• Goldman, Sachs & Co. v. Athena Venture Partners, L.P.

    Goldman, Sachs & Co. v. Athena Venture Partners, L.P. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit October 21, 2014, Argued; September 29, 2015, Opinion Filed No. 13-3461 Opinion  [*145]  OPINION OF THE COURT FUENTES, Circuit Judge . Goldman...

  • Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Insurance Co.

    Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Insurance Co. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit August 8, 1996, Argued ; January 23, 1997, Decided ; January 23, 1997, Filed Nos. 95-3537/95-3588 Opinion  [*259]  HARRY W. WELLFORD, Circuit Judge. Defendant,...

  • Country Mut. Ins. Co. v. Dahms

    Country Mut. Ins. Co. v. Dahms Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division May 19, 2016, Decided No. 1-14-1392 Opinion  [*P1]   [**121]   [****314]  This declaratory-judgment action involves an insurance coverage dispute as to whether...

  • Noble v. Weinstein

    Noble v. Weinstein United States District Court for the Southern District of New York August 13, 2018, Decided; August 14, 2018, Filed 17 Civ. 9260 (RWS) Opinion  [*510]  Sweet., D.J. Defendants Harvey Weinstein ("Harvey") and Robert Weinstein...

  • Smith v. Van Gorkom

    Smith v. Van Gorkom Supreme Court of Delaware June 11, 1984, Submitted ; January 29, 1985, Decided No. 255, 1982 Opinion  [*863]  This appeal from the Court of Chancery involves a class action brought by shareholders of the defendant Trans Union Corporation...

  • California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland

    California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland Supreme Court of California August 28, 2017, Filed S234148 Opinion  [***214]   [**53]  CUÉLLAR, J. —Here we consider the interplay of two constitutional provisions. First, sections 8 and 11 of article II...

  • Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.

    Defendant Autodesk, Inc. developed "AutoCAD," a popular computer-aided design and drafting program, and sold several of its AutoCad packages to an architectural firm. The sale was made under a limited license agreement that stated that the license...

  • Patel v. Facebook Inc.

    This consolidated action originated as three separate cases originally filed in Illinois courts. Two of the cases were filed in federal court, while a third was filed in Illinois state court and removed to federal court by Facebook under the Class Action...

  • Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke

    Coke was a domestic worker who provided "companionship services" to elderly and infirm men and women. Coke was paid by the employer, a third-party agency. Coke filed suit against her employer and its owner, alleging that they failed to pay her...

  • Elliff v. Texon Drilling Co.

    The landowners owned the surface and certain royalty interest of land upon which a producing well was located, as well as the mineral estate underlying the land. While the oil companies were engaged in drilling an offset well, the offset well blew out...