The defendant argued that the trial court erred in refusing his request to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of "extreme emotional disturbance" set forth in N.Y. Penal Law § 125.27(2)(a) in connection with a shooting incident...

Tennessee enacted a law that prohibits healthcare providers from performing gender-affirming surgeries and administering hormones or puberty blockers to transgender minors. After determining that the law likely violated the Equal Protection and Due Process...

Matthew Morgan, an inmate at the Concordia Parish Correctional Facility, escaped from a work assignment at the courthouse. He walked to a nearby Walmart parking lot, where he attempted to carjack and kidnap Sharon Tisdale. Tisdale suffered from post-traumatic...

The publishers printed stories about the sheriff's and his employees' alleged incompetence and illegal activities. The publishers claimed that there was no separate cause of action for false light invasion of privacy because it merged with the...

After petitioner Damian McElrath killed his mother, the State of Georgia charged him with three crimes related to her death: malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault. At trial, the jury returned a split verdict against McElrath: “not...

The appellant challenged a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which convicted him of violating 21 U.S.C.S. § 841(a)(1), for distribution of cocaine, and 21 U.S.C.S. § 846, conspiracy to distribute...

The U.S. government filed an antitrust lawsuit against a waste removal corporation for acquiring a holding company's common stock, which owned a subsidiary in the waste disposal business. The lower court found the combined market share of 48.8 percent...

The Oregon Enhanced Package

The petitioner, an employer, and the intervenor, a union, were in collective bargaining negotiations. The employer claimed it needed to cut wages and benefits to stay competitive but refused the union's request to examine its financial records. This...

The appellant, representing her deceased husband's estate, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the fraternal organization (appellee). She claimed that the appellee served alcohol to a habitual drinker who then struck and killed her husband with...