Defendant Joseph Edward Van Ronk was convicted by a jury of attempted voluntary manslaughter, a lesser included offense within the charge of attempted murder. The jury further found that defendant personally used a firearm in the commission of the offense...

After a collision between plaintiff dump truck driver and defendant tractor-trailer driver, plaintiff filed a successful action for damages to his truck and business. Defendant tractor-trailer driver appealed a judgment for plaintiff dump truck driver...

Defendant Michael Wild was employed by plaintiff Giffords Oil Co. for several years in commercial sales. While there, Wild entered into an employment agreement which contained a covenant restricting him from directly or indirectly soliciting plaintiffs'...

Plaintiffs and defendants entered into a lease by which the plaintiffs agreed to lease to defendants certain premises. The lease was for a renewable term of five years and was for a rental sum of $172,040 the lease also contained a provision that prohibited...

Trying an intellectual property dispute to a jury is no easy feat. No trial is. But the inherent complexity of most intellectual property disputes (which generally includes more science and technicality than the layperson can grasp) means that IP lawyers...

Defendant Keithley Johnson was convicted of distribution of controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) , and four counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 . Johnson appealed, claiming that there was insufficient...

Petitioner Dowling was convicted of robbing a Virgin Islands bank while wearing a ski mask and carrying a small pistol. Relying on Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) -- which provides that evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts may be admissible against...

An indigent defendant, represented at trial by court-appointed counsel, was convicted of forgery charges in two separate criminal prosecutions in North Carolina state courts. Pursuant to North Carolina statutes, the defendant took separate appeals as...

Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (“SWANCC”), a consortium of suburban Chicago municipalities, selected as a solid waste disposal site an abandoned sand and gravel pit with excavation trenches that had evolved into permanent and seasonal...

Referring to Twin State Gas & Electric Company’s (“Twin”) wires, Twin's foreman complained to the city about a public bridge's use as a playground by trespassing boys. After falling from the bridge, decedent minor was electrocuted...