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REVISED AUGUST 23, 2012 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED July 24, 2012 No. 11-3057

MEMORANDUM MATTHEW W. BRANN, District Judge. I. BACKGROUND: The principal basis upon which a court may support its reasoning for granting a motion for reconsideration is an intervening change in the controlling law. In this case, Defendants ask the Court do the opposite and reconsider the undersigned’s application of a recent change in the controlling law, and, instead, revert to the forme

KING, Circuit Judge: What follows is the tale of competing mineral leases on the Louisiana property of Lee and Patsy Stockman during the Haynesville Shale leasing frenzy. In April 2008, the Stockmans entered into an extension of their mineral lease with Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P. and received a $240,000 bonus. In May 2008, the Stock-mans entered into a mineral lease with Petroha

802 F.2d 1416 41 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1125,42 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 464,41 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 36,634, 256 U.S.App.D.C. 22,55 USLW 2156 Gladys BANKS, Appellant,v.CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY. No. 84-5830. United States Court of Appeals,District of Columbia Circuit. Argued Feb. 12, 1986.Decided Sept. 5, 1986.<

TABLE OF CONTENTS FOB CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO THE VALIDITY OF THE RELEASE RONALD L. BUCKWALTER, Senior District Judge. *331I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND . CO A. Allstate’s Agency Programs Prior to 1999. CO 1. The NO A Program . CO 2. R830 and R1500 Contracts. CO

WATTS, J. Under the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (1991, 2008 Repl. Vol.) (“LE”) §§ 9-101 to 9-1201, a “covered employee” is entitled to compensation from his or her employer for an accidental personal injury. See LE § 9 — 501(a)(1) (“Except as otherwise provided, e

OPINION HORN, District Judge. This case is before the court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims (RCFC). The plaintiff, Green Management Corporation (Green Management), a Wyoming corporation, brought this action pursuant to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978(CDA), 41 U.S.C. §§ 601-613 (1988 & Supp. Ill 1991). Be

583 F.Supp. 66 (1983) Gwyneth Y. HUGHES, Plaintiff, v. The CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant. Civ. A. No. 83-961. United States District Court, District of Columbia. December 21, 1983. *67 Robert L. Bell, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff. Douglas J. McCollum, R. Michael Smith, Washington, D.C., for defenda

MOYLAN, J. Early Twentieth Century viewers were frozen to their nickelodeons by the heart-stopping melodrama “Curfew Shall Not *338Ring Tonight.”1 With her lover Basil doomed to the gallows at the ringing of the curfew bell, the beleaguered Bess strove heroically and against every manner of complication to hold back the inexorable ticking

FILED 14-0265 2/4/2015 11:52:10 PM tex-4028401 SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS BLAKE A. HAWTHORNE, CLERK

187 F.Supp.2d 635 (2001) Adele SMITH, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Marquita Smith, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNION NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants. No. CIV.A. 5:01-cv-170(Br)(S). United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Western Division. November 7, 2001. *636

87 F.Supp.2d 409 (2000) Dominique PALCSESZ, Plaintiff, v. The MIDLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Ohio, Defendant. No. CIV. A. 98-2944(DRD). United States District Court, D. New Jersey. March 14, 2000. Ronald F. Esposito, Elizabeth, NJ, for Plaintiff. David R. Kott, Edward J. Fanning, Jr., McCarter & English, LLP, Newark,

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE ) IN RE DOLE FOOD CO., INC. ) CONSOLIDATED STOCKHOLDER LITIGATION. ) C.A. No. 8703-VCL ) ) IN RE APPRAISAL OF DOLE FOOD ) CONSOLIDATED COMPANY, INC. ) C.A. No. 9079-VCL )

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN KeKEK JUSTIN NIGG and LORRAINE NIGG ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs ) CASE NO. ST-2022-CV-00240

158 F.Supp. 593 (1958) Irving M. GRUBER and Leonora S. Gruber, Plaintiffs, v. The CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY CO. et al., Defendants. Civ. A. No. 30870. United States District Court N. D. Ohio, E. D. December 18, 1957. Motion to Dismiss Appeal Granted February 12, 1958. *594 *595</

*489OPINION By CONNELL, District Judge. Plaintiffs are joint shareholders of record of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, having purchased 5 shares of its common stock on April 3, 1947 and 10 shares of its common stock on October 10, 1948. This is a shareholder’s derivative suit brought on behalf of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rai

PELL, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, Jerry Trulson, filed the instant suit to enforce the reemployment rights to which he believes he is entitled as a veteran of military service. The district court granted summary judgment to defendant Trane Co., plaintiff’s former employer, after the parties submitted a joint statement of stipulated facts and cross-motions for summary judgment. Pla

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge: This diversity suit by seven individual claimants, suing on their own behalf and as the proposed class representatives of all injured Daikon Shield claimants, seeks recovery against Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (Aetna) for injuries resulting from the use of an allegedly defective intrauterine device known as the Daikon Shield. Aetna was neithe

POSNER, Circuit Judge. This appeal by the Norfolk and Western from a judgment for $850,000 in a suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60) by a former employee of the railroad, Gary Lancaster, presents issues of labor and tort law in a bizarre factual setting.

384 F.Supp. 895 (1974) In the Matter of PENN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Debtor. In the Matter of The UNITED NEW JERSEY RAILROAD AND CANAL CO. and Other Secondary Debtors of Penn Central Transportation Company, Debtor. In the Matter of LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, Debtor. In the Matter of The CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, Debtor. In the Matter of The LEHIGH AND HUDSON RIVER RAILWAY COMPANY, Debtor. In the Matter of RE