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  • Lee v. A.R.T. Co.

    Annie Lee (plaintiff) sold her creations to various stores and one store sold some of her postcards and lithographs to A.R.T. Company (defendant) which mounted the works on ceramic tiles and resold them. Annie Lee brought suit against A.R.T. Company for...

  • Commonwealth v. Kater

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  • Lyondell Chem. Co. v. Ryan

    Ryan and other stockholders filed a class action suit against directors of Lyondell Chemical Company alleging a breach of the fiduciary duties of care, loyalty and candor. The Court of Chancery (Delaware) denied the directors' motion for summary judgment...

  • Feiner v. New York

    A complaint was called into the police regarding a meeting on the streets where Petitioner was addressing a crowd through a loud-speaker system attached to an automobile. He was encouraging his listeners to attend a meeting to be held that night in a...

  • United States v. Williams

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  • St. John's Holdings, LLC v. Two Elecs., LLC

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  • Price v. N. States Power Co.

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