CRIMINAL LAW

Federal District Court Opinions TODHUNTER v. SWAN, (E.D.Mich. 11-29-2006) MAXWELL G. TODHUNTER, Plaintiff, v. JEFF SWAN and CHRIS PARASKI, Defendants. Case No. 05-CV-74934. United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division. November 29, 2006 OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ “MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT” ROBERT CLELAND, District Judge This is a Fourth Amendment claim, brought under […]

Texas Case Law WALKER v. O’GUIN, 10-05-00368-CV (Tex.App. [10th Dist.] 1-10-2007) FREDDIE LEE WALKER, Appellant v. JANICE O’GUIN, E. FRANCO, AND VICTORIA DODSON, Appellee. No. 10-05-00368-CV Court of Appeals of Texas, Tenth District, Waco. Opinion Delivered and Filed: January 10, 2007. Appeal from the 12th District Court Walker County, Texas Trial Court No. 22046. Before […]

Quasi in rem is a type of PERSONAL JURISDICTION exercised by a court over a party who owns property within the jurisdictional boundaries of the court. A court must have personal jurisdiction over the parties to a case before it can bind them with its decision. A court can gain personal jurisdiction over a party […]

United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Reports Unpublished WEBSTER v. ATTORNEY GENERAL, 06-6207 (10th Cir. 1-12-2007) JOSEPH LAVON WEBSTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Respondent-Appellee. No. 06-6207, (D.C. No. CIV-04-1663-F) (W . D. Okla.) United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. January 12, 2007. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished […]

United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Reports U.S. v. BARNETTE, 10 F.3d 1553 (11th Cir. 1994) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. LARRY D. BARNETTE, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. No. 91-3206. United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. January 7, 1994. Douglas Letter, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellant. Christine A. Clark, […]

Federal District Court Opinions WALKER v. TELLER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Colo. 12-7-2006) SAMUEL WALKER and DIANE WALKER, Plaintiffs, v. TELLER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; TELLER COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL; TELLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT; LARRY DIETSCHE in his capacity as Deputy Sheriff and individually; CHERIE FRANCE, in her capacity as Animal Control Officer and […]