• Polikoff v. Adam

    On July 12, 1991, plaintiff-appellee Harry Polikoff, trustee under the will of Marjorie L. Polikoff, filed a shareholder derivative suit against defendants-appellants TRW, Inc. ("TRW"), members of TRW's board of directors, and officers of...

  • Jester v. Utilimap Corp.

    Duke Energy sought to remove a line of four utility poles on a farm in Warren County, Ohio, and replace the above-ground lines with an underground line. The poles were located inside private property, and the employees would not be able to reach the wires...

  • Chatlos Systems Inc. v. Nat'l Cash Register Corp.

    Plaintiff initiated an action alleging breach of warranty regarding a computer system it had acquired from defendant. The case was removed under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Following a non...

  • Affiliated FM Ins. Co. v. LTK Consulting Servs., Inc.

    The engineering firm worked on monorail maintenance. After a fire ignited on a monorail train, plaintiff insurer, which was the monorail system operator's subrogee, sued defendant engineering firm in state court for negligently causing the fire.

  • Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. v. Dolgencorp, Inc.

    A property lease granted Winn-Dixie grocery store the exclusive right to sell groceries in a town plaza. It also stated that other stores could sell groceries, but only if they devoted no more than 500 square feet to the grocery items in their stores...

  • Monroe St. Props., Inc. v. Carpenter

    In March 1962, appellee buyer, Western Equities, Inc., offered to purchase from appellant seller, Monroe Street Properties, Inc ., ten insured first mortgages and notes in exchange for some of appellee's stock. Appellant seller accepted the offer...

  • Thomson S.A. v. Quixote Corp.

    Plaintiff-appellant Thomson S.A. was the assignee of the patents in the suit, which were directed to optical information-storage devices, such as compact discs (CDs). Plaintiff made and markets machines that read or play CDs, and granted licenses under...

  • Taylor v. Northam

    The 1987 Deed conveyed to the grantee, the Lee Monument Association, a round piece of property (the Circle) in the City of Richmond, Virginia, to use the property as a site for a monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. In December 1889, the General...

  • Groshong v. Sapp (In re MILA, Inc.)

    Groshong v. Sapp (In re MILA, Inc.) United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit October 23, 2009, Argued and Submitted at Pasadena, California; January 5, 2010, Filed BAP No. WW-09-1142-MoPaH Opinion  [*539]  MONTALI, Bankruptcy Judge...

  • Carson v. Makin

    Maine has enacted a program of tuition assistance for parents who live in school districts that neither operate a secondary school of their own nor contract with a particular school in another district. Under that program, parents designate the secondary...