Plaintiffs, consisting of the States of Texas, Louisiana, and Indiana, and seven individuals, challenged the facial constitutionality of The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978, as well as the statutory and constitutional validity of the Department of Interior's...
Stivers v. Pierce United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit March 16, 1995, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California ; December 1, 1995, Filed Nos. 93-16756, 94-15966 Opinion [*736] OPINION REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: This action arises out of...
State v. Harris Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division October 20, 2004, ARGUED ; November 29, 2004, DECIDED DOCKET NO. A-3470-02T2 Opinion [*256] [**167] The opinion of the court was delivered by HOLSTON, JR., J.A.D. In this matter of first impression...
Spice v. IRS United States District Court for the Western District of Washington May 11, 2020, Decided; May 11, 2020, Filed CASE NO. 20-5005 RJB Opinion ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND VARIOUS OTHER MOTIONS This matter comes before the Court on Defendants U.S....
Pac. Links U.S. Holdings, Inc. v. Tianjin Dinghui Hongjun Equity Inv. P'ship (L.P.) (In re Pac. Links U.S. Holdings, Inc.) United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Hawaii August 8, 2022, Decided Case No. 21-00094, Chapter 11, Adv. Pro. No. 21-90009...
Albert v. Oshkosh Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit June 2, 2022, Argued; August 29, 2022, Decided No. 21-2789 Opinion St. Eve , Circuit Judge . Andrew Albert claims that his former employer, a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, violated...
Petitioner abortion providers sought pre-enforcement review of Texas Senate Bill 8—the Texas Heartbeat Act —a Texas statute enacted in 2021 that prohibited physicians from performing or inducing an abortion if the physician detected a fetal heartbeat...
“I was among the first group of women who were determined to do it all – we knew we could be wives, mothers, and practice law. It sometimes felt like we were being stretched thin but that’s just how it was 45 years ago.” Carole Neff -...
Wright v. State Supreme Court of New Jersey April 30, 2001, Argued ; July 31, 2001, Decided A-54 September Term 2000, A-55 September Term 2000, A-56 September Term 2000, A-57 September Term 2000, A-58 September Term 2000, A-59 September Term 2000 Opinion [*429...
CME Media Enters. B.V. v. Zelezny United States District Court for the Southern District of New York September 10, 2001, Decided ; September 10, 2001, Filed 01 Civ. 1733 (DC) Opinion MEMORANDUM DECISION CHIN, D.J. In this case, petitioner CME Media Enterprises...
Bridges v. Houston Methodist Hosp. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas June 12, 2021, Decided; June 12, 2021, Filed, Entered Civil Action H-21-1774 Opinion Order on Dismissal [*3] 1. Background . On April 1, 2021, Houston Methodist...
On June 4, 1998, Defendants-Appellants Deborah Walton ("Walton") and Kenneth Marsalis ("Marsalis") were indicted and charged in a two-count indictment, charging each of them with conspiring to carry and take away and carrying and taking away...
A doctor retained an attorney to prepare his will, and informed the attorney that he was suffering from cancer, did not want to die intestate, and wanted to leave his entire estate to one of his brothers. The doctor also told the attorney that he was estranged...
Pursuant to contract, defendant caterer was responsible for loading and latching 500-800 pound buffets into the galley of third-party defendant airline. Plaintiff employee suffered back pain after attempting to move a buffet that had slipped and blocked an emergency...
Teachers' Ret. Sys. of Okla. v. GE (In re GE Sec. Litig.) United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit February 3, 2021, Decided No. 20-1741 Opinion SUMMARY ORDER UPON DUE CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the...
Sycamore Partners Mgmt., L.P. v. Endurance Am. Ins. Co. Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle November 19, 2020, Submitted; February 26, 2021, Decided C.A. No. N18C-09-211 AML CCLD Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION LEGROW, J. Three investment funds acquired a company...
Dorman v. Charles Schwab Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit June 14, 2019, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California; August 20, 2019, Filed No. 18-15281 Opinion [*1109] PEARSON, District Judge: Defendants appeal the district court's...
BillingNetwork Patent, Inc. v. Modernizing Med., Inc. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division November 6, 2017, Decided; November 6, 2017, Filed No. 17 C 5636 Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER BillingNetwork Patent...
On October 25, 2017, Plaintiff Lori Comeaux filed a Complaint against Defendants Atos Origin It Services Inc. f/k/a Schlumbergersema Inc. f/k/a Schlumberger Resource Management Services, Inc. ("Atos"). The Complaint alleged that Decedent Melvin A. Comeaux...
Plaintiff Lodowick Post was out with his hounds chasing a wild fox when defendant Pierson, knowing the fox was being chased, shot and killed it. Post brought an action against Pierson for trespass in New York state court, and the trial court ruled in his favor...
Texas offers automobile owners a choice between general-issue and specialty license plates. Those who want the State to issue a particular specialty plate may propose a plate design, comprising a slogan, a graphic, or both. If the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles...
MPM owned a parcel of land, which was subject to an easement owned by Dwyer. The easement provided access to a public way and had three branches, based on old cartways. Before MPM subdivided its property for development, MPM sought to consolidate the right-of-way...
The mother filed an action against the son to recover possession of an eighty-acre tract of land. The son filed a counterclaim against the mother that contended that the mother had promised to convey the land to him in order to rectify the fact that the son had...
Appellant tenant leased a building from respondent landlord. The lease agreement contained an option to renew the lease, which stated that appellant was to notify respondent by certified mail six months prior to the last day of the term of the lease if appellant...
Convicted of burglary in violation of Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A, § 401, defendant argued that the trial court's jury instruction as to the elements of the offense was so erroneous as to affect the outcome of the case. The trial court's instruction...