In patent infringement suit, plaintiff Amazon.com, Inc. moved for a preliminary injunction to prohibit the use of defendant barnesandnoble.com llc of a feature of its website called "Express Lane." Defendant resisted the preliminary injunction...

Appellant Ivor Keelan, a citizen of the United Kingdom, worked as a regional sales director for defendant-appellee Majesco Software, Inc. (“Majesco”). He was hired as an employee-at-will. During his first four months on the job, Keelan generated...

Several independent gasoline dealers filed antitrust actions in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against several large oil companies. While discovery proceedings were under way, a federal grand jury empaneled in the Central...

Plaintiff-respondent Raymond K. Peil alleged that defendant National Semiconductor Corporation ("NSC"), defendant-petitioner Charles F. Sporck, NSC's president, and defendant Peter J. Sprague, NSC's chairman, conspired to inflate artificially...

Appellant Barbara Horgan, the executrix of the renowned choreographer George Balanchine, was denied injunctive relief enjoining appellees from publishing a book containing photographs of dancers performing Balanchine’s choreography. The district...

Prior to their divorce proceeding, when their marriage was breaking down, the wife encouraged the husband to meet another woman and live with her for a period of time prior to him getting married again. The wife also signed a document that she would not...

The attorney, David Thomas, represented the clients who were the plaintiffs in a lead poisoning case. Allegedly upon the attorney's recommendation, the clients accepted a settlement offer and executed the releases demanded by Groscup, the settling...

Defendant sought review of his felony conviction for criminal income tax evasion under 26 U.S.C.S. § 145(b) of the Revenue Act of 1936. The indictment alleged that defendant failed to file a tax return and willfully failed to pay the tax. At trial...

Medical providers filed several class action lawsuits against managed care insurance companies, including CIGNA Healthcare, Inc., alleging that the insurers improperly processed and rejected certain physicians' claims for payment. The actions were...

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...