Amplatz v. Country Mut. Ins. Co., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 9540 (8th Cir. May 25, 2016): A jury awarded Maria Amplatz, an insured under a commercial-property insurance policy issued by Country Mutual Insurance Company, $76,065.50 for covered hail and wind damage to the exterior of two properties, but it found that the policy did n ...

Wolfchild v. Redwood Cnty., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 9976 (8th Cir. June 1, 2016): Appellants-plaintiffs filed this purported class action claiming the right to title and possession of twelve square miles of land in southern Minnesota ("twelve square miles"). Specifically, Appellants allege they are lineal descendants o ...

RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community, 2016 U.S. LEXIS 3925 (U.S. June 201, 2016): The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§1961-1968, created four new criminal offenses involving the activities of organized criminal groups in relation to an enterprise. §§1962(a)-(d). RICO also created a new civ ...

A partnership agreement between two persons provided that no lawsuit would be maintained without the approval of both. Over the objection of one, the other brought a lawsuit in the name of the partnership against third parties, who now move to dismiss the suit as unauthorized. Subject to certain conditions, their motion is Granted.

In re Royal Manor Mgmt., Inc. (Grossman v. Wehrle), 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 11018 (6th Cir. June 15, 2016): Dennis Grossman, an attorney who represented claimants pursuing a non-priority unsecured proof of claim in jointly administered Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, appeals the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's affirmance of the ban ...

U.S. ex rel. Lee v. Corinthian Colleges, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 10455 (9th Cir. June 9, 2016): In case number 13-55700, Nyoka Lee and Talala Mshuja ("Relators") appeal the district court's dismissal of their amended complaint alleging violations of the False Claims Act ("FCA") by Corinthian Colleges, Inc. ...

Figueroa v. Cnty. of L.A., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 10555 (9th Cir. June 10, 2016):  Sergeant Gonzalez appeals from the district court's denial of his motion for relief from default and the defendants appeal from the district court's grant of attorneys' fees for plaintiff Leocadio Figueroa. Mr. Figueroa appeals from the distr ...

A.L. v. Jackson Cnty. Sch. Bd., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 10613 (11th Cir. June 13, 2016): A.L., a former special education student at Jackson County School Board (Jackson), and his mother, P.L.B., appeal the district court's order imposing sanctions against them pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. A.L. ...

Am. Bd. of Surgery, Inc. v. Lasko, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 8031 (3d Cir. May 15, 2015): Keith A. Lasko appeals pro se from the District Court's orders entering final judgment. We will affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand in the event that American Board of Surgery, Inc. ("ABS") may wish to pursue its motion for sancti ...

Boyer v. BNSF Rwy. Co., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 10021 (7th Cir. June 1, 2016): These consolidated appeals are successive to our decision in Irish v. BNSF Ry. Co., 674 F.3d 710 (7th Cir. 2012). See 7th Cir. Internal Operating Proc. 6(b). After we concluded that the plaintiffs-appellants in Irish had forf ...