El Paso Corp. v. La Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectrica Del Rio Lempa United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit August 6, 2009, Filed No. 08-20771 Opinion  [*31]  PER CURIAM: 1 La Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectrica Del Rio Lempa (CEL) appeals...

Cassell v. Vanderbilt Univ. United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division October 23, 2018, Filed NO. 3:16-cv-2086 Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification...

Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l Supreme Court of the United States March 31, 2014, Argued; June 19, 2014, Decided No. 13-298 Opinion  [*212]   [1978]  JUSTICE Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court. The patents at issue in this case disclose...

Respondent James N. Kirby, Pty Ltd., an Australian manufacturer, hired International Cargo Control (ICC) to arrange for delivery of machinery from Australia to Huntsville, Ala., by "through" ( i.e., end-to-end) transportation. The bill of lading...

Fairfield Harbour, Inc. (FHI) recorded a set of restrictive covenants, entitled Master Declaration of Fairfield Harbour (the Master Declaration), in 1979. The Master Declaration applied to all properties within Fairfield Harbour and included fees to use...

When Dallas County prosecutors in Texas state court used peremptory strikes against 10 of the 11 qualified African-American venire members during jury selection for petitioner Thomas Joe Miller-El's capital murder trial, he objected, claiming that...

On an action instituted by John Laird against Hugh Stuart, a judgment was entered in a court for the fourth circuit in the eastern district of Virginia, in December term 1801. On this judgment, an execution was issued, returnable to April term 1802, in...

Acting under the Cedar Rust Act of Virginia, Va. Code Ann. §§ 885 to 893 (1924), state entomologist ordered tree owners to cut down a large number of ornamental red cedar trees growing on their property as a means of preventing the communication...

Respondent homeowners purchased a home in a district limited by appellant borough's zoning ordinance to families or their functional equivalent. The home was occupied by ten college sophomores who shared housekeeping facilities, paid household expenses...