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    Plaintiffs brought an action to enforce defendant seller's oral agreement to impose building restrictions on property she retained when she sold parcels encumbered by restrictions to plaintiffs, and to enjoin the sale of a parcel to defendant buyer...
  • Lacos Land Co. v. Arden Grp., Inc.

    Lacos Land Co. was a shareholder in defendant company Arden Group, which, pursuant to a recapitalization plan devised by defendant officer Briskin, proposed to issue a new class of common stock that would create a dual common stock structure with one...
  • Tralon Corp. v. Cedarapids, Inc.

    Tralon Corp. v. Cedarapids, Inc. United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Cedar Rapids Division May 20, 1997, Decided ; May 20, 1997, FILED, ENTERED ON DOCKET No. C 95-195-MWB Opinion  [*815]  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING...
  • Fisher v. Univ. of Tex.

    Fisher v. Univ. of Tex. Supreme Court of the United States December 9, 2015, Argued; June 23, 2016, Decided No. 14-981 Opinion  [*369]   [**2205]  Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court. The Court is asked once again to consider whether the...
  • Lezine v. Sec. Pac. Fin. Servs., Inc.

    In an action by a wife against her husband and two trust deed beneficiaries, the trial court determined that two trust deeds securing loans encumbered by the couple's residence were void because they were executed without the wife's knowledge...
  • Gardner v. Loomis Armored

    Plaintiff guard and armored car driver left his truck and went to the rescue of a woman during a bank robbery. He was later fired because defendant employer had a "fundamental" company rule forbidding armored truck drivers from leaving the truck...
  • Swayze v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    A vehicle driven by Holly D. Swayze (plaintiff) was struck on the passenger side by a vehicle driven by Brittany Miles (tortfeasor). Plaintiff filed a petition for damages for injuries to her back and neck against the tortfeasor and the tortfeasor's...
  • Kendall v. Visa U.S.A., Inc.

    Appellants, who offered customers the convenience of paying with a credit card, alleged that appellees conspired with each other to set the fees charged to merchants, such as appellants, for payment of credit card sales. Appellants contended that appellees'...
  • Evans v. United States

    Evans v. United States Supreme Court of the United States December 9, 1991, Argued ; May 26, 1992, Decided No. 90-6105 Opinion  [*256]   [***65]   [**1883]  JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari, 500 U.S. 951 (1991...
  • NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc.

    The representative of respondent J. Weingarten, Inc. ("employer") conducted an investigatory interview with one of the employer's workers regarding the employee's suspected theft of food from the employer. During the interview the employee...
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