Appellant-petitioner CA, Inc. (“CA”) was a Delaware corporation whose board of directors consisted of 12 persons, all of who sat for reelection each year. On September 9, 2008, CA’s annual meeting of stockholders was held. In connection...

Two separate cases pitting the directors of Atlas Corporation against its largest shareholder, Blasius Industries were consolidated and tried together, requiring the court to determine who could sit on Atlas Corporation's board of directors. The first...

After Ohio police found photographs in petitioner Osborne's home, each of which depicted a nude male adolescent posed in a sexually explicit position, he was convicted of violating Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2907.323(A)(3) , a state statute prohibiting...

The jury found appellant guilty of conspiracy to commit persons not to possess a firearm, and not guilty of selling a firearm to someone who is ineligible to possess one. On appeal, he argued with respect to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain...

Plaintiff corporation sought the return of items seized during a search and challenged a blocking order that froze assets and records. The corporation moved for a preliminary injunction against defendant government officials.

Defendant manufacturer appealed an order of the appellate court, which ruled that notes and memoranda of defendant's attorney, and a metallurgical report prepared by defendant's employee, were not protected under the work product doctrine or the...

Marger, Administrator ad Litem for the Estate of De Rosa, appealed the trial court's order determining that a house owned by the decedent as a joint tenant with the right of survivorship was not homestead property for purposes of the administration...

Plaintiff was a mark holder engaged in naked licensing of its mark, "Movie Mania," for more than 5 years with multiple parties. It sued defendants, who used the "Movie Mania" mark a decade after the first instance of plaintiff's...

Plaintiff buyer, Neil H. Bander, entered into a contract with the defendant sorts car dealer, Robert Grossman, to buy a unique motor vehicle. Defendant was unable to timely deliver the vehicle because of some problems with the title. Plaintiff canceled...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a new marketing rule that will significantly impact the advertising and solicitation practices of SEC-registered investment advisers that sponsor private funds. The marketing rule modernizes the regulatory...