• Gilligan v. Morgan

    After members of the Ohio National Guard had killed or injured several students at Kent State University, the plaintiffs, who were students at the University, brought suit in a Federal District Court in Ohio. The plaintiffs sought (1) an injunction restraining...
  • Simeone v. Simeone

    At the time of their marriage in 1975, appellant Catherine E. Walsh Simeone was a twenty-three-year-old nurse and appellee Frederick A. Simeone was a thirty-nine-year-old neurosurgeon. Frederick had an income of approximately $90,000 per year, and Catherine...
  • Griffith v. Kanamaru

    Owen W. Griffith, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Cornell University Medical College, filed for a patent application on an aminocarnitine compound, useful in the treatment of diabetes. According to the records of the case,...
  • Whitney v. California

    Petitioner sought review of a judgment affirming her conviction under the state Criminal Syndicalism Act. The conviction was based on her involvement with the Communist Labor Party of California, including membership in the party. On appeal, petitioner...
  • Miller v. Johnson

    Voters challenged appellant state officials' congressional redistricting plan as violative of U.S. Const. amend. XIV . The District Court for the Southern District of Georgia invalidated the congressional redistricting plan enacted by the state. Various...
  • Kolender v. Lawson

    The arrestee had been arrested on approximately 15 occasions and convicted once of violating Cal. Penal Code § 647(e) (1970), which required persons who loitered or wandered the streets to provide a credible and reliable identification and to account...
  • Gade v. Nat'l Solid Wastes Mgmt. Ass'n

    The trade association's members were subject to the OSH Act and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. Thus, the trade association was responsible for training and certifying hazardous waste remediation workers. To conduct...
  • Thomas v. Nat'l Ass'n of Letter Carriers

    Plaintiff Gerald M. Thomas was employed by the defendant Postal Service from February 1987 to May 1996. The National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the defendants Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) required...
  • Schlosser v. Creamer

    Appellant seller Henry W. Schlosser Sr. contracted to sell a home to appellees John and Frances Creamer. The land in question was a corner lot. The deed to appellant in 1925, in addition to restrictions against saloons and the keeping of swine and specifications...
  • Plateq Corp. of N. Haven v. Machlett Labs., Inc.

    Although plaintiff seller, Plateq Corporation of North Haven, had difficulties in performing a contract, defendant buyer, Machlett Laboratories Inc., did no more than call attention to the deficiencies. When performance was belatedly but substantially...
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