• United States v. Dunn

    In 1980, Drug Enforcement Administration agents, having discovered that one Carpenter had bought large quantities of chemicals and equipment used to make controlled substances, placed tracking "beepers" in some of the equipment and one of the...

  • People v. Bonilla

    Defendant-appellee Bonilla lived in an apartment at Pheasant Ridge Apartment Complex in Moline, Illinois. The East Moline Police Department received a tip that he was selling drugs from his apartment. Acting on that tip, officers brought a trained drug...

  • Beauchamp v. Dow Chem. Co.

    Plaintiff-appellee employee was employed for two years as a research chemist. He applied for workers' compensation benefits, alleging impairment of normal bodily functions caused by chemical exposure to tordon ("agent orange'). The employee...

  • Robertson v. Bell Helicopter Textron

    Plaintiff George S. Robertson was employed by defendant Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. ("Bell") as a senior contract administrator. His immediate supervisor asked Robertson to request an additional $ 1.6 million for Contract Lots IV and V for...

  • Kohlman v. Hyland

    A 13-year-old boy was injured in a collision with an automobile belonging to defendant. Defendant was an electrical contractor, engaged in the business of building and repairing telephone lines. At the time of the accident, Ludwig, employed as foreman...

  • Joiner v. Abercrombie

    Plaintiff Luzon Joiner, an elderly World War II veteran, sold a 198-acre tract of land located on Highway 33 in Union Parish to defendants, Robert S. Abercrombie and Brenda Kay Hobson Abercrombie, for $110,000. Robert Abercrombie, a timber buyer and manager...

  • Saizan v. Century 21 Gold Key Realty, Inc.

    Plaintiff seller entered into an agreement to sell certain property to Century 21 Gold Key Realty, Inc. This agreement stated that Century 21 agreed to pay $120,000.00 for the subject property upon the following terms: "$90,000.00 Cash at act of...

  • Texoma Broads., Inc. v. Hosp. Corp. of Am., etc.

    Under a written contract, an advertising agency placed advertisements with the broadcasters. The hospital paid the agency for the advertising time, and the agency paid the broadcasters. After being paid by the hospital for certain advertising, the agency...

  • EMBREY v. HARGADINE-McKITTRICK DRY GOODS Co.

    A former employee filed an action against his former employer seeking damages for breach of a parol contract to renew his employment as a manager. He alleged that his employer had entered into an oral contract for a year. The trial court entered a verdict...

  • Case v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    An insurance agent was the agent of three individuals, working under a contract allowing any party to cancel the relationship for any reason. When the clients terminated his contract, he filed an action for wrongful termination of the contract in court...