Defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree burglary. On appeal, defendant contended that it was an abuse of the trial court's discretion to admit six prior convictions of crimes of moral turpitude, three of which were identical to the charged...

The donee filed an action to recover possession of a diamond ring from his aunt's estate to which he claimed title by gift. The donee alleged that his aunt, the donor, gave him the ring at a dinner party but the donor requested its return until she...

The Flying-Fish, a Danish vessel having on board Danish and neutral property, was captured on a voyage from Jeremie to St. Thomas’s, by the United States frigate Boston, commanded by Captain Little. The captain believed that the vessel was of American...

Plaintiff Millers (buyers) entered into a contract of sale with defendant Almquists (sellers) of a cooperative apartment in Manhattan. The contract provided for a down payment but did not contain any financing contingency clause. The buyers never represented...

After James Smith, a county sheriff's deputy, responded to a call along with another officer, Murray Stapp, Stapp returned to his patrol car and saw a motorcycle approaching at high speed, driven by Brian Willard, and carrying Philip Lewis, plaintiffs'...

Defendant broke into the victims' home and awakened them with the sound of his entry. The victims called their parents, who arrived with police and confronted defendant, who told officers that he had placed a bomb in the house. Defendant had been...

Petitioner Stansbury, who was not considered by a county sheriff's office detective to be a leading suspect in the detective's homicide investigation concerning the death of a 10-year-old girl, was taken at the detective's request to a police...

In February 1980, petitioner Doggett was indicted on federal drug charges, but he left the country before the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) could secure his arrest. The DEA knew that he was later imprisoned in Panama, but after requesting that he be expelled...

Plaintiff Lisa Dorsey, on behalf of her minor daughter, J.D., filed a discrimination action in federal district court against defendants Pueblo School District 60 ("District"), the Board of Education of Pueblo School District 60, and John Doe...

Plaintiff Andrea Blanch, a photographer, filed a lawsuit in federal district court against defendant Jeff Koons, a visual artist, for violations of the Copyright Act of 1976; the complaint also named The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Deutsche as...