On April 8, 1985, Mesa Petroleum Co., Mesa Asset Co., Mesa Partners II, and Mesa Eastern, Inc. (collectively "Mesa"), the owners of approximately 13% of Unocal Corporation's ("Unocal") stock, commenced a two-tier "front loaded"...

After an earlier attempt to rezone certain land for industrial use failed, the power company suggested to the town that it would be willing to make a gift of enough money to enable the town to build a new high school if the rezoning were permitted. The...

Defendant, who lived within the City of Boston, took a box of poultry that was produced in another state to the public market for sale without obtaining permission from the clerk of the market. The clerk requested proof that the poultry was produced on...

Precision Instrument Mfg. Co. v. Auto. Maint. Mach. Co. Supreme Court of the United States January 31, February 1, 1945, Argued ; April 23, 1945, Decided No. 377 Opinion  [*807]   [**994]   [***1382]   [135]  MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of...

Clemons v. Norton Healthcare Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit June 22, 2017, Argued; May 10, 2018, Decided; May 10, 2018, Filed File Name: 18a0090p.06 Nos. 16-5063/5124 Opinion  [*258]   [***2]  McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. This appeal...

Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint Supreme Court of the United States December 1, 1927, Argued ; December 12, 1927, Decided No. 102 Opinion  [*307]   [**134]   [***292]  MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a libel by...

Under Illinois law indigent defendants may obtain a free transcript to obtain appellate review of constitutional questions, but, except for capital cases, not of other alleged trial errors such as admissibility and sufficiency of evidence. After their...

Hachette Distribution, Inc. v. Hudson County News Co. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York May 17, 1991, Decided No. CV-91-0373 (ADS) Opinion  [*357]  MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER At a time when Congress considered the passage...

The employer contracted to paint the inside of the dome of the courthouse. The employer contracted with the scaffold-builder to build the necessary scaffold. The decedent was working on the curve of the dome, when the scaffold broke. The decedent fell...

NAACP v. Ala. ex rel. Patterson Supreme Court of the United States January 15-16, 1958, Argued ; June 30, 1958, Decided No. 91 Opinion  [*451]   [***1493]   [**1166]  MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court. We review from the standpoint...