You may – or may not – be offended if someone accuses you of making homosexual advances toward another. But you cannot sue the accuser for the intentional infliction emotional distress. This morning the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

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It wasn’t just the cussing. Before reviving a lawsuit against Shell Oil Co., an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel took a detailed look at the discovery problems that led to a federal judge dismissing it after a profanity-laced ...

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Sentis Group, Inc. v. Shell Oil Company, et al. (MLW No. 58842/Case No. 07-2308/2573/3162 – 34 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Melloy, J.)  (1)Where a district court dismissed with prejudice a plaintiff’s case citing discovery abuses and lies, ...

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A lawsuit against Shell Oil Co. is being revived, and the federal judge who cussed at the plaintiff's attorney in court will not be hearing it. A panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned Kansas City-based Senior District Judge Dean Whipple's dismissal of the lawsuit, ordered him to remove himself from the case and called for the case to be reassigned. A tussle over 58 documents culminated in a December 2006 discovery hearing at which Whipple sprinkled six epithets.Click here to continue reading and view an excerpt from the hearing.

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A lawsuit against Shell Oil Co. is being revived and the federal judge who cussed at the plaintiff’s attorney in court will not be hearing it. A panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Kansas City Senior ...

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A Jamaican national who more than once entered the United States illegally gets to stay in this country a while longer – in federal prison. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed the sentence imposed on Barrington ...

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U.S. Senior Judge Dean Whipple turns his chair to face the witness stand and defendant Sara Lewis-Goetz, a petite young woman with long brown hair streaked with blond. The white-mustached judge leads Lewis-Goetz through the legal implications of changing her ...

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