Appellee Harris, who had been indicted for violating the California Criminal Syndicalism Act, sued in the Federal District Court to enjoin appellant, the county District Attorney, from prosecuting him, contending that the Act is unconstitutional on its...

The prosecuting attorney of Bay County, Florida, brought a proceeding in a Florida court to close down the appellant's bookstore as a public nuisance under the claimed authority of Florida law. The state court entered a preliminary order prohibiting...

A. Ernest Fitzgerald, a civilian employee of the Department of the Air Force was terminated from his position. He brought a suit for civil damages in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Bryce Harlow and Alexander Butterfield...

Under 42 U.S.C. § 1 983, derived from the "Ku Klux Act" of April 20, 1871, petitioners African-American family brought an action in a Federal District Court against the City of Chicago and 13 of its police officers for damages for violation...

Under New York law, the State may terminate, over parental objection, the rights of parents in their natural child upon a finding that the child is "permanently neglected." The New York Family Court Act ( § 622 ) requires that only a "fair...

Jason P. aimed to establish that he is a legal parent of a child conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) using his sperm, and that he is entitled to joint legal and physical custody of the child with the child's mother, Danielle. In a second...

Appellant Sha'Kayla St. Mary and respondent Veronica Lynn Damon became romantically involved and decided to have a child. They drafted a co-parenting agreement, and eventually, St. Mary gave birth to a child through in vitro fertilization, using Damon's...

Gail Lowe Haymes filed an action for divorce on grounds including actual and constructive abandonment based on Stephen Denis Haymes’ having left the marital home to live apart from her and having abstained from sexual relations with her for a year...

Sisters Miriam and Sarah Jenkins appealed from the trial court's denial of their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) following a jury trial. The issue tried by the jury was ownership of bank accounts which had been opened by Frances...

Judith N. Reid and Robert Reid were married for 19 years and had four children. They experienced marital difficulties and underwent unsuccessful counseling, and the wife moved from the marital home. Two months later, the wife filed for divorce, claiming...