Apache Exploration Corporation operated all wells in the Minnelusa formation in the designated area, while other appellees held working interests under U.S. oil and gas leases covering parts of Section 24. On December 21, 1972, Apache applied to the Commission...
Appellant's victim was a 25-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and mental retardation. The victim lived with the appellant's girlfriend, who was paid by the State to help care for the victim because she could not stand or move without assistance or speak...
The investor and the decedent of the executor were primary investors in an Israeli bank that was liquidated, resulting in a total loss of their investments. They claimed the bank's failure was due to fraud by the defendants, who resided in Israel. As a result...
Appellant owner of design patents related to lightweight clog footwear brought an action against appellees, an importer and a seller of footwear, alleging that the appellees' footwear infringed the owner's patents. The owner appealed the order, which granted...
Appellant Reese, and Appellee Newman, were co-owners of ANR Construction Management, LLC ("ANR"). Following disputes over management of the company, Newman notified Reese in writing that she intended to withdraw from, dissolve, and wind-up the LLC. Reese...
A buyer of real estate sought rescission of the contract for the sale, alleging that the seller's agent misrepresented the boundary lines of the tract of land. The complaint of the buyer alleged mutual mistake. The trial court granted the seller's motion...
Appellant was convicted of conspiracy to rob upon jury verdict. On appeal, he asserted several points of alleged error, including claims that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of renunciation of purpose, and that the...
After a year of working with the employer and receiving promotions, the employee was asked to sign a one-year non-compete agreement covering three states. She later left the company to work for a nearby competitor.
The decedent had been living at the hotel for six months and booked a seventh-floor room for a friend. During a phone call with his son, he spoke oddly and expressed regret, prompting the son to ask the friend to get help. When police arrived, the son went to the...
The taxpayer husband was involved with others in a scheme to reproduce United States currency. The other parties in the scheme defrauded the taxpayer and stole $ 20,000 from him. The taxpayer claimed a deduction for the loss under I.R.C. § 165(c)(2), (c)(3...
Defendants terminated the plaintiff's employment after the plaintiff sold a big screen television to his brother-in-law for a price below cost. The jury entered a verdict in favor of the defendants on the plaintiff's LAD and other claims, finding that the...
Respondents, the retailer and its president, appealed an order which affirmed summary judgment in favor of the petitioner, attorney general, enjoining respondents from selling or offering for sale any consumer goods or services for an unconscionably excessive price...
The manufacturer produced metal headrest stays for a car company under an oral agreement. The subcontractor was tasked with bending metal rods into a staple shape and rounding the ends. Later, the car company changed the headrest design, requiring a part from another...
The plaintiff, a tort victim, sustained severe burns while attempting to fix a gas leak when the backhoe he was operating backfired and exploded. He filed a lawsuit against the defendants, the backhoe manufacturer, the repairman, and the engine manufacturer, alleging...
The plaintiff worked for Blockbuster for twelve years, primarily as a District Manager in Ohio. In February 2009, he was investigated after an anonymous complaint alleged misuse of company funds. Despite assurances from his supervisor, defendant Hope, that he would...
The plaintiff was injured when a gasoline tank exploded during transport by the defendant transporter, owned by the defendant petroleum company. The plaintiff sued the petroleum company, which joined the transporter and a contractor as additional defendants. The...
After the Commissioner of Internal Revenue concluded that the buy-in payment had not been determined at arm's length in accordance with the transfer pricing regulations, the Internal Revenue Service performed its own calculation, and Amazon filed a petition...
The prosecution filed an interlocutory appeal to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia after a motion to reopen a suppression hearing was denied. The defendant's confession, related to bank robbery charges, was suppressed due...
While at defendant doctor's officer, defendant allegedly attempted to remove all of plaintiff patient's teeth without plaintiff's knowledge or permission. Thereafter, the plaintiff brought an action for battery and lack of consent against the defendant...
Appellants, an attorney and a friend of a deceased testator, sought review of a declaratory judgment from the Probate Court No. 4, Harris County (Texas), which ruled that a bequest to the attorney was void and that appellees, the testator's heirs at law, were...
Appellants, the estate of former vice president and his widow, sought review of a decision of the Tax Court, which held that expenses incurred by the former vice president in connection with his confirmation as vice president were not deductible under I.R.C. §...
Plaintiff pedestrian brought an action for damages against defendants, commercial property owners and a tavern owner, after the plaintiff fell on a seriously dilapidated sidewalk abutting defendants' property and sustained serious injuries.
Plaintiff, a registrar of internet domain names, moved for a preliminary injunction against defendant, a provider of internet services, relying on claims under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.S. § 1125(a); the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986...
The husband told the wife he wanted to keep their property separate after their marriage, including their earnings. The wife agreed. Subsequently, she earned over $ 1,000,000 a year, while her husband earned approximately $ 40,000.
A purchaser filed a complaint alleging that the sellers had agreed to sell real property to the purchaser, that the purchaser had made a down payment and arranged financing for the balance, but that the sellers breached the contract by conveying the property to...