William Marbury and two others filed a petition for mandamus contending that the late President of the United States had nominated them to the Senate and that the Senate had advised and consented to their appointments as justices of the peace. The commissions were...
A man in Ohio agreed to purchase cocaine from a seller, who was an FBI informant, and said that he would find persons to distribute the drug. In a tape-recorded phone conversation with the seller, the purchaser stated that he had a "gentleman friend"...
During the murder trial of the respondent, Robert Van Arsdall, the Delaware trial court refused to allow defense counsel to cross-examine a prosecution witness about an agreement that he had made with the prosecutor about the murder in question, in exchange for...
The city voted unanimously to change the zoning classification of certain property from a single family and quiet office classification to a general commercial classification as requested by the owners of that property. A fast food restaurant was to be constructed...
The court granted certiorari to review a judgment of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the United States Tax Court's decision that respondent taxpayer's settlement award under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), and was excludable...
The defendants in error, by their answers and cross-petitions filed in the court of common pleas, allege that Caroline Sharkey died intestate, January 11, 1889, and seized in fee of certain real estate in said county, leaving her son Elmer L. Sharkey, her sole...
Thompson v. New York Life Ins. Co. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Unit B May 4, 1981 No. 80-7458 Opinion [*440] Appellant, a former insurance agent, appeals the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the appellee, appellant's...
This case involved the admitted copying of plaintiff Walt Disney Productions' ("Disney") cartoon characters in defendants' adult "counter-culture" comic books. The present defendants are three individuals and two business entities operated...
Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components Indus., LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit June 13, 2019, Decided 2018-1607 Opinion [*1308] Prost , Chief Judge . Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, doing business as ON Semiconductor...
Plaintiffs, stockholders in American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), brought a stockholders' derivative action in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against AT&T and all but one of its directors, alleging that AT&T failed to collect an...
The purchasers, Genmar Holdings, Inc., and Genmar Industries, Inc., (Genmar), were the world's largest recreational boat manufacturer. The purchase agreement for the Sellers' business, Cassandra and John O'Tool, was comprised of two consideration components...
Plaintiff Marrone brought an action of trespass aginst defendant Washington Jockey Club for forcibly preventing Marronefrom entering the Bennings Race Track after he had bought a ticket of admission, and for doing the same thing, or turning him out, on the following...
Plaintiff S.M., who was six years old, together with nine-year old defendant C.B. and C.B.'s sister, were playing on a motor truck in an empty lot; S.M. was standing on a narrow ledge on the outside of the truck's tailgate. C.B. told or at least urged S...
In 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") brought an administrative action against Mr. Bandimere, a Colorado businessperson, alleging he violated various securities laws. An SEC administrative law judge (“ALJ”) presided over...
Individual consumers of fluid dairy products challenged the milk market orders issued by the Secretary of Agriculture under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, which required handlers (milk processors) to make compensatory payment...
To fight the serious harms inflicted by drunk drivers, all States have laws that prohibit motorists from driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) exceeding a specified level. BAC is typically determined through a direct analysis of a blood sample or by...
It is perhaps helpful first to consider the nature of a notice of seeking possession. The court shall not entertain proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house let on an assured tenancy unless such a notice is served (s8(1) of the 1988 Act). The notice must...
2021 U.S. Comp. Gen. LEXIS 108 Comptroller General of the United States January 5, 2021 B-418690.4 Opinion DECISION Tridentis, LLC, a small business of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the disqualification of its proposal by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea...
2020 U.S. Comp. Gen. LEXIS 250 Comptroller General of the United States August 13, 2020 B-418869 Opinion DECISION Prudential Protective Services, LLC (PPS), of Chicago, Illinois, protests the issuance of a short-term, sole-source task order to North American Security...
Plaintiff sued defendant to foreclose a deed of trust made by defendant in Florida conveying real estate in Chicago to secure a note. Defendant answered, alleging that she was induced to execute the note and trust deed by the false and fraudulent representation...
United States v. Lupton United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit January 13, 2010, Argued; September 1, 2010, Decided No. 09-2710 Opinion [*793] TINDER, Circuit Judge . Larry Lupton was a real estate broker assigned to facilitate the sale and leaseback...
United States v. Clay United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit August 11, 2016, Decided No. 14-12373 Opinion [*1265] HULL, Circuit Judge: In this Medicaid fraud case, defendants Todd Farha, Paul Behrens, [**3] William Kale, and Peter Clay appeal...
Defendants, who were non-Indians, operated a bar on privately owned land located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, on the outskirts of an unincorporated village, without having obtained a tribal liquor license as required under a tribal ordinance...
In 1949, plaintiff Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation ("Mid-Continent") and defendants Cora Lee Lindner and her husband, Paul Lindner, executed series of documents whereby: (1) Mrs. Lindner, for a rental of one cent for each gallon of fuel sold on the...
On Aug. 8, 1946, a subpoena was issued summoning appellant Fields to appear before the select committee of the United States House of Representatives to investigate the disposition of surplus property. In the course of his testimony, Fields turned over a document...