• Brooks v. NLRB

    The National Labor Relations Board conducted a representation election in employer's Chrysler-Plymouth agency on April 12, 1951. District Lodge No. 727, International Association of Machinists, won by a vote of eight to five, and the Labor Board certified...
  • Thompson v. Advanced Armament Corp., LLC

    Thompson v. Advanced Armament Corp., LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit June 11, 2015, Decided No. 14-1764-cv(L), No. 14-1983-cv(XAP), No. 14-1990-cv(XAP) Opinion  [*524]  SUMMARY ORDER UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED...
  • Heiner v. Moretuzzo (1995)

    Plaintiff patient filed suit against defendants, a physician, medical center, and blood testing facility, alleging that she had been negligently diagnosed as positive for human immunodefciency virus (HIV) and based her action on the negligent infliction...
  • Schreiber v. Olan Mills

    Appellant telephone customer sent a letter to appellee telemarketer claiming that appellant would charge appellee for a "listening service" if appellee persisted in making telemarketing calls. When appellee made additional calls, appellant billed...
  • United States v. Cuffie

    Defendant John A. Cuffie was convicted in federal district court of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine base. Cuffie filed a motion for a new trial, contending that the Government failed to...
  • Wieder v. Skala

    Howard L. Wieder contended that he was wrongfully discharged as the result of his insistence that a fellow associate's misconduct be reported as required by Model Code of Professional Responsibility DR 1-103(A). Further, he contended that his termination...
  • Munro v. Socialist Workers Party

    Appellant, the Secretary of State of Washington, sought review of the judgment from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which reversed a district court's judgment in the Secretary's favor against appellees, a minor political...
  • Apollo Global Mgmt., LLC v. Bokf, NA (In re MPM Silicones, L.L.C.)

    MPM, a leading producer of silicone, faced serious financial problems after it took on significant new debt obligations beginning in the mid-2000s. Following these debt issuances, MPM was substantially overleveraged, and filed a petition under Chapter...
  • Hans v. Louisiana

    Under the provisions of an act of the legislature, the State of Louisiana issued bonds that were known as the "consolidated bonds of the State of Louisiana”. Petitioner Hans brought a suit in the Circuit Court of the United States against the...
  • Gentry v. Douglas Hereford Ranch, Inc.

    The decedent was shot when a person carrying a rifle stumbled and accidentally pulled the trigger. The accident occurred on property owned by the ranch and leased to the cattle company. The personal representative filed suit against the ranch, the cattle...