Defendant Continental Resources, Inc. ("Continental") obtained top leases covering two oil and gas wells that were then under lease to and being operated by plaintiff Baytide Petroleum, Inc. ("Baytide"). Continental filed an action...

Petitioner Samuel Ocasio, a former officer in the Baltimore Police Department, participated in a kickback scheme with the owners of a local auto repair shop. When petitioner and other Baltimore officers reported to the scene of an auto accident, they...

Two data collectors for the Ohio County Assessor, approached the house of the plaintiffs (Coveys). The data collectors knocked on the front door, but nobody answered. Then they went around to the back of the house, where the Coveys have a patio under...

Plaintiffs, the School of Visual Arts (SVA), alleged that defendant employee posted false job listings on an internet website for the director's position and that the employee provided the director's school e-mail address to various pornographic...

An unarmed alleged stalker was arrested inside the home of his victim and then questioned extensively despite his repeated invocation of his right to remain silent. The police, aware from a records search that he had eight firearms registered in his name...

Defendant Tameka Parker walked out of her home where she lived with her three children. She was about to get into a friend's car, when she heard Mr. Powell yell from across the street that he "should go over and smack the *** out of that ***...

The State of Rhode Island (State) asserted that in 1909, the landowners (Plattors) of the beach property dedicated the disputed beach area to the public through the recordation of a Plat and Indenture. The State, through its Attorney General, Peter F...

Despite repeatedly asserting his innocence, defendant Paul Satterfield was convicted of first degree murder in 1985 and sentenced to life in prison. After many years of direct and collateral litigation, defendant appeared to emerge victorious when the...

Petitioner Glen Pinkham was charged in the Yakima County District Court with one count of possession of a loaded rifle in a vehicle in violation of RCW 77.15.460(1) after being seen field dressing an elk by a wildlife officer. The complaint charging the...

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is a proposed 604.5 mile, 42-inch diameter natural gas pipeline that would stretch from West Virginia to North Carolina. The ACP route approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and for which the Forest...