Frustrated with the employer's alleged interference with their right to organize, certain employees engaged in a "sit-down strike" by taking over two of the employer's buildings for 10 days despite a state court injunction. The National...

It’s not exactly litigation; it’s not exactly contract negotiation. Bankruptcy practice is a unique beast, and for that reason, some lawyers don’t even consider it as a potential area of practice. But those lawyers could be turning away...

The individual petitioner was a cook at a cafeteria operated by a private concessionaire on the premises of the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D. C., which was engaged in the development of secret weapons and access to which was limited to persons having...

Upon the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement between the twenty-eight (28) Major League Clubs (collectively, the “Owners”) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (the “Players”), the Owners informed the...

Hess v. Ford Motor Co. Supreme Court of California February 28, 2002, Decided No. S092697. Opinion  [*520]   [**49]   [***223]  BROWN, J. This case presents two unrelated issues. First, the plaintiff enters into a release agreement with one tortfeasor...

Rapanos v. United States Supreme Court of the United States February 21, 2006, Argued ; June 19, 2006, 1 Decided (No. 04-1034), (No. 04-1384) Opinion  [*719]   [**2214]  Justice Scalia announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which...

Falkner v. GM, LLC United States District Court for the Central District of California September 17, 2018, Decided; September 17, 2018, Filed 2:18-cv-00549-SVW-JPR Opinion  [*928]  CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Proceedings : IN CHAMBERS ORDER GRANTING IN PART...

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) approved using petitioner Sosa and other Mexican nationals to abduct respondent Alvarez-Machain (Alvarez), also a Mexican national, from Mexico to stand trial in the United States for a DEA agent's torture...

The testator died in 1960. He bequeathed a life estate to his youngest child, who was handicapped, with the remainder to his children who took care of her. If none of the children provided for her, the remainder would go to the person who did, even if...

Plaintiff appealed the decision of the court dismissing, for insufficiency in law upon its face, plaintiff's complaint against defendant for libel. Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that defendant published an article that charged plaintiff with...