In an upcoming shareholder meeting of Iroquois Brands, Ltd., plaintiff Peter C. Lovenheim, owner of two hundred shares of common stock in the aforementioned company, wanted to include in the company’s proxy materials his proposal concerning the...

In a complaint filed against Quarta and SCA Restaurant Corp. on May 21, 2009, the DOL alleges that defendants violated Sections 7 and 15(a)(2) of the FLSA by failing to pay minimum wage and overtime compensation to the employees of SCA Restaurant Corp...

A doctor, an internist and pulmonologist entered into an employment agreement with an employer that contained a restrictive covenant not to compete. After the doctor left the practice and began practicing within the area defined by the restrictive covenant...

The petitioner sought a writ of mandamus to impanel a twelve-person jury, instead of the six-person jury the district court used. Petitioner alleged that the applicable rule violated the seventh amendment and deprived him of a right to trial by jury.

Plaintiff and his cousin were riding defendant's electric railway when plaintiff's cousin was thrown from the train through an open door. The accident occurred as the train rounded a curve on a bridge. According to disputed testimony, when the...

Petitioner sought review which allowed respondent to appeal a judgment acquitting petitioner of violating 18 U.S.C.S. § 1955 after it found two separate offenses as discrete bases of criminal liability duplicitously joined in a single count, one...

Plaintiff filed a negligence action against defendant, the City of Centralia, after she tripped and fell on an uneven sidewalk, sustaining personal injuries. The City moved for summary judgment, arguing that the defect was "open and obvious”...

A jury found defendant guilty of possession of a cell phone in a correctional facility. He challenged his twelve years in prison sentence, claiming that it was grossly disproportionate to the crime and a violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Defendant appealed from a judgment entered in the Judicial District Court, which convicted him of being an accessory after the fact to a simple burglary and sentenced him to two years imprisonment. He argued that there was no evidence to support the essential...

On February 22, 1968, Alan Tromer, vice-president of Reed's, began filling out a purchase order for five different kinds of labels which Reed's desired to buy from Monarch. In handwriting he filled in the blank spaces for four different types...