After the employee's reinstatement, the council issued 11 directives. Respondent employee claimed that his union grievance and lawsuit were petitions protected by the Petition Clause of the First Amendment, and the directives and denial of overtime...

Plaintiff airline owned an aircraft, which caught on fire, killing the majority of passengers. The aircraft had previously been certified to be in conformity with minimum standards according to the standards of defendant government agency. Plaintiff brought...

Plaintiff parents brought an equal treatment claim for discrimination in scheduling only 53% of high school girls' basketball games on primetime nights, while scheduling 95% of the boys' games on primetime nights. The district court granted summary...

Defendant ESPN, Inc., produced sports-related news and entertainment programming. Though best known for its television channel, defendant also offers access to video content through an application which is available on the Roku digital streaming device...

In 1934, Dr. Max Stern inherited an art gallery located in Dusseldorf, Germany. Dr. Stern, who was of Jewish ancestry, quickly became an object of Nazi persecution. The Reich Chamber for the Fine Arts, an organ of the Nazi government, determined that...

McMorris v. Carlos Lopez & Assocs., LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit November 25, 2020, Submitted; April 26, 2021, Decided No. 19-4310 Opinion Richard J. Sullivan , Circuit Judge : Plaintiff-Appellant Devonne McMorris appeals...

Bartels v. Saber Healthcare Grp., LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit September 13, 2017, Argued; January 23, 2018, Decided No. 16-2247, No. 16-2416 Opinion  [*671]  TRAXLER, Circuit Judge: Saber Healthcare Holdings, LLC, sits at...

Respondent Electro-Craft Corporation ("ECC") sued appellants Controlled Motion, Inc. ("CMI") and CMI's president, John Mahoney, (a former employee of ECC) for misappropriation of trade secrets. ECC claimed that CMI and Mahoney...

Plaintiff Gary Van Zeeland Talent, Inc., a talent booking agency, brought an action against defendant Edwin J. Sandas, its former employee, alleging that defendant, through the use of private, secret, and confidential customer lists, compilations, and...

In 2005, Ruby Washington was diagnosed with tuberculosis. During this time, Washington was living in a shelter and had no fixed address. The staff at the Keenan Health Center Tuberculosis Control Clinic ("TB Clinic") provided Washington with...