Kellogg Brown & Root Servs. v. United States ex rel. Carter Supreme Court of the United States January 13, 2015, Argued; May 26, 2015, Decided No. 12-1497 Opinion Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court. Wars have often provided “exceptional...

Cirillo v. Valley Baptist Health Sys. (In re Cirillo) United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division April 3, 2014, Decided; April 3, 2014, Entered CASE NO: 09-10324, CHAPTER 13, ADVERSARY NO. 13-01002 Opinion...

Aronson v. Lewis Supreme Court of Delaware November 14, 1983, Submitted ; March 1, 1984, Decided No. 203, 1983 Opinion  [*807]  In the wake of Zapata Corp. v. Maldonado , Del. Supr., 430 A.2d 779 (1981) , this Court left a crucial issue unanswered: when...

Plaintiff Faith Ringgold owned the copyright in a work of art entitled "Church Picnic Story Quilt," a new form of artistic expression that Ringgold created. The design consisted of a painting, a handwritten text, and quilting fabric, all three...

In May 1987, when Strait was 16 years old, he and several other teenagers went riding in Crary's pickup truck. Crary purchased beer and other intoxicants for the young people, and they soon became quite intoxicated. Crary, who was not drinking himself...

Defendant allegedly asked a friend to kill his wife or to find someone to do so. The government presented evidence that the telephone calls made to an undercover agent traveled to a switching station out of state. Defendant was convicted of violating...

Xiulu Ruan v. United States Supreme Court of the United States March 1, 2022, Argued; June 27, 2022, Decided 1 Nos. 20-1410 and 21-5261. Opinion Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. ] A provision of the Controlled Substances Act, codified...

Friedman's Liquidating Trust v. Roth Staffing Cos. LP (In re Friedman's Inc.) United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit October 17, 2013, Argued; December 24, 2013, Opinion Filed No. 13-1712 Opinion  [*549]  RENDELL , Circuit Judge...

Defendant and plaintiff signed a representation agreement in 2005 and then extended that agreement in 2010. Plaintiff alleged that they modified the agreement in 2013 to replace a flat annual fee with a percentage-based contingency fee. After the representation...

Footbridge Ltd. Trust v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York September 28, 2010, Decided; September 28, 2010, Filed 09 Civ. 4050 (PKC) Opinion MEMORANDUM AND ORDER P. KEVIN CASTEL, District Judge...