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Archives for August 2012

Inverse condemnation, highway widening, access

August 25, 2012 By lilly

INVERSE CONDEMNATION: Use of right-of-way to maneuver vehicles out of driveway did not establish compensable property interest that was taken by highway widening, summary judgment should have been granted to [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Bernard Everett, David Ohler, Jolyn Eggart, Wade Dahood

Insurance/procedure, common law bad-faith

August 25, 2012 By lilly

INSURANCE/PROCEDURE: Common law bad-faith claim barred by claim preclusion of Federal Court determination that only statutory claim pled under federal pleading rules and thus barred by 1-year statute, failure to amend to assert common law claim (with 3 year statute) defeats [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Fred Simpson, Rex Palmer, Wilton Strickland

Boundary, corrected COS, septic agreement,

August 25, 2012 By lilly

BOUNDARY: Challenge of corrected COS, septic system agreement, order to pay half of surveyor’s fees properly rejected… Jones affirmed (IOR I-3(d)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Douglas Howard, Joel Todd

Boundary/attorney fees, sloughing mine boundary

August 25, 2012 By lilly

BOUNDARY/ATTORNEY FEES: No meritorious defense to order requiring restoration of sloughing open-pit gold mine boundary despite sale of mine, primary issues precluded by law of case from prior appeal, takings [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Gregory Duncan, Holly Jo Franz

TIF, urban renewal, stadium debt

August 25, 2012 By lilly

TAX INCREMENT FINANCING: Use of TIF funds to discharge stadium debt to effect acquisition by City was proper exercise of urban renewal powers… McLean affirmed (IOR I-3(d)). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: John Dilley, Susan Firth

Sentencing, parole restriction, deliberate homicide

August 25, 2012 By lilly

SENTENCING: No parole for homicide Defendant not illegal or cruel/unusual… Sandefur affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Jonathan Krauss, Stephen Gannon, William Hooks

Ineffective assistance, deliberate homicide

August 25, 2012 By lilly

INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE claims by deliberate homicide Defendant against trial and appellate counsel properly rejected… Sherlock affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Carolyn Clemens, Joseph Howard, Tammy Plubell

Title insurance, access exception, “public record”

August 25, 2012 By lilly

TITLE INSURANCE: Examiner not negligent for excepting access in preliminary commitment even if old book in Clerk & Recorder’s vault is “public record” since it has not been maintained since 1916, contains no survey, legal description, or map of road, does not definitively resolve [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Ian McIntosh, Kelsey Bunkers, Nathan Wagner, Quentin Rhoades, Ted Mizner

SSD, panic disorder

August 25, 2012 By lilly

SSD: ALJ Hartford improperly ignored or discounted significant evidence supporting panic disorder disability… remanded for reconsideration… Cebull reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Blower, John Seidlitz

Drugs, medical marijuana, federal prosecution

August 25, 2012 By lilly

DRUGS: Motions to dismiss federal marijuana prosecution based on MMA denied… Christensen. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Ean Vizzi, Joshua Van de Wetering, Justin Grewell, Kwame Manley, Michael Sherwood, Milton Datsopoulos, Palmer Hoovestal, Peter Lacny, Tara Elliott, Tony Serra

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