Pritzker v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit June 8, 1993, Argued ; October 15, 1993, Filed No. 93-1215 Opinion  [*1111]  OPINION OF THE COURT LEWIS, Circuit Judge . In this appeal, we revisit...

In late May of 1982 the board of directors of the Evanston Bank discovered that the bank had lost over $1,200,000 in about one year of trading in commodities, while paying over $270,000 in commissions. Evanston Bank brought an action for commodities fraud...

The tenant received federal Supplemental Security Income benefits and was eligible for federally subsidized "Section 8" housing. The landlord presented evidence that the tenant's apartment was unkept and unclean. The trial court ruled that...

On April 17, 1968, the board of directors of Riggs-Young Corp. (hereinafter Riggs-Young) held a special meeting and voted to authorize the liquidation of Riggs-Young Corp. of Delaware (hereinafter Delaware) and Riggs-Young Corp. of California (hereinafter...

Eugene Amos, Jr. filed a tax return ("return") for his taxable year 1997. In that return, Amos excluded from his gross income $200,000 that he received from Mr. Rodman under a settlement agreement. In the notice that the Commissioner of Internal...

State v. Yokota Supreme Court of Hawai'i September 5, 2018, Decided; September 5, 2018, Electronically Filed SCWC-16-0000006 Opinion  [*201]   [**425]  OPINION OF THE COURT BY NAKAYAMA, J. Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee Eric N. Yokota (Yokota) was...

Applicant Newbridge Cutlery Co., an Irish company headquartered in Newbridge, Ireland that designs, manufactures and sells housewares, kitchenware and silverware in the United States and elsewhere around the world under the mark NEWBRIDGE HOME, sought...

Plaintiff Dean Poling, an honor student who was subsequently to become president of his senior class, was one of about a dozen juniors who had qualified as candidates for the Unicoi High student council presidency. It was customary for such candidates...

Plaintiff Alberta Lessard was picked up by two police officers and taken to a mental health center, where she was held on an emergency basis. After an ex parte proceeding, the judge issued a confinement order for 10 days. The doctor sought permanent commitment...

Plaintiffs filed a suit against Atex and Kodak alleging that repetitive stress injuries were caused by the use of Atex branded keyboards. Atex, although undergoing a renaming, was a wholly own subsidiary of Kodak until the sale of most of its assets....