Gross abuse of trust by the officers and trustees led Aldred Investment Trust into receivership and eventual liquidation. The shareholders filed suit, proffering reorganization plans, seeking a meeting of all trust shareholders, and contesting the trial...

Eric W. Henault (Decedent) executed a partly printed and partly typewritten two-sided, single-page will that named Charles Castagna II (Castagna) as executor of his estate. The majority of Decedent’s assets were also entrusted to Castagna. Decedent’s...

Glickenhaus & Co. v. Household Int'l, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit May 29, 2014, Argued; May 21, 2015, Decided No. 13-3532 Opinion  [*412]  SYKES, Circuit Judge . This securities-fraud class action was tried to a...

In re Valley Forge Plaza Assoc. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania January 8, 1990, Decided Bankruptcy No. 89-11136S Chapter 11 Opinion  [*671]  SCHOLL, United States Bankruptcy Judge In the decision-making process...

Plaintiffs, concerned citizens, filed complaints in the trial court challenging the constitutionality of a program, the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), which permitted Florida to pay a student's tuition at a private school to allow the student...

Howarth v. M&H Ventures, LLC Supreme Court of Mississippi November 2, 2017, Decided NO. 2016-CA-00742-SCT Opinion  [*108]  NATURE OF THE CASE: CIVIL - WRONGFUL DEATH KITCHENS, PRESIDING JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT : P1. Richard H. Howarth, Jr., died in...

The United States sued to restrain violations of §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act by (i) five corporations that produce motion pictures and their respective subsidiaries or affiliates which distribute and exhibit films and own or control theatres...

In June 2013, defendant Robert K. Hurley was driving through downtown Bennington when he was stopped by a police officer. The police officer stopped the defendant after the officer saw a pine-tree-shaped air freshener hanging from the defendant's...

Kaufman v. Cohen Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department May 27, 2003, Decided ; May 27, 2003, Entered 2546 Case Summary Procedural Posture Plaintiff limited partners appealed from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County...

Nat'l Archives & Records Admin. v. Favish Supreme Court of the United States December 3, 2003, Argued ; March 30, 2004, Decided No. 02-954 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondent citizen sued petitioner federal agency seeking photographs of...