Debtor oil companies voluntarily petitioned for reorganization under Chapter 11. During bankruptcy proceedings, however, oil process rose, resulting in the debtor oil companies becoming solvent again. Consequently, the debtors proposed a reorganization...

Dr. Abid M. Hanson died while a passenger on Olympic Flight 417 between Athens, Greece and New York City. His death occurred after he suffered complications when he was exposed to ambient second-hand smoke while seated in the airplane's non-smoking...

Shawnee Tribe v. Mnuchin United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit December 4, 2020, Argued; January 5, 2021, Decided No. 20-5286 Opinion Tatel , Circuit Judge : The Shawnee Tribe, located in Oklahoma, challenges the allocation...

First Specialty Ins. Corp. v. NovaPro Risk Solutions, LP United States District Court for the District of Kansas January 8, 2007, Decided Case No. 04-2359-JPO Opinion  [*1322]  MEMORANDUM AND ORDER I. Introduction This insurance case arises out of the...

Plaintiff Robert Jacobsen (Jacobsen) holds a copyright to computer programming code. He makes that code available for public download from a website without a financial fee pursuant to the Artistic License, an "open source" or public license...

Plaintiff Marjorie Miller and defendant Mary Jane Riegler are sisters, and reside in Little Rock. The sisters' aunt, Minnie Wagar, had lived in California, but when she was taken ill, defendant Mrs. Riegler and her mother brought Mrs. Wagar back to...

After having repeatedly filed unsuccessful applications for admission to the bar of the state of New York, petitioner filed the present application with the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court requesting leave to file again an application for...

Law enforcement officers arrested defendant Matlock, a bank robbery suspect, in the yard in front of the house in which he lived. Without asking defendant which room he occupied or whether he would consent to a search, some officers went to the door of...

Plaintiff Howard R. Bankerd and his wife, Virginia, owned, as tenants by the entirety, a home in Montgomery County, Maryland. They resided there until 1966 when Mrs. Bankerd moved out as a result of marital problems. Mr. Bankerd continued to live at the...

Plaintiffs Ali Jazini and Mina Mahmoudieh, individually and behalf of P.J., their minor son, all of whom were residents of the State of New York, filed a product liability action in federal district court against Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan Japan)...