Petitioner Sun Oil Company ("Sun"), a Delaware Corporation, extracted gas from properties leased from respondents Wortman and others (collectively, "Wortman") in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, in exchange for agreements to pay royalties...

American Excess Ins. Co. v. MGM Grand Hotels Supreme Court of Nevada December 18, 1986, Filed No. 16425 Opinion  [*603]   [**1353]  On November 21, 1980, a major fire occurred at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, resulting in more than 3,000...

Appellants Coffin were convicted of aiding and abetting a president of a national bank in willfully misapplying funds of the bank in violation of federal law. In instructing the jury, the district court gave appropriate instruction concerning reasonable...

Travers v. FedEx Corp. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania July 20, 2020, Decided CIVIL ACTION NO. 19-6106 Opinion  [*423]  MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J . Gerard Travers served as a Petty Officer, First Class in the United States...

Said and Nancy Ghusein sold the operation of “Eva’s Bridal” shop to Nayef Ghusein for $10. The agreement required Nayef to pay $75,000 a year for the right to use the “Eva’s Bridal” name and marks. The license agreement...

Although the “retail apocalypse” headlines might be overstating it, statistics demonstrate that 2018 has seen a steady stream of large retailers filing Chapter 11 bankruptcies, and 2017 saw an all-time high in bankruptcy filings. There are...

Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. Supreme Court of the United States December 8, 1981, Argued ; June 25, 1982, Decided No. 80-1730 Opinion  [*923]   [***486]   [**2746]  JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.  [****5]  The Fourteenth Amendment of...

United States v. Heine United States District Court for the District of Oregon June 14, 2018, Decided; June 14, 2018, Filed Case No. 3:15-cr-238-SI Opinion OPINION AND ORDER ON SENTENCING Michael H. Simon, District Judge . Imposing a sentence on a fellow...

GLM DFW, Inc. v. Windstream Holdings, Inc. (In re Windstream Holdings, Inc.) United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit February 18, 2021, Decided No. 20-1275-bk Opinion  [*635]  SUMMARY ORDER UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED...

Holyoke Nursing Home, Inc. v. Health Care Financing Admin. (In re Holyoke Nursing Home, Inc.) United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit June 8, 2004, Decided No. 03-1933 Opinion  [*2]  CYR, Senior Circuit Judge . Chapter 11 debtor Holyoke Nursing...