Defendant corporation repurchased its shares in a transaction with a third party. Plaintiff class action shareholder contended that the corporation's repurchase of shares violated the statutory prohibition against the impairment of capital set forth...

Police officers observed a suspect in a violent robbery run into an apartment building and heard screams coming from one of the apartments. They knocked on the apartment door, which was answered by Roxanne Rojas, who appeared to be battered and bleeding...

By: I. Bobby Majumder , Reed Smith LLP Market Activity 2019 has been eventful for the domestic oil and gas industry. Oil and gas acquisitions in the United States hit a 10-year low in the first quarter, with deal value plunging by over 90% just from...

BYPASSING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, CALIFORNIA has reached agreement with four of the world’s largest automakers to improve fuel efficiency and reduce automobile emissions that contribute to global warming. And more are likely to follow. “This...

Betsy Sue Johnson claimed that her guidance counselor Wayne Stevens sexually harassed and abused her while she was a high school student in the Elk Lake School District. Johnson sought damages from Stevens in the District Court for the Middle District...

Defendant assaulted his mother and pregnant girlfriend. He kicked his girlfriend in the abdomen with steel-toed boots. The child was dead when delivered by emergency C-section on the day of the beatings. Following a pre-trial order permitting the State...

Plaintiff appellant Zendman bought a diamond ring at at an auction held at the Brand gallery in New Jersey. Defendant respondent Harry Winston, Inc., a diamond merchant located in New York City, claimed ownership of the ring. Winston contended it had...

Plaintiff Orville E. Stifel was convicted by a jury of violating 18 U.S.C.S. § 1716 (1970) , by mailing an "infernal machine" that exploded and caused the death of the addressee upon opening the package. While serving his sentence in a...

Baidoo and Blood-Dzraku married in 2009, but they never resided together. The last address Baidoo has for Blood-Dzraku is an apartment that he vacated in 2011. Baidoo had spoken with Blood-Dzraku by telephone on occasion and he told her that he had no...

Defendant Curtis Ray Taylor and Bay were inmates at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution. Bay was incarcerated for manslaughter. They were assigned to the same dormitory. Defendant was required to walk past Bay's bunk to go anywhere in the unit...