Robert Richardson, a property owner, submitted a subdivision application that met the requirements of the city's subdivision ordinance. Nonetheless, the Little Rock Planning Commission (“Commission”) disapproved the application based on...

On April 23, 1994, a bus carrying approximately 21 passengers was returning from a visit to Adirondack Correctional Facility in Ray Brook, New York. The bus was equipped with a seatbelt for the driver, but not for the passengers. During the trip along...

On the morning of February 25, 1980 plaintiff Elizabeth Horton Ellsworth (“Ellsworth”) wore a lady's nightgown designed, manufactured and sold by Sherne Lingerie, Inc. (“Sherne”) into the kitchen to make coffee. She admitted...

Mill Creek is a spring-fed dry weather creek in the Upper Clear Boggy watershed within the Muddy Boggy River Basin. Byrd's Mill Spring flows directly into Mill Creek which in turn flows into Clear Boggy Creek. Clear Boggy Creek is joined by Buck Creek...

Meriter Retirement Services, Inc. (Meriter) owns student apartments in Madison that are managed by Oakbrook Corporation (Oakbrook). On August 12, 1998, during the busy student turnover period, Oakbrook's property manager walked through a vacated apartment...

Plaintiff, Henry R. Liles, a Professional Law Corporation, filed suit to recover a legal fee from the defendant, Dorothy Sells Bourgeois, as a result of plaintiff's representation of defendant in assisting her to obtain the maximum possible estate...

Respondent Randolph's mobile home financing agreement with petitioners, financial institutions, required that Randolph buy insurance protecting petitioners from the costs of her default and also provided that all disputes under the contract would...

Defendant, who was a Jehovah's Witness, knocked on doors and rang doorbells to homes in order to distribute leaflets advertising a religious meeting. She proceeded in a conventional and orderly fashion. Defendant, however, was convicted and fined...

Appellee police judge found appellant broadcaster guilty of violating Trenton, N.J., Ordinance No. 430(4), which prohibited him from broadcasting out of his sound truck in a loud and raucous manner on public streets. The appellant challenged the constitutionality...

Plaintiff Opal Mennella purchased a painting from defendant Kurt E. Schon’s New Orleans art gallery. She made a deposit and down payment, then refused to pay more until the painting was authenticated. When dealer's expert authenticated the artist...