• United States CFTC v. Kraft Foods Grp., Inc.

    United States CFTC v. Kraft Foods Grp., Inc. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division December 18, 2015, Decided; December 18, 2015, Filed Case No. 15 C 2881 Opinion  [*1001]  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This...

  • Data Foundry, Inc. v. City of Austin

    Data Foundry, Inc. v. City of Austin Supreme Court of Texas December 3, 2020, Argued; April 9, 2021, Opinion Delivered NO. 19-0475 Opinion  [*693]  Justice Huddle delivered the opinion of the Court. The City of Austin, through its city council, sets the...

  • In re Marriage of Kaplan

    Heidi Kaplan appealed the division of property, award of maintenance, and child support calculation resulting from the dissolution of her 25-year marriage. She argued that the trial court failed to recognize the long-term nature of her marriage and to...

  • United States v. Costello

    Defendant Deanna Costello, an American Citizen, had a romantic relationship with a Mexican whom she knew to be an illegal alien. The boyfriend lived with the defendant for about a year, which ended in July 2003 when he was arrested on a federal drug charge...

  • Gabelli v. SEC

    Gabelli v. SEC Supreme Court of the United States January 8, 2013, Argued; February 27, 2013, Decided No. 11-1274 Opinion Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court. The Investment Advisers Act makes it illegal for investment advisers to...

  • Kaplan v. Cent. Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran

    Kaplan v. Cent. Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran United States District Court for the District of Columbia August 20, 2013, Decided Civil No. 10-483 (RCL) Opinion  [*188]  MEMORANDUM OPINION This action arises out of a series of rocket attacks by...

  • Hodges v. Harrison

    Hodges v. Harrison United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida February 8, 2019, Decided; February 8, 2019, Entered on Docket Case No. 17-81370-CV-MIDDLEBROOKS Opinion  [*1345]  ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT...

  • Fogel v. U.S. Energy Sys.

    Defendants, operators of a swap meet, allowed vendors to sell counterfeit recordings of music in violation of plaintiff's copyrights and trademarks. Plaintiff sued defendants for copyright infringement, contributory and vicarious copyright infringement...

  • State v. Sophophone

    The trial court convicted defendant of felony murder for the death of his co-felon during flight from an aggravated burglary in which both defendant and the co-felon participated. Defendant appealed, arguing that he was in custody at the time the co-felon...

  • SNPCO, Inc. v. City of Jefferson City

    Defendant city banned through an ordinance the sale of fireworks within its city limits. After defendant annexed property adjacent to its borders, appellant fireworks retailer asked defendant for permission to continue selling fireworks as a pre-existing...