Landry v. Swire Oilfield Servs., L.L.C. United States District Court for the District of New Mexico May 2, 2017, Filed No. CIV 16-621 JB/LF Opinion [*1084] MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Plaintiffs' Motion for Conditional...
Dickensheets v. Arc Marine, LLC United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division February 19, 2020, Decided; February 19, 2020, Filed CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:19-CV-00322 Opinion [*671] ORDER This is a purported collective action...
Solid Waste Agency v. United States Army Corps of Eng'Rs Supreme Court of the United States October 31, 2000, Argued ; January 9, 2001, Decided No. 99-1178 Opinion [*162] [***581] [**677] CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. ] Section...
GE v. EPA United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit December 3, 2001, Argued ; May 17, 2002, Decided No. 00-1394 Opinion [*378] On Petition for Review of an Order of the Environmental Protection Agency. GINSBURG, Chief Judge : General...
Common Ground Healthcare Coop. v. United States United States Court of Federal Claims February 15, 2019, Filed No. 17-877C Opinion [*39] OPINION AND ORDER SWEENEY , Chief Judge Plaintiff Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative contends, for itself and on behalf...
In re Clark Supreme Court of California July 29, 1993, Decided No. S022475 Opinion [*759] [**734] [***514] William John Clark petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the judgment pursuant to which he is confined under a sentence of death is invalid...
Williams v. Illinois Supreme Court of the United States December 6, 2011, Argued; June 18, 2012, Decided No. 10-8505 Opinion [*56] Justice Alito announced the judgment of the [****13] Court and delivered an opinion, in which The Chief Justice , Justice Kennedy...
Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. Sebelius Supreme Court of the United States March 26, 2012, Argued. March 27, 2012, Argued. March 28, 2012, Argued; June 28, 2012, Decided 1 Nos. 11-393, 11-398 and 11-400 Opinion [*529] [**2577] Chief Justice Roberts announced...
Int'l Shoe Co. v. Wash. Supreme Court of the United States November 14, 1945, Argued ; December 3, 1945, Decided No. 107 Opinion [*311] [**156] [***99] MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court. The questions for decision are (1) whether...
For purposes of a retaliation claim under Gov. Code, § 12940 , an employee (Light) raised an issue as to whether she suffered an adverse employment action because she alleged that after she refused to tell a supervisor what she discussed with an investigator...
Appellant's father was shot and killed in a bar. Before the fatal shot was fired, a patron ran to another bar and asked the bartender to use the bar's phone to call the police or to let him call. The bartender refused. Appellant brought a wrongful death...
Plaintiff Lori Vande Zande worked as a program assistant for the Housing Division ("Division") of defendant State of Wisconsin Department of Administration for three years, beginning in Jan. 1990. Her role involved preparing public information materials...
In order to raise money to support its general business operations, the Farmers Cooperative of Arkansas and Oklahoma (Co-Op) sold uncollateralized and uninsured promissory notes payable on demand by the holder. Offered to both Co-Op members and nonmembers and marketed...
Defendant failed to deliver rails pursuant to a contract with plaintiff. Plaintiff sued claiming defendant's breach forced it to purchase rails elsewhere, that there was an established market price for the rails at the time and place of delivery, and that damages...
Appellant presented evidence at trial that, although not legally insane, he lacked the mental capacity to form the specific intent required for the crimes.
The motion of defendant to suppress several statements he gave to law enforcement authorities. Defendant is charged with manslaughter (11 Del. C. § 632) arising out of a motor vehicle accident.
If you're a decision-maker in a company, you know how much weight is put on making the right decision for your company. And, with increasing ESG regulation and consumer expectations of ethical practices, it is more important than ever that you take your initial...
Unrestricted subsidiaries typically are designated by the borrower and excluded as subsidiaries for purposes of covenant compliance in the credit agreement. Unrestricted subsidiary provisions have become a very common feature in leverage lending, finding their...
Plaintiff filed suit against defendants in an action on an agreement for the partition of land. Plaintiff's cause of complaint was that he was induced to make the compromise settlement by an error of law and by a misrepresentation as to his title to half of...
The parties each attempted to impose different terms in the contract. The purchaser's offer had an arbitration clause. However, the seller did not sign that offer, but shipped the goods and then sent an invoice with its own terms that did not include arbitration...
Oren Techs., LLC v. Proppant Express Invs. LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit July 23, 2021, Decided 2019-1778 Opinion Per Curiam. Oren Technologies, LLC ("Oren") appeals the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB"...
Lynch v. Arizona Supreme Court of the United States May 31, 2016, Decided No. 15-8366 Opinion [*613] [**1818] PER CURIAM. Under Simmons v. South Carolina , 512 U. S. 154, 114 S. Ct. 2187, 129 L. Ed. 2d 133 (1994) , and its progeny, “where a capital defendant...
In 2001, Plaintiffs Steve Sickler (Steve) and Cathy Mettenbrink (Cathy) hired an attorney, Jeffrey Orr, to represent them in franchising their closely held corporation, Baristas & Friends, Inc. (B & F). After numerous legal issues arose with B & F’s...
James E. Curry (Mr. Curry or the decedent) died on August 23, 1972. An estate tax return was filed with the District Director, Internal Revenue Service, Philadelphia, Pa., in July 1973. Mr. Curry executed a will on August 4, 1972, which was admitted to probate...
Appellant grantor reserved the mineral rights in its deed conveying the surface rights to the appellee grantee. The grantee later claimed that the grantor had failed to timely explore the land for oil and gas, so the grantee sought to cancel the reservation clause...