Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk Supreme Court of the United States December 3, 2012, Argued; April 16, 2013, Decided No. 11-1059 Opinion  [*69]  Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court. The Fair Labor Standards  [****6]  Act of 1938 (FLSA...

United States v. Fernandez United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit June 26, 2013, Decided Nos. 12-1289, 12-1290 Opinion  [*6]  LIPEZ, Circuit Judge . This case presents multiple issues of substantial importance, including a question of first...

Plaintiff FreecycleSunnyvale (FS) is a member group of Defendant The Freecycle Network (TFN), an organization devoted to facilitating the recycling of goods. FS filed a declaratory action against TFN arising from a trademark licensing dispute, alleging...

Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit February 11, 2009, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California; June 19, 2009, Filed No. 07-16356 Opinion  [*948]  N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Laci Satterfield...

Beneficiaries of a holographic will petitioned to probate the will. The children of the decedent moved for summary judgment, arguing that the will was not a valid holographic will. The decedent had filled in certain blank spaces in a preprinted will form...

If a donor has appointed two attorneys - joint and several for decisions involving less than £5,000, and joint for decisions over £5,000, and one disclaims powers, will the whole Attorneyship come to an end?

Appellees-plaintiffs injured parties sued appellee driver for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident. The injured parties asserted third-party contribution actions against appellant-defendant Texas Department of Transportation. The Department...

In each of these two consolidated cases, a 14-year-old was convicted of murder and sentenced to a mandatory term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In No. 10-9647, petitioner Jackson accompanied two other boys to a video store to...

This case pertains to a Third Amended Complaint (TAC). The TAC is a class, collective, and representative action complaint. It asserts claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), the California Labor Code, the Unfair Competition Law...

Appellant father appealed from a dissolution of marriage judgment by the trial court. He contended the trial court erred in awarding primary custody of the parties' child to respondent, in not giving him credit for payments made by him on the parties'...