Horton v. Allen United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit May 26, 2004, Decided No. 03-1423 Case Summary Procedural Posture Petitioner state inmate, who was convicted in a Massachusetts state court of two first-degree murders and assault, filed...

Respondent county commissioners brought an action against petitioner state officials alleging that the officials violated state law by dividing the county to create a voting district. However, the officials contended that 42 U.S.C.S. § 1973 required...

In summer of 2015, while working for Waymo, Anthony Levandowski told coworker Pierre Yves Droz that it would be nice to create a new self-driving car startup; that he had talked with Brian McClendon, an Uber executive involved with Uber's self-driving...

In re Aéropostale, Inc. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York August 26, 2016, Decided Chapter 11, Case No. 16-11275 (SHL), (Jointly Administered) Opinion  [*374]  MEMORANDUM OF DECISION SEAN H. LANE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY...

United States Forest Serv. v. Cowpasture River Pres. Ass'n Supreme Court of the United States February 24, 2020, Argued; June 15, 2020, 1 Decided Nos. 18-1584 and 18-1587. Opinion Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court. 2 We granted certiorari...

Hunt Foods and Industries, Inc. (Hunt) undertook negotiations to acquire the assets of Eastern Can Company. George M. Doliner, stockholder of Eastern Can, claimed that, upon learning that a contract option was unconditional in its terms, he had obtained...

Plaintiffs, a patient and her husband, had initiated a malpractice action during her lifetime in 1974. Four years later, following the patient's death, the husband, Mr. Guidry filed a supplemental petition in the pending action in which he sought...

Personal injury law can be complex; also, water is wet and grass is green. And while that means you’ve got to have a lot of resources in your mental toolbox, there are a few facets in which every lawyer in this practice area should be exceptionally...

Rita v. United States Supreme Court of the United States February 20, 2007, Argued ; June 21, 2007, Decided No. 06-5754 Case Summary Procedural Posture Defendant was convicted of offenses related to providing false testimony to a grand jury, but defendant...

Lehmann v. Toys 'R' Us Supreme Court of New Jersey February 1, 1993, Argued ; July 14, 1993, Decided A-76/79 September Term 1992 Case Summary Procedural Posture Plaintiff employee and defendants, employer and supervisors, challenged the order...