This is an action in which it is claimed that a successful song, My Sweet Lord, listing George Harrison as the composer, is plagiarized from an earlier successful song, He's So Fine, composed by Ronald Mack, recorded by a singing group called the...

In 1997, the parties reached an agreement to have defendant CSR West (CSR) transport "all" the shoulder excavations from a road construction project to plaintiff Robert Egerer's property at the rate of $ .50 per cubic yard. CSR failed to...

The parties were married, and lived in GA. A GA court issued a custody determination regarding the parties' children. The mother moved to LA, and filed a motion to modify child visitation and child support in the Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish...

The owner hid a gun and ammunition at his hunting camp. Approximately 13 years before the murder, the owner rescinded his grandson's permission to visit the camp. Prior to the murders, the owner found that the cabin had been broken into, but he did...

United States ex rel. Milam v. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit March 2, 1992, Argued ; April 3, 1992, Decided No. 91-2194 Opinion  [*47]  OPINION HALL, Circuit Judge: The M. D. Anderson...

The parties' agreement provided that the sale was conditioned upon the buyer's obtaining of financing. The buyer was advised that a specific lender who held an encumbrance on the property was open to refinancing the loan. Instead of contacting...

Plaintiffs Eric Glatt and Alexander Footman were unpaid interns who worked on the production of the film in New York. After production ended, plaintiff Glatt took a second unpaid internship relating to the film’s post-production. Plaintiff Kanene...

Larson v. United States United States Claims Court June 23, 1992, Filed No. 90-3986C Opinion  [***1389]   [*367]  ORDER TIDWELL , Judge : This case is before the court on the parties' cross-motions for partial summary judgment. Plaintiffs claim that...

A class action, instituted in the Circuit Court of Saint Clair County, Illinois, challenged the constitutionality, on equal protection and due process grounds, of Ill. Code Crim. P. 110-7(f), providing that an accused may obtain his pretrial release by...

United States v. Progressive, Inc. United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin March 26, 1979 No. 79-C-98 Opinion  [*991]  MEMORANDUM AND ORDER On March 9, 1979, this Court, at the request of the government, but after hearing from...