In July 1998, plaintiff Julianne Eisenberg ran into an old acquaintance, Peter White, who was accompanied by another man, Mike Ewing. Both men worked at defendant Advance Relocation & Storage, Inc. (Advance), a warehouse in Connecticut. White was...

The St. Croix River is protected under federal, state, and local law. The Murrs own two adjacent lots (Lot E and Lot F) along the lower portion of the river in the town of Troy, Wisconsin. For the area where the Murrs’ property was located, state...

Year after year the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) inspected the Diagnostic Division of Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”), found deficiencies in manufacturing quality control, and issued warnings. The Division made efforts to...

Under Minnesota law, candidates for political office are prohibited from appearing on more than one party's ballot. When the Twin Cities Area New Party, a chapter of the national New Party, nominated someone for state representative who was already...

A North Carolina statute, applicable to members of all races, requires that a prospective voter be able to read and write any section of the constitution in North Carolina in the English language. Plaintiff-appellant, who was African American, having...

Petitioner county clerk sought review from a judgment of the Supreme Court of California, that declared that respondents were entitled to voting rights despite their status as ex-convicts, because state laws disenfranchising felons violated the Equal...

Plaintiff female brought suit against defendant registrar for refusing to register her as a lawful voter. The trial court gave judgment for defendant and the state supreme court affirmed. The United States Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in favor...

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 (Amendments) made requirements applicable to states that had not achieved the national air quality standards established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in earlier legislation. The Amendments required...

Petitioner employer sought review of a decision of the Court of Appeals (Oregon), which affirmed an order of respondent Bureau of Labor and Industries that held that the employer had engaged in an unlawful employment practice by denying an employee's...

Petitioners sought review of the order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit dismissing petitioners claim for age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C.S. §§ 621-634, and the Equal...