Davis v. Alaska Supreme Court of the United States December 12, 1973, Argued ; February 27, 1974, Decided No. 72-5794 Opinion  [*309]   [***349]   [**1107]  MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari in this case...

Burlington Indus. v. Ellerth Supreme Court of the United States April 22, 1998, Argued ; June 26, 1998, Decided No. 97-569 Opinion  [**2262]   [***644]   [*746]  JUSTICE KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court. We decide whether, under Title VII of...

Is an option in a lease for the tenant to purchase the property a real or personal right?

Are Pocket-Sized Legal Services a Sustainable Way to Meet Legal Needs? In access-to-justice circles, it is well known that 80 percent of legal needs go unmet, meaning that every lawyer in the U.S. only services one out of five legal issues they are...

Texas Gulf Sulphur ("TGS") discovered rich ore deposits in Ontario; the discovery lead to a series of stock transactions connected to the discovery. On April 12, 1964, TGS issued a press release dispelling rumors about the results of its exploratory...

Acting pursuant to a New Jersey statute, a township board of education (board) authorized reimbursement to parents of money that they expended for the bus transportation of their children to and from parochial schools. Appellant, in his capacity as a...

Merck & Co. v. Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit March 29, 2007, Decided 2006-1401 Opinion  [***1204]   [*1318]  LINN, Circuit Judge . This case presents the question of whether a patent term extension under...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted petitioner PennEast Pipeline Co. a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing construction of a 116-mile pipeline from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. Several parties, including respondent...

Harrison v. Envision Mgmt. Holding, Inc. United States District Court for the District of Colorado March 24, 2022, Decided; March 24, 2022, Filed Civil Action No. 21-cv-0304-RMR-NYW Opinion ORDER This matter comes before the Court on the Defendants'...

Appellant inmate, Lou Tong Saephanh, wrote a letter to his friend and fellow gang member, asking the latter to punch his pregnant girlfriend’s stomach to cause her to miscarry the couple’s unborn baby. The letter never reached the gang member...