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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court In the Interest of Kevin R., A Juvenile Under the Age of Seventeen, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2012-212655 Appeal From Richland County The Honorable Robert E. Newton, Family Court Judge The Honorable Gwendlyne Y. Smalls, Family Court Judge Opinion No. 27430 Heard April 16, 2014 – Filed August 6, 2014 AFFIRMED Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hacke

Opinion ORME, Judge: ¶1 Rocky Mountain Builders Supply Inc. (RMBS) appeals the district court’s decision that a forum selection clause in RMBS’s contract with Steve Marks was unenforceable and that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case. Because we conclude that the forum selection clause was enforceable and that the district court indeed had

*581 SYKES, Circuit Judge. Kevin Trudeau spent his career hawking miracle cures and self-improvement systems of dubious efficacy. When the Federal Trade Commission sued him for violating consumer-protection laws, Trudeau agreed to a consent decree in which he promised not to misrepresent the content of hi

WYNN, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff Kevin Patrick Buker is a former Battalion Chief with the Howard County, Maryland Department of Fire and Rescue Services (the “Department”). Defendants are Howard County, Maryland; former Howard County Fire Chief William F. Goddard, III (“Chief Goddard”); former Howard County Deputy Chief John Butler (“Deputy Chief Butler”);

OPINION RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge: In this death penalty case, Petitioner Tracy Cain (Cain) challenges the district court’s denial of his federal habeas petition. Cain was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a couple, William and Modena Galloway, who resided in a home next to Cain’s father. The distric

OPINION BY JUDGE RICHARD Y. ATLEE, JR. *393 A judge of the Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg sentenced Terrance Kevin Hall to three mandatory minimum periods of incarceration in connection with his pleas of guilty to certain drug distribution offenses. On appeal, Hall argues that the ci

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, JR., No. 14-99001 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:96-cv-00351- WDK KEVIN CHAPPELL, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, OPINION Respondent-Appellee. Appe

OPINION BERZON, Circuit Judge: Mitchell v. Valenzuela, filed today, holds that a motion to stay and abey a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition to exhaust claims in state court is generally (but not always) dispositive of the unexhausted claims, and that a magistrate judge therefore generally cannot hear and determine such a motion.

OPINION WARDLAW, Circuit Judge: Teofilo Medina, Jr., a California death row inmate, appeals the district court’s denial of his petitions for a writ of habeas corpus. Medina killed four people in a month-long crime spree in 1984. For these murders, the California courts imposed two death sentences: one in Orange County, the subject of the habeas petition

*668 McCullough, judge. Kevin Lamont Martin was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He was sentenced to the mandatory minimum in prison because he previously had been convicted of a “violent felony,” statutory burglary. The General Assembl

FILED 05/13/2025 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE Clerk of the Appellate Courts AT KNOXVILLE February 26, 2025 Session

955 P.2d 406 (1998) 90 Wash.App. 980 STATE of Washington, Appellant, v. Michael Robert MARKS, Respondent. No. 16214-1-III. Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Eight. May 5, 1998. *407 Kevin M. Korsmo, Spokane County Prosecutor's Office, Spokane, for Appellant. John H. Whaley, Assistant

OPINION McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. This case involves multidistrict litigation focused on whether defendants Bayer and Merial falsely advertised their flea-and-tick products for pets. In an effort to streamline the case, the district court framed the case as turning on a single issue, and crafted a case management plan in which Bayer and Merial would be

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 976(b) and 976.1, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of parts II.A.4 through II.B. OPINION I. INTRODUCTION Kevin S., a minor, appeals from the juvenile court's January 27, 2003, orders that he remain a ward of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code

LOREN E. PARKS, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent;PARKS FOUNDATION, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RespondentParks v. Comm'rDocket Nos. 7043-07, 7093-07.United States Tax Court<

Matter of Sasha R. (Kevin A. M.) (2023 NY Slip Op 02882) Matter of Sasha R. (Kevin A. M.) 2023 NY Slip Op 02882 Decided on May 31, 2023 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judic

OPINION Opinion by Justice CARTER. I. Factual and Procedural History This lawsuit, stemming from Ranger Abbott’s purchase in 2008 of a 7.77-acre tract of land (the Property) in Paris, Texas, is burdened with a complex history involving a previous lawsuit and appeal to this Court. Both suits concern attempts b

RYAN, Circuit Judge. Defendant Kevin Ray Dellinger appeals from the sentence of thirty-three months’ imprisonment he received after pleading guilty to one count of bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) & 2. Del-linger asks this court to decide whether the district court abused its discretion in failing to grant the government’s motion for a downward departure

OPINION Opinion by Justice MOSELEY. Ranger Abbott purchased real property within the City of Paris, Texas (City), with the intention of using it as a mobile home park based upon his belief that City Manager, Kevin Carruth, had made a representation that the entire property was approved for nonconforming use, so long as it continued to b

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT PM USA’S MOTION FOR RECU-SAL OF THE TRIAL JUDGE MARK W.' BENNETT, District Judge. I have been designated as a visiting judge to retry this “Engle progeny case,” and pending motions have been assigned to me. This case is before me on the October 31, 2014, Motion For Recusal Of The Trial Judge (docket no. 133) by defendant Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM