Case Briefs – 2014

On November 13, 2004, Christopher Barkes was arrested for violating his probation. As part of his intake procedure, a… Continued

Between 1997 and 2006, Torrey Grady was convicted of two sexual offenses. After being released for the second time, a… Continued

Cory Donald, Seante Liggins, Rashad Moore, Dewayne Saine, and Fawzi Zaya decided to rob Mohammed Makki, a local drug… Continued

Over the course of eleven days in April 2003, Joshua James Frost and two associates committed a series of armed… Continued

Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. (Abercrombie) is a national chain of clothing stores that requires its employees… Continued

On April 29, 2014, Oklahoma executed Clayton Lockett using a three-drug lethal injection procedure. The procedure went… Continued

In 1999, a jury convicted Mark Christeson of capital murder for invading the home of a mother and her two children… Continued

In the 1980s, George Toca was arrested and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, probation… Continued

In May 2010, Michael Kingsley, who was being held as a pretrial detainee in Monroe County Jail, was ordered to take… Continued

Groups of same-sex couples sued their relevant state agencies in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee to challenge… Continued

The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act require that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulate electric… Continued

In February 2010, Charles Harris filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. The approved plan… Continued

Stephen McFadden sold overstocked products on the Internet to augment his income. In 2011, McFadden noticed that a lot… Continued

In 1949 the U.S. Department of Agriculture implemented the Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Raisins Produced… Continued

On July 3, 2009, the Pennsylvania State Police Department received a report that Michael Zita had stolen a car and two… Continued

Noel Reyes Mata, a citizen of Mexico, was convicted of assaulting a woman he was dating; he was deported in 2010. His… Continued

David Caulkett’s property was subject to two mortgage liens when he filed for bankruptcy. Because the debt owed on the… Continued

The federal Medicaid Act requires that state Medicaid plans contain procedures to ensure that reimbursement rates for… Continued

In August 2009, the Texas division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (Texas SCV), a non-profit organization that… Continued

Louis Bullard borrowed $387,000 from Hyde Park Savings to buy his property in Massachusetts. In December 2010, he… Continued

In 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance… Continued

Baker Botts, LLP, along with Jordan, Hyden, Womber, Culbreth & Holzer, PC, was awarded about $120 million in fees… Continued

On March 27, 2012, a Nebraska K-9 police officer pulled over a vehicle driven by Dennys Rodriguez after his vehicle… Continued

Anthony Elonis was convicted under 18 U. S. C. §875(c), which criminalizes the transmission of threats in interstate… Continued

Telecommunications service provider T-mobile South, LLC (T-mobile) submitted an application to construct a 108–foot… Continued

On December 15, 2005, Minnie Smith was found dead in the home she shared with her husband, Marvin Smith. Smith was… Continued

Richard Sharif and others entered into distributorship contracts with Wellness International Network (WIN) for the… Continued

On September 26, 2008, Larry Whitfield and Quanterrious McCoy attempted to rob the Fort Financial Credit Union in… Continued

Commil USA, LLC (Commil) holds a patent on a method to implement short-range wireless networks. Commil sued Cisco… Continued

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 focuses on preserving the equal representation of voters in different legislative voting… Continued