Cases

PRESIDING JUSTICE BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court: A jury found defendant Robert Liddell guilty of the murder, kidnapping and unlawful restraint of decedent Frank Lane. Defendant was sentenced to 24 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appeals his conviction, arguing that he was denied a fair trial because the circuit court refused his tendered

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER YOUNG B. KIM, United States Magistrate Judge. In this diversity suit brought under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (“ICFA”), 815 ILCS § 505/1 et seq., and Illinois common law, Daniel Askin claims that The Quaker Oats Company (“Quaker”) lures consumers into buying its oatmeal and granola products by touting them as being (among other

481 F.Supp.2d 594 (2007) Kim B. SCHULTZ Plaintiff v. The PROGRESSIVE HEALTH, LIFE, AND DISABILITY BENEFITS PLAN, et al. Defendants No. 1:04CV719. United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Southern Division. March 19, 2007. Roland F. Samson, III, Samson & Powers, PLLC, Gulfport, MS, for Plaintiff. Roy H. Liddell, Wells, Marble & Hurst, Jackson, M

(2008) Kim Y. SMITH, Plaintiff, v. XEROX CORP., Defendant. Civil Action No. 3:06-CV-1213-N. United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division. October 31, 2008. ORDER DAVID C. GODBEY, District Judge. This Order addresses Xerox Corporation's ("Xerox") renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law and alternative motion for new

602 F.3d 320 (2010) Kim Y. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. XEROX CORP., Defendant-Appellant. No. 08-11115. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. March 24, 2010. *322 Robert Daniel Martinez (argued), Richard Keys Disney, Cotten, Schmidt & Abbott, L.L.P., David Lynn Fielding, Laura Hilton Hallmon, Fielding, Parker &

380 F.Supp.2d 780 (2005) Kim B. SCHULTZ Plaintiff v. The PROGRESSIVE HEALTH, LIFE, AND DISABILITY BENEFITS PLAN, et al. Defendants No. 1:04CV719. United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Southern Division. July 21, 2005. *781 *782 Roland F. Samson, III, Gulfport, MS, Shawn S. Shurden, J

945 S.W.2d 872 (1997) CRESTWAY CARE CENTER, INC. d/b/a Crestway Care Center and Meritcare, Inc., Relators, v. The Honorable David A. BERCHELMANN, Jr., Respondent. No. 04-97-00070-CV. Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio. May 7, 1997. Rehearing Overruled May 7, 1997. Delta Sue Best, Kim M. Olson, Barbara Ellis, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & Lab

592 F.Supp.2d 1322 (2009) Stanley PELLETZ, Betty Pelletz, Joseph Jamruk, Stacey Jamruk, Michael Mustac, and Greg Knudtson, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY; and Advanced Environmental Technologies, Inc., Defendants. Nos. C08-0334 JCC, C08-0403 JCC. United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

532 F.Supp.2d 996 (2007) ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Plaintiff, v. SANDOZ, INC., Defendant. No. 05 C 5373. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. December 4, 2007. *997 R. Mark McCareins, Michael Alan Flomenhoft, Todd Jay Elliman, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrea Weiss Jeffries, Andrew Winston Song,

401 F.Supp.2d 745 (2005) FISHERMAN'S HARVEST, INC., et al. Plaintiffs, v. WEEKS MARINE, INC., et al., Defendants, v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, Third-Party Defendant. No. Civ.A. G-05-151. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Galveston Division. November 15, 2005. *746 Alfred Markham Faggard, Attorney at L

743 F.Supp.2d 762 (2010) ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., and Abbott Pharmaceuticals PR Ltd, Plaintiffs, v. SANDOZ, INC., Defendant. No. 05 C 5373. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. May 24, 2010. *765 R. Mark McCareins, Michael Alan Flomenhoft, Todd Jay Ehlman, Winston & Strawn LLP,

680 F.Supp.2d 1168 (2010) John CONDER, Jr., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA; Aurora Loan Services LLC; and Does 2 through 20, inclusive, Defendants. Case No. CV 07-7051 AG (CTx). United States District Court, C.D. California. January 27, 2010. *1171 David M. Arbo

529 F.Supp.2d 893 (2007) ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Plaintiff, v. SANDOZ, INC., Defendant. No. 05 C 5373. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. December 4, 2007. *894 *895 *896 *897

284 S.W.3d 851 (2009) COLUMBIA RIO GRANDE HEALTHCARE, L.P. d/b/a Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Petitioner, v. Alice H. HAWLEY and James A. Hawley, Respondents. No. 06-0372. Supreme Court of Texas. Argued January 17, 2008. Decided June 5, 2009. *854 R. Brent Cooper, Diana L. Faust, Devon J. Singh, Heather Jean Rey

ORDER GRANTING FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT, AND DISMISSING CLASS ACTION WITH PREJUDICE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR, District Judge. This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Final Approval of the Class Action Settlement (Dkt. No. 120). The Court has carefully considered the motion and all declarations and exhibits filed in support of the motion as well as the balance of the record

256 F.Supp.2d 568 (2002) THREE H ENTERPRISES, L.L.C. v. ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al. No. A-00-CA-298-AWA. United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Austin Division. July 16, 2002. *572 Kim E. Brightwell, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., William J. Cobb, III, Covad Communications, Austin, Peter G. Rush,

MANION, Circuit Judge. Arcadio Hernandez was convicted by a jury of possessing a gun as a felon. He had confessed to knowingly possessing a gun, and the jury was so told over his objection. He argues that his confession should have been suppressed because it was obtained by a two-step interrogation process that circumvented Miranda. The district court disagreed

LINN, Circuit Judge. In this consolidated Hatch-Waxman Act litigation, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Actavis Elizabeth LLC, Actavis LLC, Mylan Inc., Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Roxane Laboratories, Inc., Sandoz Inc. (collectively the “ANDA defendants”) and Johnson Matthey Pharmaceutical Materials (“Johnson Matthey”) (collectively, “defendants”) appeal the district court’s decis

701 F.Supp.2d 1030 (2010) BKCAP, LLC, Graycap, LLC, and Swcap, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. CAPTEC FRANCHISE TRUST 2000-1, Defendant. Cause No. 3:07-cv-637. United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Fort Wayne Division. March 23, 2010. *1031 Mark Donald Boveri, Patrick David Murphy, Boveri Murphy Rice LLP, South Bend, IN, for Plaintiffs

232 S.W.3d 401 (2007) Robert L. MYER, Appellant v. AMERICO LIFE, INC., Appellee. No. 05-06-01013-CV. Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas. August 30, 2007. *404 Peter E. Ferraro, Austin, for appellant. Edwin R. DeYoung, Barbara M. Ellis, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP, Dallas, for appellee. Before Justices WRIGHT, RICHTE