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    Kera Moseley and Derek Pociask were married on October 11, 1997, in New Orleans. One child, E.P., was born of the marriage on April 4, 1999. The parties physically separated on April 30, 2006. On March 15, 2007, Ms. Moseley gave birth to another child...
  • Ragus Co. v. City of Chi.

    A contract was executed between the supplier and the city. The city called for the supplier to provide the city a certain quantity of rodent traps. As a result of differing interpretations regarding the number of traps specified in the contract, the supplier...
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    The U.S. military had held the aliens, along with approximately 640 other non-Americans captured abroad, at the Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. The court distinguished them from the Eisentrager detainees in important respects: They were not nationals of...
  • Thompson v. Altheimer & Gray

    The employee brought suit against her employer under for racial discrimination. The case was tried and the jury returned a verdict for the employer. The employee appealed to the United States Court of Appeals, arguing that her right to impartial trial...
  • American Standard, Inc. v. Schectman

    A property owner hired a contractor to excavate a site that was previously industrial. The contractor agreed to demolish structures on the property and grade the property. After the contractor failed to complete the work, the property owner filed suit...
  • Lambert v. California

    A Los Angeles municipal ordinance made it an offense for a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable in California as a felony to remain in the City for more than five days without registering with the Chief of Police. Though convicted of forgery...
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    With the rise of mandatory due diligence legislation, it is no longer sufficient for compliance officers to screen a third party for indicators of bribery and corruption alone. Effective due diligence in the modern business environment should also encompass...
  • DIRECTV, Inc. v. S.C. Dep't of Revenue

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  • Commonwealth v. Feinberg

    Appellant owned a store where he sold sterno, which was used for cooking and heating purposes. He was convicted for involuntary manslaughter and on twenty-five counts of violating the Pharmacy Act after a number of customers who extracted the alcohol...
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