A 14-year-old victim was tortured on two different occasions in relation to drug and gang activities. Defendant was a participant in the torture sessions. Defendant was convicted of aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and aggravated kidnapping. On...

In re Animation Workers Antitrust Litig. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division August 20, 2015, Decided; August 20, 2015, Filed MASTER DOCKET NO.: 14-CV-04062-LHK Opinion  [*1178]  ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS'...

Mlejnecky v. Olympus Imaging Am., Inc. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California February 7, 2011, Decided; February 7, 2011, Filed No. 2:10-cv-02630 JAM KJN Opinion ORDER Presently before the undersigned is defendant's motion...

Irwin Schiff, a tax rebel, made an offer on a late night television program to pay a reward of $ 100,000 to anyone who called the show and cited any section of the Internal Revenue Code that provided an individual was required to file a tax return. The...

Lindsey v. Bio-Medical Applications of La., L.L.C. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit August 16, 2021, Filed No. 20-30289 Opinion James C. Ho , Circuit Judge : 1 ] The Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") not only entitles...

After she finished her undergrad studies, Catherine “Cat” McCulle, Esq. decided to take a one-year break before she headed to law school. And, as gap year students often do, she took a job waitressing at a local restaurant. As luck would...

Kings Ridge Cmty. Ass'n v. Sagamore Ins. Co. Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District July 6, 2012, Opinion Filed Case No. 5D11-1051 Opinion  [*75]  MAHL, J. F., Associate Judge. Kings Ridge Community Association, Inc. ("the Association"...

United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez Supreme Court of the United States April 18, 2006, Argued ; June 26, 2006, Decided No. 05-352 Opinion  [*142]   [**2560]  Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. We must decide whether a trial court's erroneous...

Massachusetts v. EPA Supreme Court of the United States November 29, 2006, Argued ; April 2, 2007, Decided No. 05-1120 Opinion  [*504]   [**1446]  Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. A well-documented rise in global temperatures has coincided...

Gonzales v. Raich Supreme Court of the United States November 29, 2004, Argued ; June 6, 2005, Decided No. 03-1454 Opinion  [*5]   [**2198]  Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. California is one of at least nine States that authorize the...