARY 13, 2025 9 10 Do