• Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Delta Resins & Refractories, Inc.

    Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Delta Resins & Refractories, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit October 25, 1985 No. 84-1779 Opinion  [***657]   [*283]  KASHIWA, Circuit Judge. Ashland Oil, Inc. (Ashland) appeals from the judgment of...

  • Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid

    Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid Supreme Court of the United States December 8, 2020, Argued; April 1, 2021, Decided No. 19-511. Opinion  [*1167]   [**277]  Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court. ] The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991...

  • Jenkins v. Jenkins

    The wife moved out of the matrimonial domicile, and she had no plans to return. The wife alleged in her petition and testified at trial that the cause of the physical separation and divorce was the husband's excessive drinking, which she said led...

  • Department of Envtl. Resources v. Conroy

    Department of Envtl. Resources v. Conroy United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit January 10, 1994, Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) ; May 19, 1994, Filed No. 93-3284 Opinion  [*569]  OPINION OF THE COURT ALITO, Circuit Judge : Frank...

  • Owens v. Barnes

    Owens v. Barnes United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit March 8, 1983, Argued ; June 30, 1983, Decided No. 82-3207 Opinion  [*25]  OPINION OF THE COURT SLOVITER, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, convicted of a third-degree felony under Pennsylvania...

  • Am. Employers' Ins. Co. v. Swiss Reinsurance Am. Corp.

    Am. Employers' Ins. Co. v. Swiss Reinsurance Am. Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit June 27, 2005, Decided No. 04-2635 Opinion  [*130]  BOUDIN, Chief Judge . This case is a companion to our decision today in Commercial Union...

  • Commonwealth v. Serge

    On January 15, 2001, appellant Michael Serge shot his wife and killed her. He was sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction for first-degree murder. On appeal, Serge argued that the trial court erred in admitting a computer-generated animation...

  • Acad. Chi. Publishers v. Cheever

    Academy, a publishing company, approached the widow of famous author, John Cheever, about publishing an anthology of some of his short stories. Mrs. Cheever signed a contract that was prepared by Academy, and Academy began compiling the stories and delivering...

  • People v. Davis

    A jury of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, California, found defendant guilty of the first degree murder of a 12-year-old girl. At defendant's penalty trial, the jury returned a verdict of death. The trial court's pretrial ruling excluded...

  • Missouri v. Yellen

    Missouri v. Yellen United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit February 15, 2022, Submitted; July 14, 2022, Filed No. 21-2118 Opinion  [*1065]  KELLY, Circuit Judge. Missouri challenges the Secretary of the Treasury's implementation of the...