From 1981 to 1983, a husband and wife were the southwestern United States distributors of products made with sorbothane, a patented elastic polymer, under a regional distributorship arrangement with the manufacturer of the products. The manufacturer gradually...

Chae v. SLM Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 5, 2009, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California; January 25, 2010, Filed No. 08-56154 Opinion  [*938]  GOULD, Circuit Judge: Appellants urge error in the district court's...

Homecast Co., Ltd. and Microgem Corp., Inc. initially entered into a Sales Agreement on July 27, 2007, pursuant to which Microgem would act as a sales agent and market digital converter boxes produced under Homecast's brand name to distributors in...

In an action brought on behalf of all persons involuntarily confined in the forensic unit of a state hospital, which action challenged the constitutionality of treatment at the hospital, the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri...

Perlman v. Catapult Entertainment (In re Catapult Entertainment) United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 6, 1998, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California ; January 28, 1999, Filed No. 97-16707 Opinion OPINION  [*748]  FLETCHER...

Greenlaw v. United States Supreme Court of the United States April 15, 2008, Argued; June 23, 2008, Decided No. 07-330 Opinion  [**2562]   [*240]  Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns the role of courts in our adversarial...

Police went to defendant's home on January 28, 1964, to question him about a murder. Defendant was arrested in his house for the murder and on that date a warrant to search defendant's automobile was applied for by the police chief and issued...

Appellant mother, Ana Burchard, became pregnant after a brief liaison with respondent father, William Garay. Garay denied paternity. Burchard brought a paternity and support action and prevailed. Garay sought exclusive custody after Burchard challenged...

The city made an excavation in one of its public streets and neither removed or leveled the earth taken therefrom. While the passenger was riding with her husband, the pile of earth upset the carriage they were riding in and she sustained injuries. The...

Plaintiffs' young son died of injuries he sustained when he was struck in the head by the hand of a fair patron winding up to pitch a baseball at a concession stand. Plaintiffs brought a negligence action against the fair and its insurers. The trial...