Gamble v. United States Supreme Court of the United States December 6, 2018, Argued; June 17, 2019, Decided No. 17-646. Opinion Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court. We consider in this case whether to overrule a longstanding interpretation...

Plaintiffs filed an action against defendants alleging that the latter infringed the plaintiffs’ patent right for a new and useful improvement in making door and other knobs of all kinds of clay used in pottery, and of porcelain. The court instructed...

Bernard J. Ebbers was the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of WorldCom, Inc., a publicly traded global telecommunications company. During the pertinent times -- from the close of the fourth quarter of the 2000 fiscal year through the first quarter...

Cook Cty. v. Wolf United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit February 26, 2020, Argued; June 10, 2020, Decided No. 19-3169 Opinion  [*214]  Wood , Chief Judge . Like most people, immigrants to the United States would like greater prosperity...

Casillas v. Madison Ave. Assocs. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit April 20, 2018, Argued; June 4, 2019, Decided No. 17-3162 Opinion  [*331]  Barrett , Circuit Judge . The bottom line of our opinion can be succinctly stated: no harm...

Golden v. Cal. Emergency Physicians Med. Group United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit February 14, 2014, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California; April 8, 2015, Filed No. 12-16514 Opinion  [*1084]  O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge...

In 1990, decent Anna Heibult executed a will (“1990 South Dakota will”) devising a larger portion of her property to Ronald, her youngest son. After execution, the will remained in decedent attorney’s possession. In June 1991, decedent...

Syzygy Ins. Co. v. Comm'r United States Tax Court April 10, 2019, Filed Docket Nos. 2140-15, 2141-15, 2142-15, 2143-15, 2182-15. Opinion  [*2]  MEMORANDUM FINDINGS OF FACT AND OPINION RUWE, Judge: These cases were consolidated for purposes of trial...

Cooper v. Harris Supreme Court of the United States December 5, 2016, Argued; May 22, 2017, Decided No. 15-1262. Opinion Justice Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court. The Constitution entrusts States with the job of designing congressional districts...

Respondent abortion clinics were subjected to numerous large-scale blockades at which protesters marched, stood, knelt, sat, or lay in clinic parking lot driveways and doorways, blocking or hindering cars from entering the lots, as well as blocking or...