Plaintiff Strong was injured in two separate accidents during his employment with defendant Burlington Northern Railway Company. He then brought suit against Burlington to recover for these injuries under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 45...

Plaintiffs, who were the deceased's family members, entered into an agreement with defendant funeral home. On the day of the funeral, defendant's limousine driver refused to take plaintiffs to the burial site, until they went to a bank and gave...

Mead Corporation contracted with the landowner wherein the landowner granted Mead a license to excavate and purchase clay. Mead agreed to restore the property and construct a lake. The landowner incurred expenses and alleged that the Mead Corporation...

Members of the U.S. military, parents of military personnel, and members of the U.S. House of Representatives filed an action against the President and Secretary of Defense, seeking a preliminary injunction preventing the President and Secretary from...

Melvin Joe and Julia Joe were married in 1980. In 1991, Julia filed a petition for divorce and the couple separated. On February 1992, after getting drunk, Melvin drove to his wife’s residence, and entered the home brandishing an unloaded .22 caliber...

Defendant was convicted for the crime of burglary of a dwelling house. The evidence showed that the building in question, although intended for a dwelling house, had only recently been erected, and had not yet been occupied as a dwelling at the time of...

When she was 16, Jane Doe engaged in consensual sexual relations with Jason Smith, who was a year older. Smith had set up a hidden video camera and recorded the two in bed. After the couple stopped dating, Smith circulated the tape at their high school...

Defendants were arrested after gaining admittance to an Internal Revenue Service office and splashing simulated blood on the counters, walls, and carpeting in protest over United States involvement in El Salvador. A federal police officer ordered the...

In July 1988, when she was 27 years old, Jennifer Hoult (Jennifer) brought suit in the district court against her father, David Hoult (David), alleging assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and breach of fiduciary duty. To...

Defendant committed a homicide, believing that the victim was the mastermind of a large organization bent on controlling the minds of others. Defendant further believed that the victim was responsible for numerous problems that besieged him. At trial...