Amgen Inc. v. Conn. Ret. Plans & Trust Funds Supreme Court of the United States November 5, 2012, Argued; February 27, 2013, Decided No. 11-1085 Opinion  [*458]  Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court. This case involves a securities...

The United States brought a proceeding under the fourth section of the Anti-Trust Act of July 2, 1890, contending that defendant American Can Company, a New Jersey corporation, was formed and has since been maintained in violation of the first and second...

The fisherman caught a sturgeon and tied it to a pier. During the night, the officer confiscated the sturgeon on the ground that it was illegally caught. The officer took the sturgeon to his house and put it in his freezer. There was evidence that the...

This patent infringement action was brought by appellees, one of whom was the alleged original inventor of the electro-magnetic telegraph, Samuel Morse. The circuit court ruled in favor of appellees after finding that appellants had produced and were...

Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore Supreme Court of the United States October 30, 1978, Argued ; January 9, 1979, Decided No. 77-1305 Case Summary Procedural Posture Certiorari was granted for a review of a judgment from the United States Court of Appeals...

W. Pico Furniture Co. v. Superior Court Supreme Court of California August 3, 1961 L. A. No. 26171 Case Summary Procedural Posture After plaintiff furniture company brought suit against defendant loan company, it sought to have the loan company answer...

Forman v Henkin Court of Appeals of New York January 2, 2018, Argued ; February 13, 2018, Decided No. 1 Case Summary Overview HOLDINGS: [1]-The Appellate Division erred in employing a heightened threshold for production of social media records that depended...

BNSF Ry. v. Tyrrell Supreme Court of the United States April 25, 2017, Argued; May 30, 2017, Decided No. 16-405. Case Summary Overview HOLDINGS: [1]-45 U.S.C.S. § 56 did not address personal jurisdiction over railroads as its first sentence was a...

AMTRAK v. Morgan Supreme Court of the United States January 9, 2002, Argued ; June 10, 2002, Decided No. 00-1614 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondent former employee sued petitioner former employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...

Rompilla v. Beard Supreme Court of the United States January 18, 2005, Argued ; June 20, 2005, Decided No. 04-5462 Case Summary Procedural Posture Petitioner, a state inmate facing death, sought a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C.S. § 2254 for...