When defendant's behavior aroused the suspicion of law enforcement officers as he waited in line at the Miami International Airport to purchase a ticket to New York's La Guardia Airport, the officers approached defendant and requested and received...

Plaintiff brought an action to recover tariffs assessed pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1883, and paid under protest, on tomatoes that plaintiff had imported. The tariffs were based on defendant government's finding that tomatoes were vegetables. The...

During the 2008 Presidential election, defendant David Kernell was a student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In Sept. 2008, it was reported in the New York Times that Sarah Palin, the then-governor of Alaska and Republican candidate for Vice...

Maniilaq sought to enter into a new lease with IHS for a certain clinic, pursuant to statute. After negotiations stalled, Maniilaq sent IHS a letter describing the parties' negotiations and proposing that IHS enter into a 25 U.S.C.S. § 450j(...

Plaintiffs Michael Viner and his wife, Deborah Raffin Viner, brought a malpractice action in California state court against defendants Charles A. Sweet, a corporate transactional lawyer, and his law firm, alleging seven claims of malpractice pertaining...

The Wayne County Grand Jury indicted defendant Denny Fetter on two separate counts of involuntary manslaughter and having a weapon while under a disability. The involuntary manslaughter count also carried a firearm specification. During a jury trial in...

On July 31, 1992, at approximately 6:45 p.m., Livingston County Deputy Sheriffs Michael Lawry and Jeffrey Wagner, in separate patrol cars, received a general police broadcast regarding a drunk or reckless driver. Defendant James Erwin, Jr., who matched...

Plaintiff intended to buy a plantation. One agent of the seller gave him a copy of an appraisal that an appraiser had prepared for the seller. After negotiating terms of sale, plaintiff submitted $ 50,000 earnest money with an offer. Plaintiff then became...

During his junior and senior years, plaintiff Bruce E. Sain II attended high school at a school operated by defendant Cedar Rapids Community School District ("District"). He was a member of the varsity basketball team and maintained aspirations...

Buyers, Danny K. White and Laura Michelle White, filed an action for breach of a real estate sales contract against appellee seller, Troy Syfrett. The seller moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The circuit court dismissed...