Alvarez v. IBP, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 8, 2003, Argued and Submitted, Seattle, Washington ; August 5, 2003, Filed No. 02-35042, No. 02-35110 Opinion  [*897]  THOMAS, Circuit Judge:  [**2]  Perhaps the packing plant...

Dalton v. Educ. Testing Serv. Court of Appeals of New York October 19, 1995, Argued ; December 7, 1995, Decided No. 263 Opinion  [*386]   [**290]   [***978]  Chief Judge Kaye. [1, 2] The primary question before us is whether defendant, Educational Testing...

The Circuit Court of the United States, Northern District of Illinois, and the Circuit Court of the United States, Southern District of New York, both ruled in favor of the respondent government in suits brought by the appellant importers to obtain a...

Joseph Alderstein, CEO, loaned $500,000 to SpectruMedix Corporation, to avoid a liquidity crisis, in exchange for stock and a controlling voting interest. Alderstein was also a company board member. Subsequently, other board members claimed he was doing...

Petitioner Barbara Hafer won election to the post of auditor general of Pennsylvania. Shortly after becoming auditor general, she dismissed 18 employees, including named respondent James Melo, Jr., on the basis that they "bought" their jobs...

Petitioner Myron Wiener was a member of the War Claims Commission created by Congress "to receive and adjudicate according to law" claims for compensating internees, prisoners of war and religious organizations who suffered personal injury or...

OutKast, a "rap" music duo, recorded a song and used Rosa Parks’ name as the title. Parks sued LaFace Records, a record producer, and OutKast, as well as several other named affiliates for violating § 43(a) ( 15 U.S.C.S. § 1125...

Defendant Hughes Anderson Bagley was convicted of various narcotics violations in a bench trial in a federal district Court. Defendant moved to vacate his sentence, contending that his due process rights under the rule of Brady v Maryland. which required...

The United States chartered the Steamship Acadia from the plaintiff ship owner. The charter provided that the United States would return the ship in the same condition as on the date of delivery, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and would either make...

Foreign countries were transporting slaves when pirates seized them. Some slaves died. An American ship then intercepted the pirates. The foreign countries requested that their slaves be returned to them. The foreign countries brought a claim for the...