The action arose out of a broadcast that plaintiff reporter narrated on a television program in 2004 about then President George W. Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard. The reporter alleged, inter alia, that the employer fraudulently induced...

Petitioner Ginzburg and three corporations which he controlled were convicted of violating the federal obscenity statute, 18 U. S. C. § 1461, by mailing three publications: an expensive hard-cover magazine dealing with sex, a sexual newsletter, and...

Appellant, Aaron Coleman, was charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. At trial, the State’s case against appellant consisted of the testimony of the confidential informant ("CI"), Elba Police Officer Leslie Hussey...

Plaintiff parents desired to register their almost four-year-old daughter in the school district's pre-K program, without being vaccinated. By the provisions of N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2164, the child had to be vaccinated with regard to the diseases...

Plaintiff, Ralston Purina Company, sued defendant, F. R. McNabb, a West Tennessee farmer, for breach of contract, alleging that defendant failed to deliver 3,771 bushels of the 8,000 bushels of soybeans due under two contracts entered into by the parties...

Defendant was charged with attempted robbery, party to a crime, Wis. Stat. §§ 943.32(1)(b), 939.32(3), 939.05 (1985-86). The only evidence at trial was the testimony of the complainant, who testified that the defendant, together with two other...

Appellant applied to respondent department of water resources to transfer a water right, proposing to divert part of the original right at a location upstream from the licensed place of use, and divert the remaining amount at a downstream location for...

Appellant company engaged in mining bauxite. Children habitually used a path along the company's spur railroad track to get to school. A boy picked up dynamite caps at the edge of the track and played with them for a week in front of his parents....

The trial of Esteban Martinez was set to begin on May 17, 2010. His counsel was ready; the State was not. When the court swore in the jury and invited the State to present its first witness, the State declined to present any evidence. Martinez moved for...

Respondent developer applied for a zoning change. During the process, voters of the city amended the city charter to require that any changes in land use agreed to by the city council had to be approved by a 55 percent vote in a referendum. The developer...