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OPINION Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice In this appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction, we consider as a matter of first impression in Texas whether a state'accounts examiner performing an audit of a company for the Texas Workforce Commission had authority to ask the company for the personal records of the company’s owner/officer. Concluding that the state actor had the authority and that the

PER CURIAM: * Petitioner DF Systems appeals the decision of the United States Tax Court that it had a deficiency in federal income tax for the taxable year 2006. We AFFIRM. DF Systems is an electrical contracting company owned and operated by Larry Dorman and his wife, Gladys Dorman. In 2000, DF Systems received a letter from one of its customers, requesting work to be performed

BAUER, Circuit Judge. This is a consolidated appeal by seven defendants convicted of assorted drug offenses. They contend, inter alia, that (1) the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over their case, (2) the prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenges was discriminatory, and (3) the prosecutor deprived them of a fair trial by making improper commen

660 F.Supp. 174 (1987) MOTOWN RECORD CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. MARY JANE GIRLS, INC., Defendants. No. 86 Civ. 6814 (RWS). United States District Court, S.D. New York. April 23, 1987. Corbin, Silverman & Sanseverino, New York City (Marc J. Gottridge, of counsel), for plaintiff. Gross, Shuman, Brizdle & Gilfillan, P.C., Buffalo, N.Y. (Leslie M. Greenba

*600 PER CURIAM This case involves the interpretation of an option contract between landowners and an oil and gas company. The parties disagree on the interpretation of the land description in the contract. The landowners contend that the description excluded a 400-acre tract, and the oil and gas company

ORDER OF CERTIFICATION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA WIDENER, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. Because the resolution of the issues presented on appeal requires resolution of a question of West Virginia law that may be determinative in the pe

ROBERTS, J., for the Court: ¶ 1. This case centers on Richard and Jane Norman’s adoption of Kate Johnson and Nicole Little.1 At the time of adoption, Kate was seven-years old. Kate’s biological parents are Bill and Amy Johnson. Nicole was three years old. Nicole’s biological mother is Marie Little.2 Amy and Marie’s parents, Dave and Tabitha Little (th

[Cite as Beavers v. Lors, 2023-Ohio-3940.] IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO ELEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT LAKE COUNTY LORNA BEAVERS, CASE NO. 2022-L-122 Plaintiff-Appellee, Civil Appeal from the - vs - Court of Common Pleas ROBERT LORS,

JUSTICE EAKIN, concurring and dissenting. I join much of the majority opinion. However, I do not find the Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC) plan to be contrary to the Constitution, and I join in full the expressions of Justice Say-lor in that regard. The process of redistricting is complex beyond words. The need to consider all the factors necess

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 02-30429 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No. CR-02-02127-RHW MISAEL HERNANDEZ-HERNANDEZ, OPINION Defendant-Appellant.  On Remand from the United States Supreme

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge: Defendants Floyd Johnson (“Johnson”) and Brian Thomas (“Thomas”) appeal from their convictions for involvement in a cocaine transaction. We uphold Johnson’s and Thomas’s convictions on Count One for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute but reverse Thomas’s conviction on Count Two for aiding and abetting in the use of a firearm during the commission of a drug felony. In reversing Thomas’s c

PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 601 U. S. Part 1 Pages 100–123 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT March 4, 2024 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requ

327 F.Supp.2d 1 (2004) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., f/k/a Philip Morris, Inc. et al. Defendants. No. CIV.A.99-2496 GK. United States District Court, District of Columbia. July 7, 2004. Sharon Yvette Eubanks, Lead Attorney, J. Patrick Glynn, Renee Brooker, Stephen Dudley Brody, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United

Opinion by Judge Doyle, This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Comm on Pleas of Dauphin County denying the appeal of White Advertising Metro, Inc. (White) from a decision of the Susquehanna Township Board of Commissioners (Board) which denied White’s application for conditional use permits to construct three outdoor advertising signs in the Township. We reverse. On or about August 22

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141 S.W.3d 144 (2004) In re WOMAN'S HOSPITAL OF TEXAS, INCORPORATED d/b/a Columbia Woman's Hospital of Texas, Relator. In re Jeffrey Horswell, M.D., and Jeffrey Horswell, M.D., P.A., Relators. In re Kenneth Shapiro, M.D., Relator. In re Pablo S. Rodriguez, M.D., Relator. In re Fort Worth Osteopathic Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas, Relator. In re Craig W. Barker, M.D., High Plains Radiological Associates, and

Opinion of the Court by BURNS, C.J. Plaintiff-Appellant Lorrin D. Lee (Lorrin) appeals the circuit court’s: (1) February 12, 1997 Order Denying Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment Filed November 22, 1996 (February 12, 1997 Order Denying SJ); (2) May 5, 1997 Order Granting Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff Francis H. Yano’s Motion for Summary Judgment Filed on March 5, 1997 (May 5, 1997 Order Granting SJ)

Case: 14-13392 Date Filed: 06/19/2017 Page: 1 of 52 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 14-13392 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 4:12-cv-00355-RH-CAS FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC., ENVIRONMENTAL CONFEDERATION OF SOUTHWEST FL

OPINION This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in a child custody case pursuant to an instructed verdict. Lloyd Donald Stewart and Mary Jane Stewart were plaintiffs in the trial court and appellants in this Court, and Margaret Suzanne Rouse Baruday was defendant in the trial court and is appellee in this Court. Judgment was rendered that the plaintiffs take nothing by their suit. The parties will be designated as "plaintiffs" and "defendant" as they were in the tr

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 15‐3334 AARON E. ISBY, Plaintiff‐Appellant, v. RICHARD BROWN, et al. Defendants‐Appellees.