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Where appellant challenged the entry against him of a full order of protection, the trial court erred in exercising personal jurisdiction over the appellant because the record did not show that the appellant received proper service of process, so the ...

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Where appellant challenged the dismissal of his diversity action seeking an accounting of a family trust, the judgment is affirmed because there was no basis for reversal. Judgment is affirmed. Seldin v. Seldin (MLW No. 73959/Case No. 18-3679 – 2 ...

Tagged with: Dismissal Diversity Action

Where an appellant, who brought claims of discrimination and First Amendment violations against his former city employer after his termination, requested a new trial on the basis of an alleged Batson violation, the district court did not err in striking ...

Tagged with: Batson Excluded Evidence

Where a father argued that the trial court did not have authority to enter a full order of protection against him after the court found that the father had abused or neglected the child by placing him in physical fear ...

Tagged with: Abuse by Grandmother domestic violence Order Of Protection

Where appellant challenged a trial court’s grant of a full order of adult protection against him, the judgment is reversed because there was an incomplete record on appeal. Judgment is reversed and remanded. S.H. v. P.B. (MLW No. 73943/Case No. ...

Tagged with: Incomplete Record Order Of Protection

Where a juvenile challenged the judgment committing him to the Division of Youth Services after he violated the terms of his intensive court supervision, the juvenile turned 18 years old during the pendency of the appeal, so the case is ...

Tagged with: jurisdiction Juvenile Court mootness

Where an attorney removed a case to federal court although the attorney was not licensed in the state court where the case was originally filed, the state court clerk filed the notice of removal and made it part of the ...

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Where appellant challenged the grant of motions to dismiss filed by respondents including the county and collector of revenue with the court’s order finding that the appellant was not the real party in interest and lacked standing to sue, the ...

Tagged with: Finality Of Judgment Real Party In Interest

Where relator filed a petition for a writ of prohibition for a grant of his application for a change of judge, the application for change of judge was timely filed, and the appellate court would make the preliminary writ in ...

Tagged with: change of judge Rule 32.07(b)

Where appellant challenged a judgment in favor of the United States in a civil forfeiture action, but the appellant continued to provide incomplete responses to interrogatories despite multiple extensions of time, the district court’s decision to strike the claim was ...

Tagged with: Contested Standing Forfeiture

Where members brought a class action against a herbicide manufacturer alleging the company used misleading labeling on a concentrate herbicide, the judgment is affirmed because the district court did not err in approving the parties’ settlement and overruling the objections ...

Tagged with: class action Misleading Labeling Settlement Approval