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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, againstGeorge Acosta, Defendant-Appellant. Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County (Melissa A. Crane, J. at plea; Kevin B. McGrath, J. at sentencing), rendered March 4, 2015, convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh d

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN JUDGMENT RENDERED JUNE 20, 2019 NO. 03-17-00732-CV Michael Sides, Susan Sides, Bobby Sides, Gregory George, Staci George, Claudio Acosta, and Laura Acosta, Appellants v. Shon Saliga; Jani Saliga; & Garden Grove, LLC, Appellees APPEAL FROM THE 428TH DISTRICT CO

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-17-00732-CV Michael Sides, Susan Sides, Bobby Sides, Gregory George, Staci George, Claudio Acosta, and Laura Acosta, Appellants v. Shon Saliga, Jani Saliga, and Garden Grove, LLC, Appellees FROM THE 428TH DISTRICT COURT OF HAYS COUNTY NO. 16-1225, THE HONORABLE WILLIAM R. HENRY

Slomsky, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION...608 II. BACKGROUND...611 A. Pennsylvania Elections...611 B. Factual Background...613 1. The Special Election and the Participants...613 2. Alleged Voter Coercion, Intimidation, and Other Misconduct that Occurred During the Special Election...614

OPINION AND ORDER George A. O’Toole, Jr., United States District Judge The Secretary of the United States Department of Labor (the “Department”) brought suit against Unite Here Local 26, alleging that the union violated § 104 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”), 29 U.S.C. § 414, when it permitted a member of Local 26 to inspect the union’s collective bargaining agreements (“agre

OPINION WENDY BEETLESTONE, District Judge Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs Motion for Reconsideration (ECF No. 82-1) of the order granting Defendants’ Motion in Limine (ECF No. 74) to preclude the lay testimony of Wage and Hour Investigator (“WHI”).. Jennifer Azeles. For the following reasons, Plaintiffs motion will be granted. I. BACKGROUND This case concer

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ———————————— No. 08-23-00355-CV ———————————— New Mission Home Care, LLC, Appellant v. Tony Lawrence Read, Individually and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of G

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lucindo Suarez, J.), entered October 20, 2014, which, insofar as appealed from, denied the motion of defendant Wilbert George for summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law § 200 and common-law negligence claims as against him, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion granted. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly. De

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ———————————— No. 08-23-00355-CV ———————————— New Mission Home Care, LLC, Appellant v. Tony Lawrence Read, Individually and as Independent Administrator o

SALTER, J. Angel and Maria Acosta appeal a summary final judgment entered in favor of HealthSpring of Florida, Inc. (doing business as “Leon Medical Centers Health Plans, Inc.”), in a circuit court lawsuit relating to a stroke suffered by Mr. Acosta in May 2009. The issue presented is whether the Acostas’ claims against HealthSpring are subject to Florida’s medical malpractice statute and, if so, whether their claims were barr

GEORGE, C. J., Concurring and Dissenting. I concur in the majority’s conclusions regarding the first two issues discussed in the opinion, but respectfully dissent from its resolution of the third issue. With regard to that issue—namely, whether the same prior conviction can be used (1) to bring into play the “One Strike” law as the basis for

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CONDITIONAL CERTIFICATION OF AN FLSA COLLECTIVE ACTION GARY ALLEN FEESS, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION The Plaintiffs in this action are former non-exempt employees of Defendants Acosta Sales, LLC, and Acosta, Inc. (together, “Acosta,” or “Defendants”), who provided various merchandising services to food a

Determination of respondent Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), dated August 22, 2012, which, after a hearing, terminated petitioner’s Section 8 rent subsidy, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of Supreme Court, New York County [Eileen A. Rakower, J.], entered April 9, 2013), dismissed, without costs. The determinati

Determination of respondent Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), dated August 22, 2012, which, after a hearing, terminated petitioner’s Section 8 rent subsidy, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied, and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of Supreme Court, New York County [Eileen A. Rakower, J.], entered April 9, 2013), dismissed, without costs. The determinati

711 F.Supp.2d 81 (2010) Jorge Washington ACOSTA ORELLANA, et al., Plaintiff, v. CROPLIFE INTERNATIONAL, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 08-1790 (RBW). United States District Court, District of Columbia. May 13, 2010. *85 Terry Collingsworth, Eric J. Hager, Conrad & Scherer, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff. Dani

357 F.Supp.2d 1228 (2005) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Charles ACOSTA et al., Defendants. No. CR-S-03-542-JCM(PAL). United States District Court, D. Nevada. January 31, 2005. *1230 Eric Johnson, Esq., Chief, Organized Crime Strike Force, Andrew Duncan, Esq., Office of the United States Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for plai

SUMMARY ORDER Plaintiffs-appellants, 227 foreign nationals primarily from Argentina, appeal from the January 30, 2006 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Buchwald, J.) granting defendants-appellees’ motion to dismiss their amended complaint on grounds oí forum non conveniens. Acosta v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., No. 05 Civ. 977, 2006 WL 229196 (S.D.N.Y. Jan.30, 2006). Defendants-ap

Order of fact-finding, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), entered on or about October 22, 2009, which determined, after a hearing, that respondent father abused and neglected his daughter and derivatively abused and neglected his son, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from order of protection, same court and Judge, entered on or about March 19, 2010, unanimously dismissed, without costs

221 F.3d 117 (2nd Cir. 2000) VICTOR ACOSTA; MIGUEL RIVERA; DENNIS ACEVEDO; DANA MOZELL, Petitioners-Appellants,v.C. ARTUZ, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility; CHARLES BRUNELLE; WALTER R. KELLY, Superintendent; GEORGE WEZNER, Respondents-Appellees. Docket Nos. 97-2559(L), 98-2047(Con), 99-2515(Con)August Term, 1999 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSSECOND CIRCUIT <

PARKER, Circuit Judge: Dennis Acevedo (98-2047) and Dana Mo-zell (99-2515) appeal from the judgments of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (David G. Trager, Judge) entered December 18, 1997, and the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Alvin W. Thompson, Judge) entered July 27, 1999, dismissing their respective petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.