Rodney Henderson was found stabbed to death after leaving a party with Floyd Perkins and another, Damarr Jones. Perkins was charged with murder. Jones, the key prosecution witness, testified that Perkins alone committed the murder while Jones looked on...

This action involves the novel claim that a holder of less than one percent of the stock of a Delaware corporation was a controlling stockholder and thus owed fiduciary obligations to the other stockholders of the corporation. In April 2004, KKR &...

In the United States, April signifies a number of different things to different people. The start of spring, the beginning of baseball season, and of course, the income tax filing deadline. For immigration attorneys, April is a noteworthy month because...

On 12 June 1986, Delbert Joseph Muse, III ("Joe"), who was sixteen years old at the time, was admitted to Charter Hospital for treatment related to his depression and suicidal thoughts. Joe's treatment team consisted of Dr. Barnhill, as...

Defendant seller placed a newspaper advertisement for the sale of an automobile and miscellaneous parts. The buyer and seller later entered into an agreement of sale for a total sale price, at which time the buyer gave the seller a deposit. On the same...

Defendant tortfeasor appealed a decision of the Superior Court in the Judicial District of Windham (Connecticut), which rendered judgment for plaintiff executrix in her action against to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband. The tortfeasor...

Plaintiffs sued defendants for false imprisonment. Defendants appealed denial of post-judgment motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial, and plaintiff cross-appealed dismissal of claims for punitive damages. Employees of defendant stopped...

Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree based on defendant's killing of his homosexual partner in a lover's quarrel, claimed to have been provoked by unfaithfulness on the part of the victim and his expressed desire to terminate...

Plaintiff, a teacher of the society, brought an action of assumpsit to recover from the defendants a sum of money, which had been assessed by the proper officers of the parish, on the polls and estates of James Buxton and Amos Knight, as their ministerial...

Plaintiff sued defendant subsidiary for infringement of two patents. Defendant subsidiary and its parent filed a declaratory judgment action. Thereafter, the cases were consolidated into the present action. The district court granted defendants partial...