Defendant James McDermott, president, CEO and chairman of Keefe Bruyette & Woods, began having an extramarital affair with Kathryn Gannon. During the course of their affair, McDermott made numerous stock recommendations to Gannon. Unbeknownst to McDermott...

Defendants developed the Grand Theft Auto V (GTAV) game wherein a character named “Lacey Jonas” appeared. In the game, Jonas described herself as an “actress/singer” and the “voice of a generation.” Plaintiff, who described...

Reverend Falwell held the common law trademarks “Jerry Falwell” and “Falwell,” and the registered trademark “Listen America with Jerry Falwell.” Jerry Falwell Ministries can be found online at www.falwell.com . Christopher...

Respondents had pleaded guilty in unrelated cases in various New York state courts, and on the basis of their guilty pleas, had been convicted and sentenced, prior to the date of the United States Supreme Court decision in Jackson v. Denno (1964) 378...

Respondent owns and operates a gravel pit in Wisconsin, where it employs 15 to 20 men. Petitioner unions sought unsuccessfully to induce some of respondent's employees to join the unions and began picketing the entrance to respondent's gravel...

This is a dispute concerning a closely held family corporation, Harbor Furniture Manufacturing, Inc. Plaintiffs and appellants, Ann Stuparich and Candi Tuttleton, brought an action seeking involuntary dissolution of Harbor. Stuparich and Tuttleton were...

Pursuant to a written lease agreement, plaintiff Wang Laboratories, Inc. leased computer equipment to Docktor Pet Centers, Inc. (DPC). The lease agreement contained no provision suggesting that any significance should be attached to the completion of...

Charles Bigbee was injured when an automobile struck the telephone booth in which he was standing brought suit against the companies allegedly responsible for the design, location, installation, and maintenance of the booth, seeking recovery on theories...

In 2005, News Corporation acquired Intermix Media, Inc. (Intermix), formerly known as eUniverse, Inc., a company which owned, among other internet businesses, the social networking website MySpace. Plaintiff Jim Brown ("Plaintiff"), individually...

Vas-Cath Incorporated and its licensee Gambro, Inc. sued Sakharam D. Mahurkar and Quinton Instruments Company (collectively Mahurkar) for declaratory judgment that their products did not infringe Mahurkar’s utility patents. The district court entered...