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...

Plaintiff saw a Suzuki Samurai swerve across the freeway and roll after hitting a patch of black ice. He stopped to help the occupants. He then helped a Washington State trooper by placing flares along the highway. Plaintiff was injured by a hit-and-run...

I have a rather taxing case and having received an rather unhelpful email response from the Probate Registry I am no further forward. The problem is as follows: Mother has a will naming daughter as sole executor and sole beneficiary. Mother dies and...

Rouse engaged in a physical altercation with plaintiffs and threatened to kill them. The bartender escorted Rouse from the bar and called the police. Two officers responded in marked police vehicles, interviewed the three men, and were told of the death...