A telecommunications company sued defendant marketer for intentional and negligent misrepresentation and promissory estoppel after defendant marketer made research claims for a new product that turned out to be a flop. After the trial court granted summary...

In this case, Mark Van Hoosier pled guilty to a four-count indictment involving manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime. The district court accepted Van Hoosier's guilty plea and proceeded...

The driver alleged that the government's failure to adequately maintain a roadway or to post adequate warning signs caused another vehicle to slide into the driver's car after rounding a curve on a road that was maintained by the National Park...

Eight German-born U.S. residents were captured by the United States as they tried to enter the country during war time, for the purpose of sabotage, espionage, hostile or warlike acts, or violations under the law of war. The President of the United States...

Tanaka v. Univ. of S. Cal. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit February 5, 2001, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California ; June 7, 2001, Filed No. 00-55046 Opinion  [*1061]  O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: We must decide whether a...

Stevens v. Corelogic, Inc. United States District Court for the Southern District of California May 6, 2016, Decided; May 6, 2016, Filed Case No.: 14-cv-1158 BAS (JLB) Opinion ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL...

Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton Supreme Court of the United States October 19, 1972, Argued ; June 21, 1973, Decided No. 71-1051 Opinion  [*50]   [***453]   [**2631]  MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioners are two Atlanta...

Cheerview Enterprises, Inc. was a Michigan corporation that owned a gas station and convenience store in Michigan (“Property”). Mohamad Berro, owner of an oil change business, purchased Cheerview’s stock and became its sole owner. At...

Defendant Ng Lap Seng paid two United Nations ("U.N.") ambassadors—one of whom was for a time also serving as President of the General Assembly—more than $1 million to secure a U.N. commitment to use defendant’s Macau real...

Plaintiff Shirley Locke underwent a vaginal hysterectomy with entocele and rectocele repair at the University of Michigan Hospital. The procedure was performed by defendant, Dr. Judith Pachtman, then a fourth-year resident in gynecology. Codefendant,...