Defendant was convicted of aggravated battery of her former husband in the Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia (Louisiana). Defendant appealed, asserting that no rational trier of fact could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable...

Mrs. Smoot was driving her one-year-old Mazda at 35 to 40 m.p.h. when she struck either a chunk of asphalt that had been dislodged from the pavement (her current version) or, more likely, a large pothole (the defendants' version--but also what Mrs...

Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (OPIK) was the lease operator, which means it owned the wells from which the oil and gas are produced. OPIK did not charge royalty owners for any services it performs on the leased premises. But OPIK did not own gathering...

Petitioners contracted with respondent seller to purchase a mobile home which included the installation of a septic system, and borrowed money for the purchase from respondent bank. When petitioners were sued over allegations that their septic system...

Defendant Brad Smith was convicted of six counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), the federal child pornography production statute. At sentencing, defendant argued that because the videos were taken during one continuous sexual assault, the charges...

The debtor was a bankrupt retail carpet dealer with stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut. After adjudication of bankruptcy, 45 customers who had given cash deposits for undelivered carpets filed a petition to have a constructive trust or lien imposed...

North & S. Rivers Watershed Ass'n v. Scituate United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit November 27, 1991, Decided No. 91-1255 Opinion  [*553]  HILL, Senior Circuit Judge . Appellant appeals  [**2]  from district court granting of Appellee's...

LAURA CANADAY, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE ANTHEM COMPANIES, INC., Defendant U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit AUGUST 17, 2021 No. 20-5947 Opinion No. 20-5947 . U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth...

Arminak & Assocs. v. Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit September 12, 2007, Decided 2006-1561 Opinion  [***1260]   [*1317]  HOLDERMAN, Chief District Judge . Appellant Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc. ("Calmar"...

United States v. Ramirez-Carcamo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit February 17, 2009, Filed No. 08-30298 Opinion  [*385]  Leslie H. Southwick, Circuit Judge: Olivin Orlando Ramirez-Carcamo appeals his conviction for illegal reentry...