Appellee railroad company moved for summary judgment on one of two counts seeking recovery from appellant company for cleanup costs resulting from a chemical leak. The district court granted appellee's motion, holding that Illinois law would impose...

Learn who does what before the deal gets done. This practice note discusses the due diligence process in lending transactions. The due diligence process allows the lenders to ascertain information about the borrower relevant to the borrower’s ability...

Nelson v. Appleway Chevrolet, Inc. Supreme Court of Washington October 19, 2006, Argued; April 26, 2007, Filed No. 77985-6 Opinion  [**849]  En Banc  [*178]  ¶1 Sanders , J. — Herbert Nelson purchased a used car from Appleway Volkswagen. But after negotiating...

NOW, Inc., an organization that supports the legal availability of abortion and two facilities that perform abortions, filed a class action alleging that petitioners, individuals and organizations that oppose legal abortion, violated the Racketeer Influenced...

Vincentini v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit July 12, 2011, Filed File Name: 11a0474n.06 No. 10-1231 Opinion  [*561]  RUSSELL, Chief District Judge. Petitioner-Appellant Dominick J. Vincentini ("Vincentini"...

Univ. of Utah v. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften E.V. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts June 11, 2012, Decided; June 11, 2012, Filed C.A. No. 11-cv-10484-PBS Opinion  [*153]  MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SARIS...

City of Golden v. Sodexo Am., LLC Supreme Court of Colorado May 20, 2019, Decided Supreme Court Case No. 17SC735 Opinion  [**445]  en banc JUSTICE HOOD delivered the Opinion of the Court.  [*P1]  Imagine that two students enter a dining hall at the Colorado...

Perturbed by the corrosive effect of money on the electoral process, New Hampshire enacted campaign finance reform legislation capping a political action committee's ability to make "independent expenditures" at $ 1,000 per election.The...

The mortgagee, which was a Michigan bank, held the bond and mortgage executed by mortgagors, Thomas Sheldon and his wife, Eleanor Sheldon, who were Michigan residents. The bank assigned the bond and mortgage to Sill, the assignee, who was a New York citizen...

Petitioner bankruptcy debtor Vickie Lynn Marshall (Smith), aka as Anna Nicole Smith, married J. Howard Marshall II, creditor E. Pierce Marshall's (Pierce) father, approximately a year before J. Howard's death. Shortly before J. Howard died, Smith...