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...

Petitioners contracted with respondent seller to purchase a mobile home which included the installation of a septic system, and borrowed money for the purchase from respondent bank. When petitioners were sued over allegations that their septic system...

Defendant Brad Smith was convicted of six counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), the federal child pornography production statute. At sentencing, defendant argued that because the videos were taken during one continuous sexual assault, the charges...

The debtor was a bankrupt retail carpet dealer with stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut. After adjudication of bankruptcy, 45 customers who had given cash deposits for undelivered carpets filed a petition to have a constructive trust or lien imposed...