In the probate proceeding of the estate of Riven Flamenbaum (the Estate), the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin, Germany (the Museum), sought to recover a 3,000-year-old gold tablet. The tablet was first discovered prior to World War I by a team of German...

A shareholder brought a derivative shareholder suit in federal court that involved the same factual predicate, most of the same defendants, and fundamentally the same legal issues as a derivative shareholder suit brought in New York state court. Pursuant...

Geoffrey, Inc. (Geoffrey) received royalty payments based upon sales made in South Carolina from a licensee that did business in South Carolina. South Carolina required appellant to pay income tax on the royalty income, and a corporate license fee. Geoffrey...

Three people died, two of them young children, in a fire that resulted when the children played with Robyn Williams’ lighter. It is uncontested that this butane lighter lacked any child-resistant feature. Jerome, Robyn’s son, was able to use...

Plaintiff George R. Malowney brought an action against defendants Harold S. Goodrich, Forrest O. Hobbs, and Don M. Six, individually and as trustees, to recover damages for the conversion of 233 shares of stock in Hallmark Apartments, Inc., a company...

Fifteen consolidated cases challenged four orders of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which, taken together, regulate and limit the program fare cablecasters and subscription broadcast television stations may offer to the public for a fee set...

Downes brought an action against Bidwell, the collector of a United States state port, to recover duties paid under protest upon certain oranges consigned to Downes, brought over from the port of San Juan, Puerto Rico, after the passage of the Foraker...

After failed attempts to reconcile the marriage, the husband filed for a divorce on grounds of adultery. The trial court awarded the husband a divorce, divided the marital property, awarded child support, alimony and attorney's fees. The trial court...

Plaintiff, who became totally disabled due to an automobile accident, received disability income under a policy of insurance plaintiff had purchased before the accident. After six years, defendant insurer stopped making payments. Plaintiff filed suit...

Plaintiff creditors provided professional services to a business in which defendant debtor held a large interest. They maintained that he personally guaranteed payment. Defendant argued that if there was such an agreement, it was unenforceable under the...