A large fire occurred in which plaintiff owner's warehouse was substantially damaged. During the fire, defendant water company ran out of supplies, and plaintiff contended that such a mistake resulted in increased damages to his building. Accordingly...

The guardians of a developmentally disabled 19-year-old sued appellant automobile dealer and its insurance agency, seeking to void a contract entered into by their ward and alleging a violation of Alaska's Unfair Trade Practices Act (UTPA), Alaska...

A sheriff's deputy kenneled his police dog at a veterinary clinic while the deputy was on vacation. The deputy and the sheriff's office knew that the dog had a recent history of multiple unprovoked attacks. While kenneled at the clinic, the dog...

A provision of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 (CPPA) ( 18 USCS 2252A(a) ) prohibited the possession or distribution of "child pornography," which was defined in another CPPA provision ( 18 USCS 2256(8)(B) ) as including any visual...

In their 1993 tax returns, petitioners claimed a home office deduction for their living room, and deducted 40 percent of their annual rent and 40 percent of their annual electricity bill. Respondent disallowed these deductions. Petitioners sought a redetermination...

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The evidence established that defendant wilfully and maliciously set fire to a stable or barn that had fodder in it and that a crib of corn, which stood within 26 feet of the stable, was also consumed in part. The superior court charged the jurors that...

In 1973, Congress passed the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act (EPAA), 15 U.S.C.S. § 751 et seq., in reaction to severe market disruptions caused by an embargo on oil exports to the United States. The central provision of the legislation was 15...

Appellant, the administrator of the intestate's estate, brought an action to recover compensation for services rendered by his intestate under a contract with the President of the United States to proceed south to gain information regarding the insurrectionary...

The foster parents filed a petition for adoption of a minor child. The trial court granted the adoption petition and then terminated the appellant mother's parental rights based upon findings of abandonment and neglect. The appellant mother sought...