In an action brought by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) to recover over $5 million in costs incurred in cleaning up a hazardous waste site...

Plaintiff parents, whose deceased children's corneas were removed by the Los Angeles County Coroner's office without notice or consent, brought a 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 action alleging a taking of their property without due process of law. The...

The grand jury sought to subpoena certain notes taken by counsel for the White House that concerned an investigation conducted by the OIC. The district court denied the OIC's motion to compel production of the documents. The OIC challenged the decision...

Parents' son was handicapped and entitled to public-expense instruction and transportation. They placed him in a private school, and the BSEA ordered the town to cover tuition and transportation. The town filed a judicial review.

Dunn v. Browne Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division Second Department July, 1920 No Number in Original Opinion  [**1]   [*906]  Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs, upon the authority of Lincoln Trust Co. v. Williams Building Corp. (229...

Bernstein v. Bankert United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit October 31, 2011, Argued; December 19, 2012, Decided Nos. 11-1501 and 11-1523 Opinion  [*195]  Deguilio , District Judge . This appeal is the latest chapter in the story of the...

Defendants were convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud for selling used cars with rolled-back odometers to a third party who obtained new title certificates for the vehicles by mail. They appealed, contending that the evidence was insufficient because...

Petitioner At&T Technologies, Inc., a communications company, laid off telephone installation workers at one of its facilities and transferred the same number of such workers in from facilities in other states, despite the contention of the respondent...

Plaintiff-appellee Kent Blacklidge and defendant-appellant Mark Blacklidge were father and son, and were both real estate appraisers. In the year 2000, they orally agreed to start a business together. They did not create any formal documentation of either...

Appellant buyer contracted with the appellee seller to purchase a quantity of sunflower seeds. When the seller notified the buyer that the seller would not continue to supply the sunflower seeds, the buyer brought a breach of contract action against the...