Procedural Posture The United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit entered judgment for defendant state in plaintiff out-of-state buyer's action alleging that the state's reaffirmation of a policy to sell cement to in-state residents...

Respondent employer hired a pest control company to spray pesticide overnight. Respondent's employee became ill and stated that she wanted to go home. She drove home and while in route, rear-ended the driver, who was stopped at a red light. The employee...

Appellant nonclient filed a malpractice lawsuit against respondents, alleging that the attorney's legal representation of the decedent gave rise to a duty of reasonable care to the decedent as her client and to the nonclient as the intended primary...

Defendant, a trash collector, appealed from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding damages for assault and battery in favor of plaintiff, He contended that the trial court gave erroneous jury instructions on the issue of self-defense.

Appellee Mattel Inc.'s predecessor-in-interest, Tyco Industries Inc., first produced a line of toys under the CRASH DUMMIES marks in 1991. In 1993, the predecessor-in-interest obtained federal trademark registrations for the Crash Dummies Marks: Crash...

Plaintiff Marti Sousanis spent her 1998 winter holiday in Detroit. She purchased her round-trip airline ticket from defendant Northwest Airlines Inc. Plaintiff was scheduled to return on Saturday January 2, 1999. During the New Year’s weekend, Detroit...

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Appellant inventors were denied an ornamental design patent under 35 U.S.C.S. § 103 by appellee patent board. Appellee found that appellants' design was obvious based on prior art references. Appellants sought review of appellee's decision...

Appellee news reporter voluntarily covered the developments which surrounded the federal governments' raid on the Branch Dividian compound in Texas. Appellee was one of only two reporters within the compound during the raid and offered comments on...

A police officer observed Patrick Holloran sitting behind the wheel of a pickup truck that was parked with its lights off. Holloran told the officer that he was waiting for a call from his wife to pick her up. The officer smelled alcohol on Holloran’s...