Petitioner Matthew Pavlovich is currently a resident of Texas and the president of Media Driver, LLC, a technology consulting company in Texas. During the four years before he moved to Texas, he studied computer engineering at Purdue University in Indiana...

Appellant landowner received title to land in which the predecessor in title had granted an easement to appellee coal company. The easement provided for a pipeline to be used for the transportation of coal slurry. The easement contained a defeasance clause...

Three defendants, an influence peddler, an officer of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and an attorney of taxpayers, were convicted under 18 USC 371 of conspiracy to defraud the United States by preventing prosecutions for income tax evasions. The attorney...

The claimant was injured while a passenger in the insured's vehicle, and in the ensuing personal injury action the jury returned a verdict for the claimant. The insured subsequently assigned all potential causes of action he had against the insurer...

The petitioners here are two married same-sex couples who conceived children through anonymous sperm donation. Leigh and Jana Jacobs were married in Iowa in 2010, and Terrah and Marisa Pavan were married in New Hampshire in 2011. Leigh and Terrah each...

Clarence Lydes was a confidential informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration. Lydes met Biggin, the appellant, at a bar and discussed with him the possibility of obtaining narcotics. Appellant told Lydes to contact him through Bertha Coudgo. On...

Appellant company obtained a state court judgment for actual and punitive damages against appellee company, alleging that appellee tortiously induced a third party to breach a contract for sale of stock to appellant. Because it lacked resources to post...

In an effort to decrease the volume of illicit drugs being sold in the Minneapolis area, federal and local narcotics agents enlisted one Beverly Johnson to purchase controlled substances and serve as a paid government informant. Between November 7 and...

The defendant was convicted of violating the federal narcotic laws, 21 U.S.C.S. §§ 812 , 841(a)(1) , 841(b)(1) , 844(a) , and 846 , following the seizure of evidence from his apartment. On appeal, he alleged that the district court erred in...

The defendant, Hortensia Navarro-Garcia, was convicted of offenses in connection with the importation of marijuana. The defendant claimed that she did not know of the presence of more than three hundred pounds of marijuana found in the trunk of her car...