Plaintiffs, patrons and an owner of an adult book store, filed an action under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against defendant City of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of Minneapolis...

Bruno's Supermarkets, LLC ("the Debtor") filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. In administering and ultimately liquidating the bankruptcy estate, the Trustee filed an adversary proceeding against Blue Bell Creameries, Inc. ("Blue Bell"...

Castleton Plaza, the debtor, owns a shopping center in Indiana. George Broadbent owns 98% of Castleton's equity directly and the other 2% indirectly. EL-SNPR Notes Holdings is its only secured lender. The note carried interest of 8.37% and had several...

With regard to the Travel Voucher Program, two separate federal actions were filed. In 1976, the EEOC filed an action in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against TWA and against TWA's flight attendant collective...

Appellant consumer filed an action of strict product liability and negligence as a result of injuries sustained when he was wearing a large manufactured "head" and was pushed by a patron and fell to the floor in a Reno club. Appellant consumer...

The lower court entered judgments of conviction against appellants, following a jury trial, for racketeering conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C.S. § 1962(d) , narcotics conspiracy in violation of 21 U.S.C.S. § 846 , and possession of heroin...

Defendant had an argument with the victim on the day of the murder. Later that night, defendant went to the store. The victim also arrived at the store and defendant overheard the victim ask the store owner to borrow a gun because he believed that defendant...

Defendant was convicted of aggravated battery of her former husband in the Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia (Louisiana). Defendant appealed, asserting that no rational trier of fact could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable...

Mrs. Smoot was driving her one-year-old Mazda at 35 to 40 m.p.h. when she struck either a chunk of asphalt that had been dislodged from the pavement (her current version) or, more likely, a large pothole (the defendants' version--but also what Mrs...

Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas (OPIK) was the lease operator, which means it owned the wells from which the oil and gas are produced. OPIK did not charge royalty owners for any services it performs on the leased premises. But OPIK did not own gathering...