There were reports that a “boy” was being “kept” in deplorable conditions. The jury found both of them guilty of first-degree assault, found Bartley guilty of first-degree (intentional) criminal abuse, and found appellee guilty...

Defendant was the owner of a cigar store. Defendant sold Sterno in two types of containers, one for home use and one for institutional use. Thirty-one people died in the area as a result of methyl alcohol poisoning. Defendant was convicted and sentenced...

Plaintiff was injured when the certified registered nurse anesthetist (“CRNA”) Paul Serdula sexually assaulted her in a surgical suite in the dental practice of defendant/appellant GGS. Serdula was hired by GGS as an independent contractor...

McFarland v. Miller United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit February 23, 1993, Argued ; January 25, 1994, Filed No. 92-5177 Opinion  [***1587]   [*913]  OPINION OF THE COURT HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge . Appellant Doris McFarland, personal...

The proponent and decedent were domestic partners for twenty years until decedent's death. The decedent gave the proponent a birthday card containing a typed letter decedent had signed. The letter expressed the decedent's wish that if anything...

Respondent investors filed suit, alleging that petitioner investment banks, acting as underwriters, violated antitrust laws when they formed syndicates to help execute initial public offerings for several hundred technology-related companies. Respondents...

SEC v. E-Smart Techs., Inc. United States District Court for the District of Columbia November 21, 2014, Decided; November 21, 2014, Filed Civil Action No. 11-895 (JEB) Opinion  [*311]  MEMORANDUM OPINION In this civil-enforcement action, the Securities...

To rebut petitioner McCleskey's alibi defense at his 1978 Georgia trial for murder and a related crime, the State called Offie Evans, the occupant of the jail cell next to McCleskey's, who testified that McCleskey had admitted and boasted about...

Harrisburg Area Cmty. Coll. v. Pa. Human Rels. Comm'n Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania May 11, 2020, Argued; October 29, 2020, Decided; October 29, 2020, Filed No. 654 C.D. 2019 Opinion  [*285]  OPINION BY JUDGE McCULLOUGH Harrisburg Area Community...

An 1854 federal treaty granted the Menominee Tribe of Indians a reservation in Wisconsin "to be held as Indian lands are held." Under the Menominee Termination Act of 1954, Congress provided that federal supervision over the Menominee Tribe...