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Sledge v. Kooi

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit brought pro se by plaintiff alleging defendant violated his Eighth Amendment rights while incarcerated, grant of defendant's motion for...

Ohio Valley Env't Coalition v. Aracoma Coal Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' issuance of permits allowing the filling of West Virginia stream waters in conjunction with area surface...

Amoche v. Guarantee Trust Life Ins. Co.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
In the context of the $5 million amount-in-controvery requirement for removal under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, the circuit court rules...

In re Coppock

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Habeas Corpus
In a contempt action which ex-wife violated divorce decree enjoining "coarse or offensive" communications with ex-husband, petition for writ of habeas...

In re Labatt Food Serv., L.P.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, grant of employer's petition for writ of mandamus is conditionally granted where: 1) if decedent-employee had sued...

Answers in Genesis of Kentucky v. Creation Ministries Internatio

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a case involving issues of first impression, order compelling arbitration of its dispute with fellow ministry-plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the...

Oldfield v. Pueblo De Bahia Lora, S.A.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence claim against defendant-Costa Rican corporation for injury sustained by plaintiff-U.S. citizen while in Costa Rica, denial of...

Duad v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition to review decision denying suspension of deportation, is denied where court had no jurisdiction to review the Board of Immigration Appeal's...

Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Sampson

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurer's interpleader action brought to resolve the allocation to beneficiaries of a $48,000 life insurance policy on an individual who died in...

Warren v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action brought by twin brothers injured in an automobile accident against defendant-insurer claiming that they were entitled to reformation of...