The president of a small business firm believed that he was being denied benefits under a program of the Small Business Administration (SBA) because he had refused to make loans to the defendant, an SBA employee who was responsible for the program. Based...

Urantia Found. v. Maaherra United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 14, 1997, Argued, Submitted, San Francisco, California ; June 10, 1997, Filed No. 95-17093 Opinion  [***1002]   [*956]  OPINION SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: This is a...

Shattuck Denn Mining Corp., Iron King Branch v. NLRB United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit May 9, 1966 No. 20131 Opinion  [*467]  DUNIWAY, C. J.: The National Labor Relations Board adopted the findings of its trial examiner and held that...

Sanchez v. Mayorkas Supreme Court of the United States April 19, 2021, Argued; June 7, 2021, Decided No. 20-315. Opinion  [*1811]  Justice Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner Jose Santos Sanchez entered this country unlawfully from El...

At a late hour of the night, defendant's agent telephoned a residence and asked for plaintiff. Plaintiff's daughter had answered the phone and upon learning that it was an emergency phone call, she went to plaintiff's home and informed her...

United States ex rel. Sheldon v. Allergan Sales, LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit October 28, 2021, Argued; January 25, 2022, Decided No. 20-2330 Opinion WILKINSON, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff Troy Sheldon filed a False Claims Act...

Indemnification provisions are typically found in M&A transactions involving a private target and generally cover two categories of claims: claims between the parties and third-party claims. The purpose of indemnification provisions is to specify...

After Petitioners Alderman and Alderisio, along with Ruby Kolod, now deceased , convicted of conspiring to transmit murderous threats in interstate commerce, they discovered that one petitioner's place of business had been subject to electronic surveillance...

After the company's bid to supply school bus chassis was accepted, the company's supplier cancelled the company's order. The company was informed that another supplier had been found and that the company was responsible for any excess cost...

27 I. & N. Dec. 818; 2020 BIA LEXIS 11 Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals April 10, 2020, Decided 3982 Opinion  [*818]  GEMOETS, Temporary Board Member: In a decision dated August 23, 2017, an Immigration Judge found the respondent...