• In re Johns-Manville/Asbestosis Cases

    Dr. Kenneth W. Smith was hired in 1944 as a Canadian Johns-Manville Company, Ltd. ("Canadian J-M") plant physician and eventually served as Medical Director for Johns-Manville Corporation ("J-M") from 1952 to 1966. Dr. Smith died in...
  • Frank v. Autovest, LLC

    Frank v. Autovest, LLC United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit May 7, 2020, Argued; June 9, 2020, Decided No. 19-7119 Opinion  [**198]   [*1186]  Griffith , Circuit Judge : When Phyllis Frank failed to make her monthly car...
  • Shelby County v. Holder

    Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court of the United States February 27, 2013, Argued; June 25, 2013, Decided No. 12-96 Opinion  [*534]   [**2618]  Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 employed extraordinary...
  • Shapiro v. DOJ

    Shapiro v. DOJ United States District Court for the District of Columbia July 2, 2020, Decided; July 2, 2020, Filed Civil Action No. 12-cv-313 (BAH) Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff, "a longtime animal rights activist" and "Ph.D. candidate"...
  • Adams v. Lab. Corp. of Am.

    Adams v. Lab. Corp. of Am. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit July 29, 2014, Decided No. 13-10425 Opinion  [*1324]  PER CURIAM: Christina and Christopher Adams ("the Adamses") filed a lawsuit against Laboratory  [*1325]...
  • Abs Entm't v. CBS Corp.

    Abs Entm't v. CBS Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 9, 2017, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California; October 31, 2018, Amended No. 16-55917 Opinion  [***1518]   [*410]  AMENDED OPINION LINN, Circuit Judge: Appellants...
  • Granite State Ins. Co. v. ACE Am. Reins. Co.

    Granite State Ins. Co. v. ACE Am. Reins. Co. Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department December 27, 2007, Decided; December 27, 2007, Entered 2008, 2009, 2010, 604347/04 Opinion  [*437]   [**201]  Order, Supreme Court, New York County...
  • In re Bollinger Corp.

    A third party made a loan to the debtor, the Bollinger Corporation. As evidence of the loan, the debtor executed a promissory note and signed a security agreement with the third party giving it a security interest in certain machinery and equipment. Subsequently...
  • Jenkins v. State

    On the second day of his trial for continuous trafficking of persons, Appellant, Deondre J. Jenkins, moved to dismiss his case. Citing to this Court's 1995 decision in Cook v. State , Appellant argued to the trial court that, since the indictment...
  • Wlosinski v. Cohn

    After the decedent died pursuant to an unsuccessful kidney transplant, the decedent's mother sued the physician and the hospital for medical malpractice. Her amended complaint also asserted defendants' failure to garner informed consent. At trial...