• Prentis v. Yale Mfg. Co.

    Prentis v. Yale Mfg. Co. Supreme Court of Michigan March 6, 1984, Argued ; December 28, 1984, Decided ; February 11, 1985, Released Docket No. 69581 Opinion  [*674]   [**177]  This products liability action arose out of injuries sustained in an accident...

  • People v. Johnson

    People v. Johnson Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Four May 10, 2019, Opinion Filed A149394 Opinion  [**1]  STREETER, J. —A jury convicted defendant Tyrone Johnson of rape of an intoxicated person ( Pen. Code, § 261, subd...

  • Carlos Rodriguez, Appellant, v City of New York, Respondent.

    Carlos Rodriguez, Appellant, v City of New York, Respondent. Court of Appeals of New York February 14, 2018, Argued ; April 3, 2018, Decided No. 32 Opinion  [***899]   [**367]   [*315]  Feinman, J. This appeal requires us to answer a question that has...

  • Tex. Dep't of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine

    Tex. Dep't of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine Supreme Court of the United States December 9, 1980, Argued ; March 4, 1981, Decided No. 79-1764 Opinion  [*249]   [***213]   [**1092]  JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us...

  • Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc.

    Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc. Supreme Court of the United States March 30, 1993, Argued ; June 28, 1993, Decided No. 92-102 Opinion  [1201]   [*582]   [***476]   [**2791]  JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case we are...

  • 520 E. 81st St. Assocs. v. State

    Plaintiff 520 East 81st Street Associates ("Owner") owned an apartment building. In 1995, about 10 years before the Owner filed suit, it was determined that the legislature's enactment of 1984 N.Y. Laws 940 constituted a regulatory taking...

  • Am. Amusement Mach. Ass'n v. Kendrick

    The ordinance at issue forbade any operator of five or more video-game machines deemed "harmful to minors" to allow a minor unaccompanied by a parent, to use the machines. The district court found a reasonable basis that playing a violent video...

  • Data Privacy Class Actions on the Rise

    By Kevin Hylton | LexisNexis Practical Guidance In-house counsel are on the alert in 2023 for class action lawsuits that could be filed at any time related to how their company safeguards the data privacy of consumers. “In the U.S., class actions...

  • Garvin v. Cook Invs. NW, SPNWY, LLC

    Garvin v. Cook Invs. NW, SPNWY, LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit December 3, 2018, Argued and Submitted, Seattle, Washington; May 2, 2019, Filed No. 18-35119 Opinion  [*1033]  McKEOWN, Circuit Judge: Facing insolvency, five real...

  • Orcilla v. Big Sur, Inc.

    Plaintiffs Virgilio and Teodora Orcillas are Filipino and English is their second language. Virgilio is unable to work due to a 2004 medical diagnosis. In 2006, Teodora contacted Quick Loan Funding, Inc. (Quick Loan), about refinancing their San Jose...