• Language Matters: Election Controversy, Social Media Controversy, and the Rule Of Law

    By Ian McDougall, General Counsel, LexisNexis Legal & Professional This blog isn’t going to be about a single subject. There are a huge number of issues that have recently, in some way, touched upon the subject of the Rule of Law but I will...

  • Richardson v. McKnight

    Respondent McKnight, a prisoner at a Tennessee correctional center whose management had been privatized, brought a Federal District Court suit under 42 USCS 1983 against petitioners, privately employed prison guards, alleging that their physical restraint...

  • Williams v. Gaye

    Marvin Gaye recorded the song “Got to Give It Up” which was registered by the Jobete Music Company, Inc. with the United States Copyright Office in 1977. The Gayes inherited the copyrights in Marvin Gaye’s musical compositions. In June...

  • Meyering v. Gen. Motors Corp.

    Plaintiff Kurt Meyering was severely injured when he was struck on the head by a chunk of concrete thrown from a freeway overpass by two juveniles. At the time of his injury, Meyering was driving a 1984 Chevrolet Corvette recently purchased by his girlfriend...

  • Wood v. Wyeth-Ayerst Labs.

    Wood v. Wyeth-Ayerst Labs. Supreme Court of Kentucky August 22, 2002, Rendered 2000-SC-1067-DG Opinion  [*850]  OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE GRAVES Affirming In 1973, the United States Federal Food and Drug Administration approved the use and sale...

  • Util. Solid Waste Activities Grp. v. EPA

    Util. Solid Waste Activities Grp. v. EPA United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit November 20, 2017, Argued; August 21, 2018, Decided No. 15-1219 Consolidated with 15-1221, 15-1222, 15-1223, 15-1227, 15-1228, 15-1229 Opinion...

  • United States v. Parisi

    United States v. Parisi United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit March 2, 2016, Submitted; May 3, 2016, Decided Docket No. 15-963 Opinion  [*345]  Per Curiam : Defendant-Appellant John Parisi appeals a March 23, 2015 decision of the District...

  • United States v. Lussier

    United States v. Lussier United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit October 17, 1996, Argued ; January 9, 1997, Decided Docket No. 96-1110 Opinion  [*33]  JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge : This appeal concerns the relationship between a district...

  • United States v. Laine

    United States v. Laine United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit December 9, 2010, Submitted for Possible Summary Action Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6; December 16, 2010, Opinion Filed No. 10-3845 Opinion  [*571]  PER CURIAM...

  • United States v. Davies

    United States v. Davies United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit August 9, 2018, Submitted for Possible Summary Action Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 and/or Issuance of a Certificate of Appealability Pursuant to 28 U.S...