• Sarver v. Chartier

    Sarver v. Chartier United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit May 9, 2013, Argued and Submitted; May 9, 2013, Submission Vacated; December 24, 2015, Resubmitted, Pasadena, California; February 17, 2016, Filed No. 11-56986, No. 12-55429 Opinion...

  • Kennis v. Metro. West Asset Mgmt., LLC

    Kennis v. Metro. West Asset Mgmt., LLC United States District Court for the Central District of California July 9, 2019, Decided; July 9, 2019, Filed CV 15-8162-GW(FFMx) Opinion CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL PROCEEDINGS: IN CHAMBERS - TENTATIVE FINDINGS  [...

  • Vaskie v. W. Am. Ins. Co.

    Appellee offeree was involved in a car accident with a vehicle owned and operated by persons who were insured by appellant insurer. On December 1, 1986, the insurer sent a letter to appellee's counsel that offered to settle the personal injury claim...

  • Dual Drilling Co. v. Mills Equip. Invs.

    Travis Vollmering (Vollmering) and Atlas Iron and Metal Company (Atlas) who were partners, agreed to buy from Dual Drilling (Dual) an inoperative off-shore oil rig located in a shipyard. Dual retained ownership of certain parts. Vollmering and Atlas hired...

  • Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.

    Respondent patent holder Biosig filed a patent infringement suit against petitioner Nautilus, Inc. alleging that Nautilus sold exercise machines containing Biosig's patented technology without obtaining a license.The patent in dispute concerned a...

  • Buckley v. Valeo

    Candidates, contributors, political parties, and others, brought suit against defendant government officials, in their official capacity and as members of the Federal Election Commission. Plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of the Federal Election...

  • Reeves v. Foutz & Tanner, Inc.

    Plaintiffs Reeves and Begay were Navajo Indians whose ability to understand English and commercial matters were limited. Each of them pawned jewelry with the defendant, Foutz and Tanner, Inc. d/b/a Tanner’s Big Dollar, where they received a money...

  • Lane v. Franks

    As Director of Community Intensive Training for Youth (CITY), a program for underprivileged youth operated by Central Alabama Community College (CACC), petitioner Edward Lane conducted an audit of the program's expenses and discovered that Suzanne...

  • F. v. Duval Cty.

    The Board of Public Instruction's court liaison officer filed a petition against two residents of Jacksonville, their minor children were in need of the juvenile court's supervision because they were not attending public school. The compulsory...

  • Gartner v. Iowa Dep't of Pub. Health

    The first spouse and the second spouse, both women, were legally married. Thereafter, the first spouse gave birth to their child. The birth certificate the Department issued only listed the first spouse as the child's parent. The space for the second...