Two parties entered into a contract whereby the buyer agreed to purchase an automobile from the seller. The buyer alleged that he was able, willing, and ready to receive and pay for the new car, but that the seller refused to perform his part of the contract...

l-Bihani, a Yemeni citizen, had been held at the U.S. naval base detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002. He came to Guantanamo by a circuitous route. It began in Saudi Arabia in the first half of 2001 when a local sheikh issued a religious...

Defendant photographers were hired by an unknown third party to take aerial photographs of new construction at plaintiff company's plant. Plaintiff subsequently filed suit against defendants, and alleged defendants had wrongfully obtained photographs...

Appellant mother, who was the custodial parent, filed a modification motion requesting that she be allowed to relocate to Arizona with her son in order to take a new job. The trial court denied the motion, holding that the mother had failed to show that...

Plaintiff grandchildren filed a legal malpractice action against the attorney, claiming that the will failed to fulfill the testator's intent. The attorney moved for summary judgment and his motion was granted. The trial court held that without a...

Appellant filed a state law negligence action in district court asserting that appellee’s negligence was the sole cause of his accident. Appellant was an employee for an independent contractor hired by appellee to render some construction on the...

Appellant administrator of an employee benefit plan, sued appellee state officials seeking a declaration that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempted the officials' claims that the plan violated state labor law. The administrator...

Plaintiff-Appellant was fired from her tenured professorship by the Board of Supervisors of the University due toc complaints about her "professionalism and behavior" whenever she visited schools in the district.

Appellee entered into an agreement with appellant securities purchaser to sell corporate stock in exchange for land. Subsequently, it sued appellant for violations of federal securities laws. After the trial court entered a judgment in appellee's...

After negotiations with the prosecutor, petitioner withdrew his previous not-guilty plea to two felony counts and pleaded guilty to a lesser-included offense, the prosecutor having agreed to make no recommendation as to sentence. At petitioner's appearance...