Defendant Herbert Pacheco met Thomas Dillon in 1985, when Pacheco worked about 2 months for Dillon’s private investigation firm. Pacheco bragged to Dillon about his involvement in illegal activities, including enforcement, collecting debts, procuring...

Beginning on or around January 2, 1991, Defendant White devised and engaged in a scheme to "defraud and obtain money by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises." Defendant White represented to certain individuals...

Patrick Vigneau and Richard Crandall conducted a venture to acquire marijuana and steroids in the Southwest and resell them in the Northeastern United States. Crandall obtained the marijuana and steroids from suppliers in El Paso, Texas, and in Mexico...

Petitioner Antoine Levar Griffin was charged in numerous counts with the shooting death of Darvell Guest at Ferrari’s bar in Perryville, Cecil County. During his trial, the State sought to introduce several pages printed from the MySpace profile...

Plaintiff small airline filed a diversity suit for breach of contract against defendant air shipping company. Plaintiff obtained a jury verdict. The parties were members of a civil air fleet team where the defendant was the team leader. The suit was based...

Plaintiff Emma Galler and her late husband Benjamin Galler entered into an agreement with defendants Isadore A. Galler and his wife, Rose. Benjamin and Isadore Galler, brothers, were equal partners in the Galler Drug Company, a wholesale drug concern...

Petitioner DIRECTV, Inc., and its customers entered into a service agreement that included a binding arbitration provision with a class-arbitration waiver. It specified that the entire arbitration provision was unenforceable if the “law of your...

Plaintiffs, a group of Indiana automobile dealers who sell vehicles manufactured by General Motors (GM), a Delaware corporation, brought this action against GM on behalf of all Indiana dealers alleging that GM's marketing scheme violates the Indiana...

The seller of a business sued the buyer to recover on promissory notes executed in connection with the sale; court-supervised settlement conferences were held, but if a settlement was arrived at, it was not put on the record. Nevertheless, a stipulated...

Plaintiffs Erwin Sussman and Ira Guilden, deceased, were founders, directors, and shareholders of North American Bank Ltd. ("NAB"), an Israeli bank. Defendant Bank of Israel ("BOI") insured deposits in Israeli banks. In 1985, after...