Plaintiffs, who had allegedly been defamed by a magazine article, filed diversity libel actions in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, shortly before the applicable state statute of limitations expired; however, plaintiffs...

Appellant, trustee for port authority bonds, brought an action to contest the repeal of a statutory covenant limiting the ability of a port authority to subsidize rail passenger transportation from revenues and reserves. Appellant claimed that repeal...

Plaintiffs, including a trucking trade association, filed suit against defendant state officials, alleging that New Jersey's trucking regulations violated the Commerce Clause . The regulations required certain trucks traveling through the state with...

In 1978, a middle-aged man named Forrest Flaminio bought a “Gold Wing” motorcycle, a large and powerful touring motorcycle manufactured by the Honda Motor Company of Japan (Japanese Honda), and distributed in the United States by its wholly...

The Cherokee Nation of Native Americans filed an original action in the Supreme Court of the United States seeking an injunction to restrain the State of Georgia and its officials from executing and enforcing the laws of the State, or serving process...

Petitioner J. I. Case Company (Case) offered its employees individual employment contracts, which some of the employees accepted. The contracts governed certain employment conditions. A union was certified and won an election to become the exclusive bargaining...

Robert Blair, formerly a Federal prisoner, alleges that while incarcerated in the New Castle County Correctional Institution he was attacked by a fellow prisoner and that defendants, including the State, were negligent in permitting such assault. The...

Respondent employees sued petitioner employer for intentional infliction of emotional distress based on the constant humiliating and abusive behavior of their supervisor. The employees complained about the supervisor's daily use of profanity, short...

Respondent member of the press was alleged to have circulated damaging falsehoods and was sued for defamation by petitioner public figure. The trial court rejected the respondent’s claim of privilege, but the appellate court reversed.

During the execution of a search warrant, the Detective observed Ward climbing out of the window of a house where cash and drugs were confiscated. Ward appeals from his convictions and sentences for trafficking in cocaine by possession of 200 grams or...