The Internal Revenue Code authorizes the use of federally tax-exempt local government bonds that finance business enterprises in designated urban "empowerment zones." The secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development...

Plaintiffs sought to be declared the owner of an area of land, on which several oil wells are located, lying below the high-water mark of a large body of water. Although the bare controversy was the ownership of the land, the decision had far-reaching...

The appellants Ted Stevenson Angwin and Christine Khamis ("the defendants") were stopped by United States Border Patrol ("USBP") agents at a checkpoint near Niland, California. The agents inspected the motorhome the defendants were...

Cyber Insurers Toughening Policy Requirements : Cyber policies are relatively new to the insurance business. But over the past decade the cyber insurance sector has taken off, with premiums more than doubling between 2015 and 2019 , from $1.4 billion...

In re Sealed Case United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit July 12, 2019, Argued; July 30, 2019, Decided; August 6, 2019, Reissued No. 19-5068 Consolidated with 19-5100, 19-5102, 19-5103 Opinion  [*918]   [**381]  Tatel , Circuit...

Fairfield Sentry Ltd. v. Theodoor GGC Amsterdam (In re Fairfield Sentry Ltd.) United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York December 14, 2020, Decided Chapter 15 Case, Case No. 10-13164 (SMB), Jointly Administered, Adv. Proc. No...

After Suzanne Sloane discovered that a thief had stolen her identity and ruined her credit, she notified the police and sought to have Equifax Information Services, LLC, a credit reporting service, correct the resulting errors in her credit report. The...

Sid Murdeshwar v. Search Media Holdings, Ltd. United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida August 8, 2011, Decided; August 8, 2011, Entered on Docket CASE NO: 11-Civ-20549-Ungaro Opinion ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS THIS CAUSE is before...

Sierra Club v. Okla. Gas & Elec. Co. United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit March 8, 2016, Filed No. 14-7065 Opinion  [*669]  TYMKOVICH , Chief Judge. Sierra Club brought a citizen suit seeking civil penalties against Oklahoma Gas and...

The suit in the District Court was instituted by the City of Cleveland (City) against Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. (Kiewit) to recover damages to an old 1908 dilapidated waterfront dock no longer used for its original purposes, a portion of which Kiewit...