Justin Layshock, a 17-year-old senior student at Hickory High School, used his grandmother's computer to access a social networking internet web site where he created a fake internet profile of his high school principal, Eric Trosch. The profile included...

Appellant, Adrian Hand Jr., entered no-contest pleas in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to three first-degree felonies—aggravated burglary in violation of R.C. 2911.11(A)(2) , aggravated robbery in violation of R.C. 2911.01(A)(1) , and kidnapping...

Petitioner Graham was 16 when he committed armed burglary and another crime. Under a plea agreement, the Florida trial court sentenced Graham to probation and withheld adjudication of guilt. Subsequently, the trial court found that Graham had violated...

One week after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force resolution (AUMF), which included authorization for the President to use "all necessary and appropriate force"...

In May 1981, appellant Victoria D. was born to Carole D., who was married to, and resided with, appellee Gerald D. in California. Although Gerald was listed as father on the birth certificate and had always claimed Victoria as his daughter, blood tests...

Peter Wallis and Kellie Rae Smith were partners in a consensual sexual relationship. Allegedly, Smith misrepresented that she was practicing birth control when she was not, and Wallis unknowingly fathered her child. Wallis sued Smith for money damages...

A housing ordinance of East Cleveland, Ohio, in limiting occupancy of a dwelling unit to members of a single family, defined as a "family" only a few categories of related individuals, essentially parents and their children (the "nuclear"...

The prosecuting attorney of Bay County, Florida, brought a proceeding in a Florida court to close down the appellant's bookstore as a public nuisance under the claimed authority of Florida law. The state court entered a preliminary order prohibiting...

Tony Darel Hawthorne was mad at Aaron J. Seldon because he had been told that Seldon took money from Hawthorne while the latter was sleeping. Hawthorne confronted Seldon with a gun and demanded his money. While Seldon was giving the money, Hawthorne shot...

Kody Brown, Meri Brown, Janelle Brown, Christine Brown, and Robyn Sullivan ("the Browns") form a "plural family." Kody Brown is legally married to Meri Brown and "spiritually married" to the other three women, whom he calls...