Plaintiff students were expelled by defendant principal after they stood outside a lunch grill where they were refused service and ordered out, even though evidence did not affirmatively show that all plaintiffs, who were black, were present at any other...

Petitioner-plaintiff in error Dred Scott was an enslaved person of African descent. He brought suit in the federal court against respondent "owner" Sandford for assault. Certiorari was granted from the Circuit Court of the United States for...

District of Columbia law bans handgun possession by making it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm and prohibiting the registration of handguns; provides separately that no person may carry an unlicensed handgun, but authorizes the police chief to...

These consolidated appeals arise out of the bankruptcy of DBSD North America, Incorporated and its various subsidiaries (together, "DBSD"). The bankruptcy court confirmed a plan of reorganization for DBSD over the objections of the two appellants...

Petitioner was an officer of a broker-dealer firm and specialized in investment analysis of insurance company securities to investors. Petitioner received information that a corporation had vastly overstated assets. Petitioner discussed this information...

Defendant was in custody under the National Prohibition Act on a charge of transporting intoxicating liquor in violation of the Act. He sought to be discharged on the grounds that first, the Eighteenth Amendmant to the Constitution, to enforce which Title...

Respondent Paul Somers alleged that petitioner Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (Digital Realty) terminated his employment shortly after he reported to senior management suspected securities-law violations by the company. Somers filed suit, alleging, inter...

Appellants, a married couple, filed a products liability suit against appellees, a machine owner and manufacturers. The couple sought to introduce evidence that, shortly after the accident, the owner of the machine partially enclosed the rear wheels,...

Petitioner police officers pulled respondent over on suspicion of impersonating a police officer, and arrested him for violating the state's privacy act after they discovered he was taping their conversation. Respondent filed suit, challenging the...

Appellant mother, who was the custodial parent, filed a modification motion requesting that she be allowed to relocate to Arizona with her son in order to take a new job. The trial court denied the motion, holding that the mother had failed to show that...