Along with deciding which party will control Congress and many state legislative chambers next year, voters across the country also weighed in this month on over 100 ballot measures. A number of those measures dealt with abortion and other health-related...

Juarez v. Commonwealth Med. Assocs. Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division December 27, 2000, Decided Nos. 1-99-4081 & 1-00-1361, Cons. Opinion  [*381]   [****137]   [**387]  JUSTICE WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court...

Defendant officer (the president of the corporation), in his individual capacity, acquired certain antimony (a metallic element) properties under a lease option, which he offered to transfer to the corporation. Defendant officers (the board of directors...

A series of appeals arose from two actions between appellant Patricia A. Cochran and respondent Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. arising out of their long-term, nonmarital relationship. The first action was concerned with respondent's alleged breach of a supposed...

South Carolina v. Regan Supreme Court of the United States October 5, 1983, Argued ; February 22, 1984, Decided No. 94, Orig. Opinion  [*370]   [***376]   [**1109]  JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.  [**1110]  South Carolina invokes...

Koepp v. Holland United States District Court for the Northern District of New York February 4, 2010, Decided; February 4, 2010, Filed 08-CV-01369 (NAM/ATB) Opinion  [*70]  MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On December...

Sevenson Envtl. Servs. v. Shaw Envtl., Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit February 21, 2007, Decided 2006-1391, 2006-1408 Opinion  [***1907]   [*1362]  LINN, Circuit Judge . This is a patent infringement case in which the United...

Home Sav. of Am. v. United States United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit March 7, 2005, Decided 04-5020, -5032 Opinion  [*1344]  PROST, Circuit Judge . Home Savings of America, FSB ("Home") is a wholly-owned subsidiary of H.F...

The probationers traveled to a neighboring state to get married and thereafter returned to cohabit as husband and wife. They were indicted for a felony under Va. Code Ann. § 20-58 (1950), which prohibited intermarriage of white and colored persons...

Perry v. Sindermann Supreme Court of the United States January 18, 1972, Argued ; June 29, 1972, Decided No. 70-36 Opinion  [*594]   [***575]   [**2696]  MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court. From 1959 to 1969 the respondent, Robert...