• Falcon v. Mem'l Hosp.

    Nena Falcon, a 19-year-old woman, gave birth to a healthy baby, J.E.F., in the early morning hours of March 21, 1973. Moments after delivery, Nena coughed, gagged, convulsed, became cyanotic, and suffered a complete respiratory and cardiac collapse. Attempts...

  • Gresham v. Peterson

    Plaintiff Jimmy Gresham was a homeless person who lived in Indianapolis, Indiana ("City"), on Social Security disability benefits. He supplemented this income by begging, using the money to buy food. In 1999, the City amended its solicitation...

  • Olmstead v. L. C. by Zimring

    Respondents L.C. and E.W. suffered from intellectual and developmental disorders; L.C. was also diagnosed with schizophrenia, and E.W., with a personality disorder. Both women were voluntarily admitted to Georgia Regional Hospital at Atlanta (GRH), where...

  • Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. S/S "Hellenic Challenger"

    Plaintiff Insurance Company of North America’s (“Insurance Company”) complaint, which sought recovery for goods it claimed were damaged while in transit on defendant Hellenic Lines Limited's (“Hellenic”) ship, was served...

  • People v. Lucero

    Defendant Emilio J. Lucero was convicted in Colorado state court of attempted robbery of the elderly and conspiracy to commit robbery of the elderly. At trial, and over Lucero's objection, Rosemary Trujillo, who claimed to be Lucero's common law...

  • Defontes v. Dell Computs. Corp.

    Plaintiffs Mary DeFontes and Nicholas Long purported to be representatives of a class of persons who purchased computers from defendants Dell Computers Corporation and affiliated others (collectively, "Dell"). Dell was a Texas corporation shipping...

  • Caterpillar, Inc. v. Williams

    Petitioner Caterpillar Tractor Co. ("Caterpillar") hired respondents Cecil Williams and several others (collectively, "Employees") to work at its San Leandro, California, facility in positions covered by its collective-bargaining agreement...

  • Daitom, Inc. v. Pennwalt Corp.

    Defendant Pennwalt Corporation ("Pennwalt") manufactured and sold certain machines and tendered to plaintiff Daitom, Inc. ("Daitom") a written offer for the sale of a number of those machines. The offer provided that any cause of action...

  • Heien v. North Carolina

    Following a suspicious vehicle, Sergeant Matt Darisse noticed that only one of the vehicle's brake lights was working and pulled the driver over. While issuing a warning ticket for the broken brake light, Darisse became suspicious of the actions of...

  • In re Fulton

    The plaintiff, Padgett Caroll, and the debtor operated a trucking business under the name of C&F Trucking. Carroll contributed a semi-truck which the debtor drove for the business. In 1982, with a loan obtained from a third party, Caroll purchased...