Defendant Eric Duane Hamilton shot and seriously injured Donald Hill while Hill performed work for Hamilton and Hamilton's mother, Lena Hamilton (Ms. Hamilton). Pursuant to a plea agreement, Hamilton pleaded no contest in California trial court to...

Plaintiff employee, a Hispanic woman in her mid-40s, was employed by defendant employer. The employee filed an EEOC complaint alleging that she was discriminated against due to a disability. After plaintiff's employment was terminated, she filed a...

Plaintiff husband had brought a divorce action against defendant wife on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The wife served a pastor to testify in the divorce action, and he brought a motion to quash the subpoena.

Defendant's conviction was in connection with a Columbine-style plot to kill students and school personnel at a public high school. He argued that the judge erred in refusing to apply the renunciation defense.

Defendant falsely represented to a third party that she would use his money to purchase a car for him. Defendant obtained a car from a dealer, agreed to bring it back or pay for it, but did neither. Trial court convicted defendant of obtaining money under...

Lacross v. Knight Transp. Inc. United States District Court for the District of Arizona January 11, 2022, Decided; January 11, 2022, Filed No. CV-15-00990-PHX-JJT Opinion ORDER At issue is Plaintiffs Patrick LaCross, Robert Lira, and Matthew Lofton's...

Petitioner Stephen Voisine pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend in violation of §207 of the Maine Criminal Code, which made it a misdemeanor to “intentionally, knowingly or recklessly cause bodily injury” to another. When law enforcement...

Tagore v. United States United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit November 13, 2013, Filed No. 12-20214 Opinion  [*325]  EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge: Kawaljeet Tagore ("Tagore") was refused permission to wear a kirpan (a Sikh ceremonial...

EEOC v. Ilona of Hung. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit February 21, 1996, Argued ; March 6, 1997, 1 Decided No. 95-2935 Opinion  [*1572]  ROVNER, Circuit Judge . We consider in this appeal the extent to which an employer must accommodate...

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