Plaintiff James A. Kilian was the subject of an article written about World War II activities in England. The article was published by defendant Doubleday & Company in a book compiling numerous war stories, and was written in such a way that, contrary...

Plaintiff parents of deceased child, in a diversity case, brought a wrongful death action for the death of their son who died of carbon monoxide poisoning while a guest in defendant's motel. A chair next to the heater had burned and was smoldering...

Plaintiff's residence had a solar system that included collectors to supply energy for heat and hot water. Defendant purchased the lot adjacent to plaintiff's lot and commenced planning home construction. Plaintiff advised defendant that if home...

A man and his girlfriend got into an argument. During the argument, the boyfriend spilled gasoline on his girlfriend, and the gasoline on her body ignited. The boyfriend smothered the flames with a coat but his girlfriend had already obtained third degree...

The court reversed the lower court judgment and remanded for a consideration of restitution damages for appellant buyer because the lower court judgment allowed appellee sellers to be unjustly enriched. The court found that appellant defaulted on the...

Petitioner and respondent both requested certiorari before judgment was rendered to consider the constitutionality of the Sentencing Guidelines promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission. The trial court rejected petitioner's contention...

The LA Supreme Court had 7 judges, each of whom were elected by the popular vote. The First District elected 2 judges, while the other five districts elected 1 judge each. Only one of the parishes in one of the district had a majority of black voters...

Plaintiff buyer brought an action against defendant sellers for common-law fraud and violations of Vermont's Consumer Fraud Act in connection with the sale of a bed-and-breakfast (B&B) business. The Windham Superior Court excluded punitive damages...

R espondents, under the name of Somerset Manufacturing Company, are engaged at Somerville, New Jersey, in the business of processing materials into various types of women's sports garments. They operate what is known as a "contract shop."...

Archie Dixon and Tim Hoffner murdered Chris Hammer in order to steal his car. Dixon and Hoffner beat Hammer, tied him up, and buried him alive, pushing the struggling Hammer down into his grave while they shoveled dirt on top of him. Dixon then used Hammer's...