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Appellants are a group of related companies and their principals, engaged in the business of marketing and selling internet kiosk investment opportunities. On summary judgment, the district court found Appellants civilly liable for making material misrepresentations and engaging in de...   MORE>>

The Government seeks to foreclose the federal income tax debt owed by Charles Barr against the home that he and his wife Carolyn own as tenants by the entirety. Mrs. Barr argues on appeal, as she did before the district court, that she is entitled to the vast majority of the sale proceeds of any for...   MORE>>

The State of Tennessee (“State”) appeals the district court’s denial of its motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 60(b)(5). The sole issue on appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion when it refused to vacate all outstanding court orders and consent decrees granti...   MORE>>

Mohamed El-Tabech, a Muslim inmate serving consecutive life sentences in Nebraska’s Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI), commenced this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials were violating his religious rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and In...   MORE>>

Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C. (“MHM”), a professional corporation organized in Missouri, is a national certified public accounting (CPA) firm. MHM sued its former employees and shareholders—Thomas L. Barton, Anthony W. Krier, James N. Stelzer, and John C. Walter (collectively, “appellants”), ...   MORE>>

Rochelle and Viktors Ginters brought an action for declaratory judgment asking the district court to declare unlawful the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service's (USCIS) denial of an I-130 Petition for Alien Relative and asking the district court to provide appropriate injunctive relief....   MORE>>

Susan and Robert Johnson filed a state civil suit making multiple claims against several defendants as a result of allegedly defamatory statements posted on an internet discussion board. The defendants removed the case to federal court. The original complaint included six defendants; however, the Jo...   MORE>>

Cyril C. Anuforo owned two home healthcare companies, Comfort Plus Health Care, Inc. (Comfort Plus) and U.S. Central Comfort Plus Care Systems, Inc. (U.S. Central). Anuforo repeatedly failed to file the companies’ tax returns in a timely manner, and he also failed to make full payment of the emplo...   MORE>>

Attorneys J. Russell Hixson and Terrence Brown filed this qui tam action on behalf of the United States against Health Management Services (HMS) and ACS State Healthcare, two companies that contracted to perform work for Iowa's Medicaid program, and against two employees of the Iowa Department of He...   MORE>>

This case poses the question whether the court or an arbitrator is responsible for deciding whether a particular document that the parties signed qualifies as a contract, and if so, whether that contract includes an arbitration clause. Alfred Janiga is a Polish immigrant who has lived and worked in ...   MORE>>