The circuit court granted the parties a divorce and awarded custody of the couple's four-year-old daughter to the mother but reserved the issue of the father's visitation for later. After the Maryland trial court entered its order granting the...

Plaintiff commenced this action seeking a declaration that he was the rightful owner of a Klimt painting that he alleged his father, now deceased, gave to him as a birthday present. Plaintiff conceded that he has never had possession of the painting but...

In order to obtain additional capital funds, shares of the corporation were offered at a specified price on a three-to-one basis for each share held by common shareholders. Plaintiff shareholders brought a suit against defendants, the corporation and...

A woman, who had lived with a man for seven years and was engaged to be married to him, was driving directly behind her fiance and observed the driver collide with the fiance's motorcycle. The fiancee stopped her car and rushed to her fiance's...

A same-sex couple, whose primary residence was New York, took part in a marriage ceremony to each other in Massachusetts. They returned to New York. Their relationship deteriorated and they separated. The wealthy, older man's attorney drafted a "separation...

A wife filed an action for divorce on grounds including actual and constructive abandonment based on the husband having left the marital home to live apart from her and having abstained from sexual relations with her for a year or more. Pending trial...

Petitioner United States sought to condemn more than 250 acres of respondent landowners' property for a federal reservoir development. The landowners contended that 78 acres of the land, taken for construction of recreational facilities adjacent to...

Petitioner manufacturer owned tracts of timberland. Respondent government attempted to appropriate 2,175.86 acres of that land. The manufacturer had approved of the proposal for that designation and declared a voluntary moratorium on logging in the designated...

In a suit under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 , a jury verdict for respondent developer alleging unlawful deprivation of property was upheld, because the reasonableness of petitioner city's rejection of a development plan was primarily a factual issue to...

Plaintiff limited practice officers (LPOs) sued defendants, the Legal Foundation of Washington and others, challenging the constitutionality of a state rule requiring LPOs to deposit trust funds into interest on lawyers' trust accounts (IOLTA). The...