Defendant Rita A. Betts, now Rita A. Caporale, appeals from a judgment modifying a California divorce decree which had awarded her custody of the children of the parties. In modifying the divorce decree the trial court awarded custody of the 5-year-old daughter...
The parties were married for 19 years and had four children. They experienced marital difficulties, underwent unsuccessful counseling, and the wife moved from the marital home. Two months later, the wife filed for divorce, claiming constructive desertion. The lower...
A debtor filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (11 USCS 1101-1174) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri, listing as a dischargeable debt a judgment previously entered against him for fraud in connection...
Appellee and his former wife entered into a settlement agreement in their divorce proceeding in which appellee agreed to pay his wife's counsel fees in monthly installments. Appellee then filed a bankruptcy petition and listed his obligation to his wife as...
An individual filed suit seeking damages after a company removed timber from a twenty-acre parcel of land he claimed to own. He also sought to quiet and confirm title and to enjoin the company from entering the land. The court dismissed his claim, finding that...
Plaintiff alleged that defendants made and circulated lithographic prints, photographs and likenesses of her. She sought to enjoin a further circulation of the prints and prayed for damages. The trial court issued an interlocutory judgment in plaintiff’s...
Defendant was convicted several times for larceny. Sometime in 1935, a statute known as the Oklahoma Habitual Criminal Sterilization Act was passed. It sentences habitual criminals or those who have been convicted two or more times for crimes "amounting to...
A lawyer brought an action against the estate of a former client to recover a sum allegedly owed to him by the estate. The lawyer alleged that the sum was the reasonable value of services rendered as an attorney for the decedent in an action for separate maintenance...
Plaintiff, a former employee was injured on the job while he was still working for his former employer, the Defendant. The former employer's board of directors approved a resolution in which they promised to pay the former employee a pension. The Plaintiff...
By Eric Geringswald | CSC Delaware lawmakers added or amended more than 40 sections of the state’s business laws governing Delaware corporations and alternative entities during the latest legislative session. Changes went into effect on August 1, 2023....
Dickie Brennan & Co., L.L.C. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit August 1, 2022, Filed No. 21-30776 Summary Calendar Opinion Per Curiam : 1 Plaintiff-Appellant, Dickie Brennan, owns and operates several full-service,...
Discovery Network, a company that provided educational, recreational, and social programs to individuals in the area of Cincinnati, Ohio, published a magazine which consisted primarily of promotional material pertaining to such programs, but which also included...
Appellants are four former high school students in the Duval County, Florida, school system who brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) , alleging that a Duval County school policy permitting student-initiated prayer at high school graduation ceremonies...
Plaintiffs Andy and Luisa Turudic are the owners of two American mountain lions, more commonly known as cougars. In 1993, the Turudics decided to move from Missouri to Oregon, in part because Oregon law, subject to certain statutory restrictions and local ordinances...
Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Ass'n Supreme Court of the United States March 23, 1992, Argued ; June 18, 1992, Decided No. 90-1676 Opinion [*91] [***80] [**2379] JUSTICE O'CONNOR announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion...
Alexander v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit February 19, 2016, Argued; June 24, 2016, Decided No. 15-7039 Opinion [**381] [*545] Per Curiam : Carlos Alexander brought this disability discrimination...
The United States brought a proceeding under the fourth section of the Anti-Trust Act of July 2, 1890, contending that defendant American Can Company, a New Jersey corporation, was formed and has since been maintained in violation of the first and second sections...
Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit August 22, 2017, Decided 2016-2321 Opinion [*1014] [***1864] Per Curiam . Nidec Motor Corporation ("Nidec") appeals a final written decision...
Bellaire Corp. v. Am. Empire Surplus Lines Ins. Co. Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District, Cuyahoga County June 28, 2018, Released; June 28, 2018, Journalized No. 106243 Opinion [**807] JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION EILEEN T. GALLAGHER, J.: [*P1] ...
2019 Pat. App. LEXIS 1118 Patent Trial and Appeal Board Representative Orders, Decisions and Notices March 13, 2019, Decided Case IPR2018-00914, Paper 38; Patent 9,511,929 B2 USPTO Bd of Patent Appeals & Interferences; Patent Trial & Appeal Bd Decs. Opinion...
Appellant Brennan's, Inc. (plaintiff, or appellant) owns and operates the restaurant "Brennan's," founded in 1946 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Plaintiff registered the trademark for its restaurant services. Plaintiff operates one other restaurant...
Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. Supreme Court of California April 8, 1999, Decided No. S066735. Case Summary Procedural Posture Plaintiffs, a communications company and others, appealed the judgment of the Superior Court of Los...
Forman v Henkin Court of Appeals of New York January 2, 2018, Argued ; February 13, 2018, Decided No. 1 Case Summary Overview HOLDINGS: [1]-The Appellate Division erred in employing a heightened threshold for production of social media records that depended on...
Miranda v. Ariz. Supreme Court of the United States February 28, 1966-March 1, 1966, Argued ; June 13, 1966, Decided No. 759 Case Summary Procedural Posture Certiorari was granted to review a judgment from the Supreme Court of Arizona for this and three other similar...
Gonzales v. Raich Supreme Court of the United States November 29, 2004, Argued ; June 6, 2005, Decided No. 03-1454 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondents, claiming a violation of the Commerce Clause, sought injunctive and declaratory relief prohibiting enforcement...