Plaintiff former senior vice president brought an action against defendants, corporation and others, to recover a finder's fee that defendant corporation promised plaintiff in the event of an acquisition. The trial court determined that the oral finder’s...

Hill v. PeopleSoft USA, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit May 25, 2005, Argued ; June 22, 2005, Decided No. 04-2187 Opinion  [*541]  HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge: The issue in this case is whether the district court erred when...

Glen Holly Entm't, Inc. v. Tektronix Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit October 9, 2002, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California ; September 9, 2003, Filed No. 01-56447 Opinion  [*367]  AMENDED OPINION TROTT, Circuit Judge...

Based on five separate incidents of misconduct, Mr. Jackson was removed from his supervisory position with the Veterans Administration for sexual harassment of a subordinate. Following a hearing before the presiding official designated to hear the appeal...

Petitioner, an enrolled Chippewa Indian, brought this suit in state court seeking a declaratory judgment that the State of Minnesota and respondent county lacked authority to impose a personal property tax on his mobile home located on land held in trust...

The person's decedent died in consequence of injuries suffered when her automobile, operated by the driver, collided with a utility pole. The trial court found that the sole cause of the accident was the fact that the driver dozed off to sleep and...

Respondents were practicing Muslims who sued under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA), claiming that federal agents placed them on the No Fly List for refusing to act as informants against their religious communities. They sought injunctive...

West v. American Tel. & Tel. Co. Supreme Court of the United States November 13, 1940, Argued ; December 9, 1940, Decided Nos. 44, 45 Opinion  [*231]   [**181]   [***141]  MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court. The Circuit Court of...

Decurtis Llc v. Carnival Corp. United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida January 6, 2021, Decided; January 6, 2021, Entered on Docket Case No. 20-22945-Civ-SCOLA/TORRES Opinion REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON DECURTIS'S MOTION...

Decedent Nathaniel Butler, Jr. and appellant Georgia Mae were married in 1946. They lived together for a short time and then separated in 1947. Although the marriage was never legally dissolved, Nathaniel told Georgia Mae that he had "bought"...