| Docket Information |
| Filing Date | Document Description | Docket Entry Type | Docket Entry Subtype | Status | |
| 08/28/2017 | Event - Docketed and indexed | Event | Docketed and indexed | Final | |
| 08/28/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Record completion notice from district court | Notice-Incoming | Record completion notice from district court | Final | |
| 08/28/2017 | Fees - Docket fee received | Fees | Docket fee received | Final | |
| 08/28/2017 | Notice-Outgoing - Docketing letter | Notice-Outgoing | Docketing letter | Final | |
| 08/28/2017 | Notice-Outgoing - E-filing requirement and service of orders to Heather A. Jacobson & Patrick Joseph Lewallen | Notice-Outgoing | E-filing requirement | Final | |
| 10/16/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Entry of appearance - Darin B. Scheer as co-counsel for Appellant | Notice-Incoming | Entry of appearance | Final | |
| 10/16/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Entry of appearance - James R. Belcher as co-counsel obo Appellant | Notice-Incoming | Entry of appearance | Final | |
| 10/16/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Entry of appearance - Blake A. Klinkner as co-counsel obo Appellant | Notice-Incoming | Entry of appearance | Final | |
| 10/16/2017 | Brief - Appellant | Brief | Appellant | Final | |
| 10/16/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Brief of Appellant Robert W. Downs; and Entry of Appearance by Blake A. Klinkner | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 10/18/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Entry of Appearance (Belcher); and received Designation of Record | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 10/20/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Entry of Appearance by Darin B. Sheer | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 11/22/2017 | Motion - Extension of time - brief | Motion | Extension of time - brief | Final | |
| 11/28/2017 | Stipulated Motion for Extension to File Appellee Brief and Appellant's Reply Brief | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 11/28/2017 | Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part the Stipulated Motion for Extension to File Appellee's Brief and Appellant's Reply Brief | Order | Grant - extension of time | Final | |
| 12/18/2017 | Brief - Appellee | Brief | Appellee | Final | |
| 12/19/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Brief of Appellee and received Designation of Record | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 12/20/2017 | Order - Oral argument scheduled | Order | Oral argument scheduled | Final | |
| 12/28/2017 | Brief - Appellant reply | Brief | Appellant reply | Final | |
| 12/29/2017 | Notice-Outgoing - Request for transmitted record on appeal | Notice-Outgoing | Request for transmitted record on appeal | Final | |
| 01/02/2018 | Event - Hardcopy received - reply brief of Appellant | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 01/02/2018 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from James R. Belcher obo Appellant | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 01/02/2018 | Event - Phone Call to Mr. Belcher asking if he plans on using one of the court's presentation systems. | Event | Phone Call | Final | |
| 01/02/2018 | Event - Phone Call from Mr. Belcher. He will NOT be using the presentation systems. | Event | Phone Call | Final | |
| 01/02/2018 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from Patrick Lewallen obo Appellee | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 01/08/2018 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting received by F.R. Chapman obo appellee | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 01/10/2018 | Notice-Incoming - Record transmittal notice from district court | Notice-Incoming | Record transmittal notice from district court | Final | |
| 01/10/2018 | Record - Transmitted record on appeal from district court clerk, five volumes. Volumes 1-3, Original Papers; Volume 4, Transcripts - 6; Volume 5, Exhibits. | Record | Transmitted record on appeal | Final | |
| 01/10/2018 | Notice-Outgoing - Transmitted record on appeal filed | Notice-Outgoing | Transmitted record on appeal filed | Final | |
| 01/22/2018 | Event - Hardcopy received - Stipulated Motion to Reschedule Oral Argument | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 01/22/2018 | Motion - Oral argument - vacate | Motion | Oral argument - vacate | Final | |
| 01/22/2018 | Order - Vacating setting for oral argument | Order | Vacating setting for oral argument | Final | |
| 01/23/2018 | Notice-Internal - Recusal memo (Boomgaarden) | Notice-Internal | Recusal memo | Final | |
| 01/24/2018 | Order - Oral argument scheduled | Order | Oral argument scheduled | Final | |
| 01/24/2018 | Order - Assignment of judge/justice (Judge Rumpke) | Order | Assignment of judge/justice | Final | |
| 01/31/2018 | Motion - Withdrawal of counsel (Blake Klinkner obo Appellant) | Motion | Withdrawal of counsel | Final | |
| 01/31/2018 | Event - Hardcopy received - Blake A. Klinkner's Motion to Withdraw | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 01/31/2018 | Order - Granting withdrawal of counsel (Blake A. Klinkner) | Order | Granting withdrawal of counsel | Final | |
| 02/08/2018 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting received by James R. Belcher obo appellant | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 02/12/2018 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from Frank R. Chapman obo Appellee | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 02/12/2018 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from Patrick Lewallen obo Appellee | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 02/21/2018 | Notice-Internal - Oral argument notice argued before Chief Justice Burke, Justices Davis, Fox, Kautz and District Judge Rumpke (James R. Belcher and Darin B. Scheer, with argument by Mr. Belcher obo Appellant; and Frank R. Chapman and Patrick Lewallen, with argument by Mr. Chapman obo Appellees) and taken under advisement. | Notice-Internal | Oral argument notice | Final | |
| 06/27/2018 | Opinion - Opinion and journal order, reversing with Justice Kautz writing for the court. | Opinion | Opinion and journal order | Final | |
| 07/09/2018 | Motion - Fees and costs | Motion | Fees and costs | Final | |
| 07/11/2018 | Event - Hardcopy received - Appellant Robert W. Downs' Motion for Costs on Reversal | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 07/24/2018 | Response/Objection - Costs (no objection to motion) | Response/Objection | Costs | Final | |
| 07/26/2018 | Event - Hardcopy received - Appellee's Response to Appellant Robert W. Downs' Motion for Costs on Reversal | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 07/31/2018 | Order Granting Motion for Costs | Order | Awarding costs | Final | |
| 07/31/2018 | Notice-Outgoing - Mandate | Notice-Outgoing | Mandate | Final | |
| 07/31/2018 | Record - Record returned to district court | Record | Record returned to district court | Final | |
| 07/31/2018 | Notice-Outgoing - Record return letter | Notice-Outgoing | Record return letter | Final | |
| 07/31/2018 | Event - Case closed | Event | Case closed | Final | |
| 08/06/2018 | Service - Certified mail signature return card - Record signed for 8/2/2018 by Michelle (last name illegible) | Service | Certified mail signature return card | Final | |