Petitioner constructed an open-air theatre on sloping land formerly covered with vegetation without including in the construction any drainage system. In 1950 it spent $8,224 to construct a drainage system extending into and over adjacent land belonging...

Viacom International, Inc. ("Viacom") sued IJR Capital Investments, L.L.C. ("IJR") for infringing on its common law trademark of The Krusty Krab—a fictional restaurant in the popular "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated...

Plaintiff, a natural gas supplier authorized to supply natural gas in Connecticut, entered into an agreement with defendant LLCs and Moore, collectively and/or individually were acting as and/or doing business as J and H Hospitality. Under the agreement...

Pacing Technologies, LLC (Pacing) owned the U.S. Patent No. 8,101,843, which was directed to methods and systems for pacing users during activities that involved repeated motions. Claim 25 of the ‘843 patent stipulated that it was a repetitive motion...

Sosna v. Iowa Supreme Court of the United States October 17, 1974, Argued ; January 14, 1975, Decided No. 73-762 Opinion  [*395]   [***538]   [**555]  MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Appellant Carol Sosna married Michael Sosna...

Ericsson Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division January 11, 2021, Decided; January 11, 2021, Filed CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:20-CV-00380-JRG Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION...

This federal prosecution arose from a scheme in which a Texas county sheriff accepted money, and his deputy, petitioner Salinas, accepted two watches and a truck, in exchange for permitting women to make so-called "contact visits" to one Beltran...

Plaintiff Kitty Van Camp purchased defendant Connie Bradford’s house without knowledge that a recent rape had occurred in the same and the neighboring property. When the sale was closed in February 1992, the perpetrator of the crimes was still at...

Today, Rishi Sunak, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered the government’s first post-Brexit Budget with a promise to kick start a “decade of renewal” for Britain. Our Lexis®PSL experts have produced in-depth commentary, overnight...

Plaintiff Tiffany corporation, a retailer of high-end jewelry and merchandise, sued Defendant, a website proprietor that operates a quasi "on-line flea market," for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and false advertising. Tiffany's...