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POWELL v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A. INC.
Following a fourteen-day trial, the jury determined that Home Depot literally and willfully infringed Mr. Powell's patent. After the jury trial, the district court held a bench trial on the issue of unenforceability. It concluded that Mr. Powell had
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A
U.S. v. BETTS
The district court also considered the contradictions between co-defendant Johnny Sabbath's trial testimony that Betts did not participate in the robbery with his earlier statements to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents that Betts was the
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A
U.S. v. JONES
The day before trial, Jones pleaded guilty. He later filed two pro se motions to withdraw that plea; the court denied those motions. The district court adopted the probation officer's calculated guidelines range of 262 to 327 months' imprisonment
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A
BROOKS v. BOBBY
The state trial court and the state intermediate appellate court rejected both claims, R. 61-2; R. 102-2; R. 106-1, and the Ohio Supreme Court denied Brooks' motion to stay his execution while he seeks review in that court.
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A
TREVINO v. THALER
Petitioner Carlos Trevino was convicted of capital murder in Texas state court and sentenced to death. The district court denied each of Trevino's eight claims for habeas relief, but granted a certificate of appealability ("COA") pursuant to 28 USC
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A
U.S. v. RASHID
In the judgment of sentence, dated May 17, 1994, and entered on the record on May 31, 1994, the District Court imposed a term of imprisonment of 168 months, three years of supervised release, a $15000 fine, a $2700 special assessment, and an order of
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A
Homicide defendant Chase Boruch might testify in own defense
The eight-day trial in Lincoln County Circuit Court is scheduled to end Wednesday. Boruch told investigators after Pergolski was pronounced dead on the shores of Moraine Lake near Gleason that Pergolski crashed their truck into the lake where they
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A
ECEM EUROPEAN CHEMICAL MARKETING B.V. v. THE PUROLITE COMPANY
ECEM appeals orders of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania: (1) granting Purolite's motion in limine to exclude statements made by the parties during compromise negotiations; (2) denying ECEM's motion for a new
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A
U.S. v. CRUZ
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court be AFFIRMED. Rene Solis Cruz appeals from a judgment convicting him of failing to register or update his registration as a sex offender in
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A
U.S. v. TRANTHAM
Defendant-Appellant Izzadine Tribble appeals from a June 23, 2010 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, J.) convicting defendant, following a jury trial, of one count of conspiracy to interfere
Updated: 11/15/2011 06:07A