The student was suspended from school after he refused the principal's direction to take down a banner that he unfurled at a school-sponsored and school-supervised event. The principal directed the student to take the banner down because the banner...

The defendant was charged with and convicted of a single count of attempted murder for firing a single shot at a group of 10 people. On appeal, the Court of Appeal reversed the attempted murder conviction, concluding that the trial court prejudicially...

A physician was convicted of rape for engaging in sexual intercourse with two female patients. Both were unaware of the nature of the act at the time it occurred and under the guise that a vaginal smear was being done during all incidents. His defense...

The defendants were all involved, in varying degrees, in a scheme whereby certain Rochester police officers would be paid to prevent the arrest of defendants' gambling associates while enforcing the law against competitors. At trial, defendants asserted...

The prisoner was indicted for violation of a statute that required payment of a minimum wage for female employees. The statute declared it against public policy for employers to have employed women at unreasonable or oppressive wages, or those that were...

Neighbors sued neighboring farm and owners, for common-law nuisance, alleging that the farm operation generated offensive odors that unreasonably interfered with the neighbors' enjoyment of their property. Based on a jury verdict, the Superior Court...

The eve of her wedding, the bride decided to sleep at the house of a family friend. The family friend was also a seamstress and made her wedding dress. She met the seamstress’ fiance that night and noticed that he was little drunk. In the middle...

Independent candidates for offices of presidential electors from Illinois, brought a suit against appellees, members of the Illinois Electoral Board. Appellants, challenging the constitutionality of Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 46, para. 10-3 (1967) and seeking...

After a debtor filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Code, an undersecured creditor moved the Bankruptcy Court for relief from the § 362(a) stay on the ground that there was a lack of "adequate protection" of its interest...

Plaintiffs sought to hold defendant manufacturer statutorily liable for breached statutory warranties under Alaska Stat. §§ 45.05.096 and 45.05.98 when the mobile home plaintiffs purchased became uninhabitable. Plaintiffs argued that strict...