Petitioner SAS Institute Inc. sought review of respondent ComplementSoft’s software patent, alleging that all 16 of the patent's claims were unpatentable. The Director of the Patent Office concluded that SAS was likely to succeed with respect...

Hawai'i election law requires a candidate to participate in a new-party, established-party, or nonpartisan primary election in order to obtain a position on the general election ballot. The primaries are open--that is, all registered voters may choose...

Criminal defendant Red Dog was convicted of a capital case and sentenced to the death penalty. The Supreme Court of Delaware had observed that the defendant's counsel, all attorneys in the Office of the Public Defender, appeared to have taken inconsistent...

Relying on erroneous information that petitioner Rothgery had a previous felony conviction, Texas police arrested Rothgery as a felon in possession of a firearm. The officers brought Rothgery before a magistrate, as required by state law, for a so-called...

The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the United Steelworkers of America (Union) and an employer, the American Manufacturing Co. (AMC), contained a provision that called for all grievances not adjusted to be submitted to arbitration. AMC refused...

An indictment was brought against Frederick Silverthorne and his father, the owners of Silverthorne Lumber Company (Lumber), on a single charge. After the Silverthornes were arrested at their homes, the government held them in custody. Meanwhile, federal...

Plaintiffs, Sherif Y. Boulos and Paul J. Durso, partners in a wholesale jewelry and gift business, were in New Orleans to sell wholesale jewelry. Across the street from the hotel in which they were staying, defendant Morris Lew owned a business called...

Citibank, N. A., filed a debt-collection action in state court, alleging that respondent Jackson was liable for charges incurred on a Home Depot credit card. Thereafter, Jackson responded by filing third-party class-action claims against petitioner Home...

From 1993 to 1994, plaintiff Anthony Fredianelli served as the guitar player of the band Third Eye Blind. When Fredianelli was no longer in the Band, defendant Stephen Jenkins formed three corporate entities in relation to the Band. In 2000, plaintiff...

During a traffic stop of a vehicle in which defendant was a passenger, police seized drugs from defendant. The seizure was on a Friday, and the officer put the drugs in an unsealed evidence bag in the trunk of his patrol car. The drugs remained there...