Plaintiff, The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., ("Estee Lauder"), a corporation with its principal place of business in New York, was engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing skin care products. Defendant Shashi Batra, a former employee...

Plaintiff distributor initiated an action against defendant supplier in arbitration for damages resulting from the winding down of the sale of the distributor's business to the supplier. The arbitrator awarded the distributor damages. A trial followed...

In 1952 Plaintiff Hill and his family were held hostage in their home by some escaped convicts, but were ultimately released unharmed without any violence having occurred. They later moved away, and Hill discouraged further publicity efforts about the...

This involved two consolidated cases of defendants shooting and killing their respective wives because of suspected marital infidelity. Just prior to the killing, defendant and the victim had an argument, during which the victim admitting to committing...

Defendants Frank Earl Scott and Michael Meredith were convicted in California state court of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery. Meredith's conviction rested on eyewitness testimony that he shot and killed the victim, David Wade. Scott's...

Plaintiff Raymond R. Kirsch filed a personal injury action in Texas state curt against defendant James B. Young following an automobile accident in which Young's car rear-ended Kirsch's car. Kirsch sought to recover damages for injuries he sustained...

California Highway Patrol officers received a 911 report that a pickup truck of a certain description had run another motorist off the road. One officer spotted a truck that matched the description given, and he stopped it; another responding officer...

On Dec. 3, 2013, appellee, the State of Ohio, filed a complaint in the Juvenile Division of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas (Division), alleging that appellant, Matthew I. Aalim, engaged in conduct that would be considered aggravated robbery...

After Indiana charged respondent Edwards with attempted murder and other crimes for a shooting during his attempt to steal a pair of shoes, his mental condition became the subject of three competency proceedings and two self-representation requests, mostly...

Kansas' Sexually Violent Predator Act established procedures for the civil commitment of persons who, due to a "mental abnormality" or a "personality disorder," were likely to engage in "predatory acts of sexual violence."...