A deputy labor commissioner issued a stop order/penalty assessment against S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. (Borello), a Gilroy grower, for failure to secure workers' compensation coverage for the 50 migrant harvesters of its cucumber crop. Borello...

Two state prisoners, Powell and Rice, both convicted of homicide, one in a California and the other in a Nebraska state court, sought federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C.S. § 2254 on the ground that at the respective state trials evidence...

Petitioner injured party brought a personal injury suit against respondent executor. Service of process was made in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1) . The appeals court affirmed the decision of the district court, which granted summary judgment...

The Moores sued Bushman alleging invasion of privacy, tortious interference with a contract, abuse of process, and civil conspiracy. Bushman filed a combined no-evidence and traditional motion for summary judgment.

New York City restricted retail sales by non-food street vendors by issuing a limited number of licenses. The licenses were nearly impossible to obtain, and veterans and sellers of written materials were not subject to the cap. Appellants sought an injunction...

Plaintiffs claimed defendants had infringed copyrights on several maps. Defendants were granted summary judgment because the lower court held that the maps were not copyrightable under the idea expression merger doctrine.

Appellee employee filed suit against appellant employer for the wrongful termination of his employment and alleged that appellant had no cause for the termination and that the discharge was wrongful.

Netchoice, L.L.C. v. Paxton United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit September 16, 2022, Filed No. 21-51178 Opinion Andrew S. Oldham , Circuit Judge : 1 A Texas statute named House Bill 20 generally prohibits large social media platforms from...

Belcher Pharms., LLC v. Hospira, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit September 1, 2021, Decided 2020-1799 Opinion  [*1346]  Reyna , Circuit Judge . This is an appeal from a decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of...

Respondent McKinney, a Nevada state prisoner, filed suit against petitioner prison officials, claiming that his involuntary exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) from his cellmate's and other inmates' cigarettes posed an unreasonable risk...