Defendant, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), promulgated a rule limiting annual compensation of certain Division I entry-level coaches to $16,000. Basketball coaches affected by the rule filed a class action challenging the restriction...

The district court allowed plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to appear by its own solicitor. The SEC was permitted to transmit evidence that was available on acts and practices that may have constituted a fraud to the attorney general...

Defendant was convicted of conspiring to rob a bank, bank robbery, bank larceny, and assault with deadly weapons in connection with a bank robbery. At his trial, Defendant was positively identified by several persons in open court; in light of such overwhelming...

Plaintiff was a former First Lady of the United States and a well-known personality in her own right. She moved for a preliminary injunction to restrain defendants from using or distributing a certain advertisement that included her likeness in the form...

After working for six years at defendant RLM Communications, Inc. ("RLM"), plaintiff Amy Tuschen resigned and joined a competitor, eScience and Technology Solutions, Inc. (“"Science"). Although RLM and eScience had offices just...

On Sept. 27, 1972, the landlord Jack Sumski commenced an unlawful detainer action in the San Francisco Small Claims Court seeking possession of the leased premises and $ 300 in back rent. Petitioner Green, the tenant, admitted nonpayment of rent but defended...

Visa and MasterCard, two of the major players in the credit-card market, had significant structural advantages over respondent credit-card companies American Express Company and American Express Travel Related Services Company (collectively, Amex). Amex...

Alexis Torres Simon ("Simon") and two co-defendants plotted a robbery, but they never had the chance to complete their plan. They had agreed, along with a confidential informant, to abduct the driver of a delivery van and steal the drugs inside...

Appellant buyer agreed to purchase rice from appellee seller. The agreement provided that shipment was to be in December 1952, with two weeks call for the buyer and that the shipment was to be made in Texas and/or in Louisiana. The seller became concerned...

Petitioner challenged the U.S. House of Representatives' refusal to allow him to take his seat in the 90th Congress by voting to expel him by a two-thirds vote after the 89th Congress found him guilty of filing deceptive travel expense reports and...