BRODY , Justice This is a Fourth Amendment suppression case stemming from a search of a probationer's residence while additional visitors were present. The probation officers temporarily detained the visitors while conducting an initial search of the home to secure the remaining occupant. During this initial search, the searching officer observed drug paraphernalia in the garage, and the probation officers further detained the visitors until an investigative officer arrived. The...
BRODY , Justice . This is a quiet title action. A landowner brought suit against a lender to extinguish a deed of trust that was recorded against the landowner's property. The landowner claimed that the lender's time to foreclose the deed of trust had expired. The district court denied a motion to enter default judgment in favor of the landowner, finding, among other things, that the statute of limitations to foreclose the deed of trust had not run. The district court entered a judgment...
BURDICK , Chief Justice . Gilberto Garza, Jr., appeals the Ada County district court's order dismissing his petitions for post-conviction relief. Garza signed two plea agreements relating to charges of aggravated assault and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. As part of his plea agreements Garza waived his right to appeal. Despite the waivers, Garza instructed his attorney to appeal. Garza's attorney declined to file the appeals, citing the waivers of appeal in...
HORTON , J. Kenneth and Donna Johnson appeal the judgment of the district court in Benewah County recognizing a tribal judgment from the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Court (Tribal Court). The Johnsons own land within the Coeur d'Alene Reservation (Reservation) on the banks of the St. Joe River and have a dock and pilings on the river. The Coeur d'Alene Tribe (Tribe) initiated an action in Tribal Court to enforce a tribal statute which requires a permit for docks on the St. Joe River within the...
BRODY , Justice . Claimant appeals the decision of the Idaho Industrial Commission that found him ineligible for unemployment benefits based upon a willful underreporting of earnings to the Idaho Department of Labor. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Jimmy Christy filed an application for unemployment benefits in December 2014. Christy visited the Idaho Department of Labor ("IDOL") for assistance with the website application. Christy was shown an informational PowerPoint slideshow to...
EISMANN , Justice . This is an appeal out of Kootenai County from a judgment dismissing the Plaintiffs' claims, including that the statute of limitations under Idaho Code section 5-214A barred any foreclosure proceedings by the Defendants, and granting a counterclaim for judicial foreclosure of a deed of trust. We affirm the judgment of the district court. I. Factual Background. Melissa K. Kempton-Baughman borrowed $1,192,000 from Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B., to refinance real property...
EISMANN , Justice . This is an appeal out of Canyon County from a judgment dismissing claims against the person who sold a steer for slaughter that was later contaminated with E. coli bacteria by the slaughterer and against the persons to whom the slaughterer delivered the carcass for processing into packages of meat. We affirm the judgment of the district court. I. Factual Background. Patty Anderson agreed to sell a 4-H steer for her eighteen-year-old granddaughter Danielle Bryant, who...
EISMANN , Justice . This is an appeal out of Ada County from a judgment in an action brought by American Semiconductor, Inc., to recover damages arising out of Zilog, Inc., contracting with Sage Silicon Solutions, LLC, to perform engineering services for it, where that entity was formed by, and the services were provided by, employees of American Semiconductor, Inc. American Semiconductor, Inc., obtained a jury verdict awarding damages against the engineers and the entity they had formed,...
BURDICK , Chief Justice . Eric and Kathryn Bowen (Bowens) purchased property located at 615 E. Chicago Street, Caldwell, Idaho, through a tax deed sale conducted by the Caldwell Irrigation Lateral District (CILD). G. Lance Salladay brought suit arguing that the sale was void because the property was part of the Estate of Roger Troutner (the Estate), and Salladay, as personal representative of the Estate, was entitled to notice of the sale and never received such notice. The Canyon County...
HORTON , Justice . This is an appeal from the district court's order granting summary judgment and dismissing Geralyn Gallagher's (Gallagher) lawsuit against the Best Western Cottontree Inn (the Hotel) and Snake River Peterson Properties LLC (Snake River). The district court held that the amended complaint did not relate back to the date of the original filing and that the statute of limitations was not tolled by Snake River's failure to file a certificate of assumed business name. We...
