Plaintiff general contractor, George Seitz, and defendant, Mark-O-Lite Sign Contractors, Inc. executed, a contract for Mark-O-Lite to perform work on the marquee of a theater that Seitz was restoring. The contract contained a force majeure clause that...

SEC v. Rana Research United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 5, 1992, Argued, Submitted, Pasadena, California ; November 3, 1993, Filed No. 90-56230, No. 91-55044 Opinion  [*1359]  OPINION HALL, Circuit Judge: Rana Research, Inc...

Knick v. Twp. of Scott Supreme Court of the United States October 3, 2018 Reargued January 16, 2019, Argued; June 21, 2019, Decided No. 17-647. Opinion  [*2167]  Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court. The Takings Clause of the Fifth...

Brosseau v. Haugen Supreme Court of the United States December 13, 2004, Decided No. 03-1261 Opinion  [**596]   [*194]  Per Curiam.  [**596]  Officer Rochelle Brosseau, a member of the Puyallup, Washington, Police Department,  [**597]  shot Kenneth Haugen...

Binger v. King Pest Control Supreme Court of Florida July 16, 1981 No. 58882 Opinion  [*1311]  ENGLAND, Justice. In this civil proceeding, we endeavor to reconcile conflicting district court decisions regarding the effect of a pretrial failure to disclose...

Bmw of N. Am. v. Gore Supreme Court of the United States October 11, 1995, Argued ; May 20, 1996, Decided No. 94-896. Opinion  [***818]   [*562]   [**1592]  JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court. ] The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth...

Collins v. Virginia Supreme Court of the United States January 9, 2018, Argued; May 29, 2018, Decided No. 16-1027. Opinion Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.  [*1668]  This case presents the question whether the automobile exception...

Mullane v. Cent. Hanover Bank & Trust Co. Supreme Court of the United States February 8, 1950, Argued ; April 24, 1950, Decided No. 378 Opinion  [*307]   [**654]   [***869]  MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This controversy...

Defendant Cordell Smith was charged with drug trafficking and firearms offenses. During the trial in federal district court, in order to prove the interstate nexus element of the felon-in-possession count, the government presented the testimony of Special...

This was a consolidated case that arose from the murder of Lisa Kindred. Between midnight and 1:00 A.M. on May 9, 1999, Lisa was shot and killed while in her vehicle with her three children. Two individuals who were in the same neighborhood at the time...