The tenants, F. John Fitzwilliam and Alice Fitzwilliam, leased certain commercial property from the landlord. The term of the lease was to extend through December 31, 1989. Though the tenants indicated they would not renew the lease, they gave notice...

Petitioner Robert Green was who was convicted of two murders in New York state court. The principal evidence against him was his own tape-recorded confession taken during police interrogation. Green filed a motion to suppress that recoding on the ground...

The corporation's counsel was a partner in two New York state law firms and divided his time between the offices. One firm was retained to represent defendants in an antitrust action. The corporation brought a district court action alleging a conspiracy...

Appellee, Billie Reba Trotti, was an employee of K-Mart Corporation Store No. 7441. The said store provided their employees with lockers for the storage of personal effects during working hours. On October 31, 1981, Trotti placed her purse in her locker...

By Kevin Hylton The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24 th , reversed decades of established precedent that established a woman’s constitutionally...

Minn. Voters All. v. Mansky Supreme Court of the United States February 28, 2018, Argued; June 14, 2018, Decided No. 16-1435. Opinion  [**208]   [*1882]  Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court. Under Minnesota law, voters may not wear...

Defendant debt collection law firm appealed from the United States District Court for the District of Montana, challenging the entry of summary judgment against it under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and a subsequent jury verdict...

Bearing in mind that a promissory note must be for a "sum certain in money" can the amount payable under it be amended with consent of the issuer and the holder for example to reflect an upward or downward adjustment in the consideration payable...

In federal district, defendant Andrew Jackson, who was accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint, made pretrial motions for advance rulings: (1) that a recent state felony conviction for assault could not be used to impeach him in the event that he took the...

Defendant appellant Robichaud was convicted of his drug offenses following three cocaine buys that he arranged. Detective Debord had received an anonymous telephone tip from a female who lived in the trailer park where appellant lived. She complained...