In an action brought by appellees, environmental organizations and residents of the area near a planned nuclear power facility, the district court determined that the Price-Anderson Act (Act), 42 U.S.C.S. § 2210 et seq. , which was intended to protect...

As Enron Corporation's financial difficulties became public, petitioner Arthur Andersen LLP, Enron's auditor, instructed its employees to destroy documents pursuant to its document retention policy. Petitioner was indicted under 18 U.S.C. §§...

The Act of November 23, 1921, c. 135, 42 Stat. 224, called the "Maternity Act," authorizes appropriations, apportioned among such of the States as shall accept and comply with its provisions, for the purpose of cooperating with them to reduce...

ASARCO, LLC ("Asarco") appealed the district court's dismissal of its contribution action brought under § 113(f) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. §§...

In an underlying action, plaintiff sought to recover damages for the breach of a written executory contract between the parties for the sale and delivery of goods. The contract was an open one as to the quantity of goods that defendant was to deliver...

Appellant entered into an agreement with appellee whereby appellant agreed to construct certain alterations and repairs to a dwelling house. After working several months on the project, appellant was forcefully ejected from the premises by appellee. Appellee...

Parties were married, and eventually divorced, pursuant to a divorce decree filed by the wife. Under this decree, the court divided the couple's marital property, and held that the wife did not have to pay the husband for any constructive ouster that...

Defendant gave plaintiff his check for three hundred dollars for a silver watch, worth fifteen, but the whole transaction was in mere frolic and banter, the one party not expecting to buy the watch nor the other to sell it. The defendant had no money...

The tenant operated a general store in a shopping center owned by the lessor. The lease agreement prohibited the lessor from leasing space in the shopping center to any other business which derived more than 25 percent of its sales from hardware, housewares...

Appellant student was allegedly molested by a teacher. Appellants, the student and his parents, sued both the teacher and respondent school district under Cal. Gov. Code § 900 et seq, alleging that respondent was vicariously liable for the teacher's...