• Mitchell v. Esparza

    Mitchell v. Esparza Supreme Court of the United States November 3, 2003, Decided No. 02-1369 Opinion  [*13]   [**9]  Per Curiam. The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the grant of habeas relief to respondent Gregory Esparza after concluding...

  • Christensen v. Superior Court

    Christensen v. Superior Court Supreme Court of California December 2, 1991 No. S016890 Opinion  [*875]   [**183]   [***81]  We are asked to decide whether persons other than those who contract for the services of mortuaries and crematoria or have the...

  • SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp.

    SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit April 8, 2005, Decided 03-1285, 03-1313 Opinion  [*1333]  RADER, Circuit Judge . Following a bench trial, the United States District Court for the Northern...

  • Potter v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

    Potter v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. Supreme Court of California December 27, 1993, Decided No. S018831. Opinion  [*973]   [**800]   [***555]  We granted review in this case to consider: (1) whether emotional distress engendered by a fear of cancer...

  • Nazir v. United Airlines, Inc.

    Nazir v. United Airlines, Inc. Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Two October 9, 2009, Filed A121651 Opinion  [**302]  RICHMAN, J. —Our Supreme Court has said that the purpose of the 1992 and 1993 amendments to the California...

  • Falcon v. Memorial Hosp.

    Plaintiff's wife died during childbirth, as a result of an embolism. Plaintiff sued the doctor and the hospital, on the grounds of negligence and plaintiff's experts were prepared to testify that the doctor should have started an IV line before...

  • Steel v. GMC

    The attorney defended the car manufacturer in lemon law litigation and then moved to a new law firm which primarily represented plaintiffs in lemon law cases against the car manufacturer and its competitors. The law firm used an ethics screen under which...

  • Estate of McGovern v. Commonwealth

    Appellee heir claimed that decedent was mentally incompetent when he executed retirement documents and chose pay out options that dramatically reduced the amount payable to decedent's estate. Appellant retirement board denied the claim finding that...

  • Kocsis v. Fla. State Univ. Bd. of Trs.

    Kocsis v. Fla. State Univ. Bd. of Trs. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit August 19, 2021, Decided No. 20-10474 Non-Argument Calendar Opinion PER CURIAM: Crystal Kocsis, proceeding pro se , appeals the denial of her motion for relief...

  • Adjustrite Sys. v. GAB Bus. Servs.

    The parties had executed an informal two-page document to memorialize their agreement that defendants were to purchase plaintiffs' assets. Plaintiffs brought a breach of contract action when defendants failed to follow through on the agreement, and...