The truck owner filed a product liability action against the truck manufacturer alleging that the truck he purchased had a dangerously defective wheel, which resulted in an accident. The truck owner’s version of the evidence is that the wheel came...

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Greco v. Trauner, Cohen & Thomas, L.L.P. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit May 26, 2005, Argued ; June 21, 2005, Decided Docket No. 04-4605-cv Opinion  [*361]  CALABRESI, Circuit Judge : Plaintiff-appellant Andrew A. Greco ("Greco"...

Plaintiff tenant filed an action to recover from defendant owner under an oral contract, after the plaintiff drilled a well upon the premises and the owner allegedly agreed to pay the tenant for the reasonable value for digging the well. The trial court...

After an unmarried couple, Lee Marvin and Michelle Marvin, ended their cohabitation at Lee's insistence, Michelle filed an action against him seeking support and maintenance. Lee Marvin was a reknown actor. In a trial without a jury, the trial court...

Appellant inventor's patent application was denied by appellee Commissioner of Patents (patent board). The Patent Board found that appellant's product was similar to a previously patented product and there was an inference that appellant's...

Plaintiff drug company owned patent on the chemical compound "acetyl salicylic acid," which it marketed under the trademark "Aspirin." From 1899, plaintiff flooded the mails with assertions that "Aspirin" meant its own manufacture...

Plaintiff Kathrine McKee filed a defamation lawsuit in federal district court against defendant William H. Cosby, Jr., whom she had accused in a 2014 interview published in the New York Daily News of raping her. McKee based her defamation claim on the...

The Nebraska Legislature began each of its sessions with a prayer by a chaplain paid by the State with the legislature's approval. Ernest Chambers, a member of the Nebraska Legislature, brought an action in Federal District Court, claiming that the...

The tenants occupied a loft pursuant to a commercial lease. The landlord filed suit against them for the nonpayment of rent. The tenant filed counterclaims comprising of a breach of the warranty of habitability and constructive eviction related to certain...