Respondent insurance company filed a motion to disqualify counsel for conflict of interest under Cal. Rules of Prof. Conduct Rule 3-310, in an underlying insurance coverage dispute. The lower court granted the motion to disqualify, concluding that appellant's...

Defendant Weeks was arrested by a police officer, without warrant, at the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was employed by an express company. Other police officers had gone to Weeks' house, and being told by a neighbor where to find...

Defendant Arthur Ray Gyles was charged with the murder of an unnamed male child. By appropriate pleadings, the particulars of the charge, as admitted by the State, were as follows. Gyles struck a pregnant woman with a stick and with his fist at about...

After trial in an Alabama circuit court, defendants John Henry Coleman and Otis Stephens were convicted of assault with intent to murder. Prior to the trial, defendants, without the presence of counsel, appeared in a police lineup, were required to say...

Plaintiff Laura L. Walsh defaulted on the mortgage on her residential property in Minneapolis. The mortgage holder, defendant U.S. Bank, N.A., commenced a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding. U.S. Bank attempted to serve an adult at Walsh's property...

Anthony Berrios was shot to death on Oct. 16, 2001. Detective Michael Elliott was assigned to investigate the homicide. Elliott learned from the victim's aunt that, according to talk on the street, the shooting was the result of a fight on Oct. 13...

A realtor obtained a default judgment against an appraisal purchaser for payment on an appraisal fee. Thereafter, the purchaser filed a summary proceeding motion to set aside the default judgment. The trial court granted the motion and set aside the default...

A patient and her husband filed an action against their dentist for breach of expressed and implied warranties and damages in connection with the patient's purchase of dentures. The patient and her husband alleged that the dentist promised to provide...

Beverly McMillan participated in an abortion protest at a women's medical clinic. She was charged with trespass on the premises, pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 97-17-97 (1994). During her trial, defendant stipulated that her conduct did conform...

World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson Supreme Court of the United States October 3, 1979, Argued ; January 21, 1980, Decided No. 78-1078 Reporter 444 U.S. 286 *; 100 S. Ct. 559 **; 62 L. Ed. 2d 490 ***; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 65 **** WORLD-WIDE VOLKSWAGEN CORP...