The complaint alleged permanent injury resulting from failure to timely diagnose and treat an infant. The trial court ruled that a pretrial settlement with the pediatrician was not made in good faith. The hospital did not settle. A jury found both the pediatrician...
Appellee's business provided legal consulting on civil process matters to Florida's sheriffs. The paralegal, who had signed a noncompete agreement, began providing services exclusively to the corporation.
The defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the murder charge based on the defense of emotional insanity. The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and appealed.
The appellant school district attempted to remove the appellee, a mildly retarded student, from full-time participation in a regular classroom and divide placement between regular and special education classes. A hearing officer found that appellee student should...
The defendant's convictions arose from trips to Mexico and Honduras for the alleged purpose of engaging in sexual acts with children and from child pornography that was found on his computer.
After the city council of Appellee Homer, Alaska, passed an ordinance limiting the floor area of stores in 3 zoning districts, city residents, in an election scheduled by the city council, passed an initiative that increased the allowable area. Appellant city resident...
The appellant patient received a blood transfusion from the appellee blood bank after surgery. Over five years later, the patient was diagnosed with AIDS. The patient and spouse sued the appellee for negligence in screening and testing donors for HIV. After the...
Appellant federal health department challenged a decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California invalidating duration-of-relationship Social Security eligibility requirements for surviving wives and stepchildren of deceased...
Appellant ranchers sought a review of the judgment, which granted the appellee bank's motion for judgment as a matter of law in ranchers' action for deceit and breach of a contract to loan money, or alternatively, granted the bank a new trial.
The cooperative's charges were based on the acts of an employee, including giving gifts to the Secretary of Agriculture and making individual contributions to the political campaign of the secretary's brother, which were unknowingly reimbursed by the cooperative's...
The defendant builder filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiff owners' action, which alleged a breach of contract and sought specific performance or, in the alternative, monetary damages.
The appellant attorney was suspended from practice before the district court for two years by the appellee discipline committee. Appellee determined that the appellant impugned the integrity of a district court and interfered with the random selection of judges...
The plaintiff corporation was the owner of rights to a restaurant's mark and logo. The defendant corporation created and sold garment heat transfer designs. The defendant created a transfer that was similar to the plaintiff's logo. The plaintiff brought...
The plaintiff patent holder sued the defendant amusement park owner for infringement of two patents for amusement park rides. The park owner moved to dismiss the action for improper venue. Alternatively, the park owner moved to transfer venue pursuant to 28 U.S...
Plaintiff taxpayer gave land to a school district for a high school site for which it included a charitable deduction on its tax returns, pursuant to 26 U.S.C.S. § 170. The Internal Revenue Service disallowed the deduction. The lower court dismissed the taxpayer's...
Stephen Cavanaugh, the plaintiff, was a prisoner at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. He identified as a "Pastafarian," meaning he believed in the divine "Flying Spaghetti Monster" and practiced the religion known as "FSMism." Cavanaugh...
The plaintiff, a ring owner, gave his sapphire and diamond ring to a former girlfriend to sell. A man responded to her advertisement and met her at the defendant's business to have the ring insured and photographed for a potential sale of $50,000. He took the...
Petitioner Castellanos was injured while working for Next Door Company. With his attorney's help, he won his workers' compensation claim by defeating the employer's defenses.
Defendants were convicted of conspiring to distribute drugs and attempted possession with intent to distribute.
The defendants, Phillip D. Ivey and Cheng Yin Sun, were professional gamblers who sought to turn the odds of Baccarat in their favor using a technique called "edge-sorting." This method let them identify card values before they were revealed, significantly...
A sheriff's deputy attempted to stop a defendant for a speeding violation. The defendant did not stop and ran two roadblocks set up by the police. The sheriff was forced to dive into a snowbank to avoid being struck by the defendant's vehicle. The defendant...
Marvin Green complained to the United States Postal Service about racial discrimination in a promotion. Afterward, he was accused of intentionally delaying mail. He agreed to retire to avoid criminal charges. He reported an unlawful constructive discharge to an...
The defendants were arrested in an undercover narcotics investigation. They were convicted of aiding and abetting intended cocaine distribution in violation of 21 U.S.C.S. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C.S. § 2. They appealed their convictions, and one of them...
The Levy Group ("Levy") sued L.C. Licensing, Inc. and Liz Claiborne, Inc. for breach of contract, breach of good faith, and promissory estoppel, along with tortious interference against Claiborne. The defendants argued that the plaintiff's breach...
The employee's amended complaint alleged that she was terminated by the employer for her complaints regarding, and her unwillingness to implement, participate in or remain silent about, discriminatory and illegal policies that the employer's management...