2011 CFTC LEXIS 44; Comm. Fut. L. Rep. (CCH) P 32013 Commodity Futures Trading Commission July 19, 2011 CFTC DOCKET NO. 11-16 Opinion ORDER INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 6(c), AND 6(d) OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGES ACT, MAKING FINDINGS AND...

Kenneth James West relinquished his car in exchange for a cashier's check that appeared valid, but which thereafter proved to be a worthless counterfeit. When he later located the car in the possession of a subsequent purchaser, Tammy Roberts, West...

Plaintiff employee instituted an action against defendant employer for discrimination. After a mistrial, when the jury could not agree whether the employee was in fact an employee or a partner, the parties submitted the issue in a motion for summary judgment...

If so, would they classed as a new entrant or an experienced worker?

Fourteen Communist Party members challenged their convictions for conspiracy to violate the Smith Act. They argued that prosecution of their organizing activities was barred by the three-year statute of limitations, 18 U.S.C.S. § 3282 , and that...

Petitioners, owners of property fronting on Lake Champlain, brought a diversity action in the district court seeking to recover damages for respondent's pollution of the lake. Petitioners sought to maintain a class action under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23...

A third party was involved in an altercation with tavern owner. While the third party was being arrested, defendant broke through the crowd and struck one police officer in the face. Defendant suffered a seizure in jail and was taken to the hospital....

United States v. 4,432 Mastercases of Cigarettes United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 16, 2005, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California ; June 2, 2006, Filed No. 04-55354, No. 04-55356, No. 04-56350 Opinion  [*1172]  WARDLAW...

Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. v. Bd. of Cnty. Comm'rs Supreme Court of the United States October 3, 2022, Decided No. 21-1550. Opinion The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. Read The...

Hudsonview Co. v. Jenkins Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County June 4, 1996, Decided 96-303 Opinion  [*389]   [**742]  Michael D. Stallman, J.  [*390]  Does a landlord waive its right to maintain an illegal use eviction proceeding by accepting...