Eastus v. ISS Facility Servs. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit May 27, 2020, Filed No. 19-20258 Opinion  [*208]  LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge: Heidi Eastus appeals an order compelling arbitration. She concedes that she signed...

Am. Airlines v. Wolens Supreme Court of the United States November 1, 1994, Argued ; January 18, 1995, Decided No. 93-1286 Opinion  [**820]   [*221]   [***721]  JUSTICE GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court. The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978...

Joseph Mendez was conceived after his mother, Maria Mendez, underwent a tubal ligation, which allegedly was negligently performed by a physician employee of the defendant, Lovelace Medical Center. The physician found and ligated only one of Maria's...

United States v. Donziger United States District Court for the Southern District of New York August 31, 2020, Decided; August 31, 2020, Filed 19-CR-561 (LAP); 11-CV-691 (LAK) Opinion ORDER LORETTA A. PRESKA, SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE: Before...

John Harrison, who suffered from epilepsy but determined not to have a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), was assigned to temporarily work at Benchmark Electronics Huntsville, Inc. ("BEHI"...

MacDonald & Watson Waste Oil Co. ("MacDonald & Watson") operated a disposal facility on land leased from Narragansett Improvement Co. ("NIC") and under its Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA") permit, which...

Anthropologie, Inc. v. Forever 21, Inc. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York March 13, 2009, Decided; March 13, 2009, Filed 07 Civ. 7873 (RJS) (MHD) Opinion MEMORANDUM & ORDER MICHAEL H. DOLINGER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE...

Whenever employees find themselves working from home for the very first time, they usually discover that it’s not as easy as it seems. Fortunately, most attorneys are already comfortable working remotely. Whether it’s during a large-scale...

Petitioner taxpayers, husband and wife, sought review of the findings of respondent, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which determined deficiencies in their joint income taxes related to an investment in real estate by taxpayer husband. The Commissioner...

Plaintiff called six witnesses in a vain attempt to elicit some evidence in support of the charge of jury tampering. The first two witnesses were interrogated only with reference to a prior mistrial. That incident was not relevant in any way to the charge...