Petitioners Shafiq Rasul, Al Odah and several others were citizens of numerous countries other than the United States. Petitioners were taken prisoner during the federal government's military action in Afghanistan and transported to and detained at...

Appellee administrators of the estates of the men killed in a plane crash brought an action against the appellant United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, claiming that the United States was liable for the negligence of air traffic controllers...

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Plaintiff security commission, acting on shareholder leads, filed a complaint alleging that defendant tippees violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C.S. §§ 78j(b), 78p(a), 78w(a) and 17 C.F.R. 240.10b-5, by trading on confidential...

Petitioner natural mother, an 18-year-old single woman who was living with her parents, executed an act of surrender putting her week-old baby up for adoption. Within 30 days, petitioner revoked her consent to the adoption, claiming that she surrendered...

After receiving anonymous allegations that an employee reasonably suspected to be plaintiff-appellant Gary Leventhal was neglecting his duties in the Accounting Bureau of the New York State Department of Transportation ("DOT"), DOT investigators...

The decedent made a deal with plaintiff girlfriend that if she would stay with him, he would bequeath his entire estate to her at his death. Plaintiff initiated the action in quantum meruit against the executor of the will of the decedent to recover for...

Appellees, Stephen J. Roy and Karen Miller applied for and received benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program and the Food Stamp program. Appellees refused, however, to comply with the federal statutory requirements that participants...

United States v. Hatcher United States District Court for the Southern District of New York April 19, 2021, Decided; April 19, 2021, Filed 18 Cr. 454-10 (KPF) Opinion ORDER KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge: This Order resolves the second motion for...

Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic v. Bureau of Land Mgmt. United States District Court for the District of Alaska August 18, 2021, Decided; August 18, 2021, Filed Case No. 3:20-cv-00290-SLG; Case No. 3:20-cv-00308-SLG Opinion ORDER RE MOTIONS FOR...