Wolff v. McDonnell Supreme Court of the United States April 22, 1974, Argued ; June 26, 1974, Decided No. 73-679 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondent inmate, on behalf of himself and other inmates, challenged the constitutionality of several of...

Greyhound Corp. v. Superior Court of Merced County Supreme Court of California August 3, 1961 Sac. No. 7274 Case Summary Procedural Posture Petitioner carrier filed an alternative writ of prohibition to prevent enforcement of an order of respondent Superior...

Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Ry. v. White Supreme Court of the United States April 17, 2006, Argued ; June 22, 2006, Decided No. 05-259 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondent employee sued petitioner employer, alleging retaliation in violation...

Georgia v. Randolph Supreme Court of the United States November 8, 2005, Argued ; March 22, 2006, Decided No. 04-1067 Case Summary Procedural Posture Defendant's motion to suppress evidence of his cocaine use that was seized as a result of a warrantless...

Duldulao v. St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center Supreme Court of Illinois January 30, 1987, Filed No. 62737 Case Summary Procedural Posture Defendant employer challenged the decision of the Appellate Court for the First District (Illinois), which reversed...

Two cases involving similar issues were consolidated for review. In the first case, defendant Louis De Bour was stopped by police officers while walking on the street in the middle of the night. The officer noticed a slight waist-high bulge in De Bour's...

Appellant, Miguel Braschi, was living with Leslie Blanchard in a rent-controlled apartment from the summer of 1975 until Blanchard's death in September of 1986. In Nov. 1986, respondent, Stahl Associates Company ("Stahl"), the owner of the...

Defendant was charged with kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C.S. § 1201(a). Since the victim had not been liberated unharmed, defendant faced a maximum penalty of death under the statute if a jury should so recommend. Defendant pled guilty after...

A loan by petitioner Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association (Bank) to respondent 203 North LaSalle Street Partnership (Debtor) was secured by a mortgage on the Debtor's interest in a Chicago office building, the value of which was...

Defendant sold a home to decedent who ordered shrubbery from the plaintiffs to be placed on the property. The shrubbery was placed on the property but the decedent died before payment was made to the plaintiffs. Defendant sold the home with the shrubbery...