Petitioners owned two parcels of land -- one a vacant lot and the other the site of the Ritz-Carlton hotel -- separated by an alley. Petitioner property owners planned to build on the former lot a 285 foot high hotel-apartment building, with a twelve...

Hot briquetted iron, also known as HBI in the steel industry, was a raw material commodity used in the production of steel. Plaintiff-debtor Georgetown Steel Company, LLC, processed HBI in order to produce steel. Defendant supplier , Progress Rail Services...

Appellee individual was injured when a truck tire rim exploded. Appellee initiated action against appellant tire and rim manufacturers alleging negligence and strict liability based upon design and manufacturing defects and failure to warn. The court...

Sohm v. Scholastic Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit June 14, 2019, Argued; May 12, 2020, Decided Nos. 18-2110, 18-2245 Opinion  [*41]  Joseph Sohm and Visions of America, LLC sued Scholastic Inc. for copyright infringement on...

Williams v. BASF Catalysts LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit March 13, 2014, Argued; September 3, 2014, Filed No. 13-1089 Opinion  [*310]  FUENTES, Circuit Judge . This putative class action lawsuit alleges that BASF Catalysts LLC...

United States ex rel. CIMZNHCA, LLC v. UCB, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit January 23, 2020, Argued; August 17, 2020, Decided No. 19-2273 Opinion  [*838]  ] Hamilton , Circuit Judge . The False Claims Act allows the United...

Dell, Inc. v. Magnetar Global Event Driven Master Fund Ltd. Supreme Court of Delaware September 27, 2017, Submitted; December 14, 2017, Decided No. 565, 2016 Opinion  [*5]  VALIHURA , Justice: The petitioners left standing in this long-running appraisal...

Bell v. PNC Bank, N.A. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit March 31, 2015, Argued; August 31, 2015, Decided No. 14-3018 Opinion  [*365]  Rovner , Circuit Judge . Mariseli Gomez Bell alleged that her former employer, PNC Bank, failed...

Plaintiff taxpayer filed a suit for a refund of federal income taxes. The district court held that monies, called "tokes" in the relevant trade, received by plaintiff taxpayer, a craps dealer employed by Las Vegas casinos, constituted gifts...

Plaintiff and two of its members sued then defendant and individual administrators, alleging that the defendants had violated the plaintiffs' civil rights and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by endorsing prayer in a public-school classroom...