• United States v. Reed

    Appellants Gregory Allen Davis and Michael Howard Reed irrationally believed that their membership in an unrecognized Indian tribe meant that they were not United States citizens subject to the jurisdiction of the federal courts. This belief led them...
  • State v. Hardison

    The case arose from two incidents. Four men robbed a café, the bartender then alerted the police. They came immediately to the scene, gathered information, and obtained identification of the robber. Thereafter, they also heard that a robbery had...
  • Sedar v. Knowlton Constr. Co.

    Appellant Michael R. Sedar was a nineteen-year-old student when he was severely injured by passing his right hand and arm through a panel of wire-reinforced glass in one of the doors of his dormitory. The dormitory had been designed between 1961 and 1963...
  • Zeni v. Anderson

    Plaintiff Mrs. Zeni, a 56-year-old registered nurse employed at the University Health Center, parked her car in parking lot X. Thereafter, she walked along Seventh Street and then over to the south side of Lee Drive. At about that time, defendant Karen...
  • Palmer v. People

    Defendant Aaron Palmer was convicted of multiple felonies for having fired gunshots at several victims. The trial court sentenced him for a substantial period of time and imposed a concurrent term for a single count of conspiracy to commit reckless manslaughter...
  • Schofield v. Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co.

    Plaintiff Schofield was familiar with the crossing, had often passed it, and the usual sign that was printed in large letters over it gave express warning to persons on the highway to look out for the cars. At the place of crossing, the highway and railroad...
  • State v. Quick

    County police officers found two stills on property owned by defendant Quick. Neither were in operation at the time, but one contained mash and the other appeared to have been recently operated. The officers waited in their car on a road near the stills...
  • Tasini v. AOL, Inc.

    The Huffington Post was a popular website launched as a for-profit enterprise in May 2005. Plaintiffs Jonathan Tasini and Molly Secours et al., were online essayists, or bloggers in the vernacular, who have provided content to The Huffington Post in exchange...
  • Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Albright

    In February 2006, appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation reported a leak of approximately 26,000 gallons of gasoline from the underground tanks on its fueling station located in Jacksonville, Maryland. The seemingly cursed Jacksonville community, the unfortunate...
  • Robinson Prop. Grp., L.P. v. Russell

    Appellant Robinson Property Group, L.P., d/b/a Horseshoe Casino and Hotel operated a casino and hotel in Robinsonville, Mississippi. Appellee Yo Anne Russell, a Tennessee resident, approached appellant in March of 1995 to obtain a line of credit to enable...