Plaintiff corporations sued defendant ex-employee to prevent him from using, or disclosing, certain alleged trade secrets, which defendant obtained as a former employee of plaintiffs'. Defendant sought to disclose the alleged secrets to his experts...

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...

Defendant corporation's directors decided to exercise their discretion and hold back part of the company's capital earnings for reinvestment, thereby denying certain expected dividend payments to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs contended that the reason...

Petitioner-plaintiff in error Dred Scott was an enslaved person of African descent. He brought suit in the federal court against respondent "owner" Sandford for assault. Certiorari was granted from the Circuit Court of the United States for...

District of Columbia law bans handgun possession by making it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm and prohibiting the registration of handguns; provides separately that no person may carry an unlicensed handgun, but authorizes the police chief to...

These consolidated appeals arise out of the bankruptcy of DBSD North America, Incorporated and its various subsidiaries (together, "DBSD"). The bankruptcy court confirmed a plan of reorganization for DBSD over the objections of the two appellants...

Defendant was in custody under the National Prohibition Act on a charge of transporting intoxicating liquor in violation of the Act. He sought to be discharged on the grounds that first, the Eighteenth Amendmant to the Constitution, to enforce which Title...

Appellants, a married couple, filed a products liability suit against appellees, a machine owner and manufacturers. The couple sought to introduce evidence that, shortly after the accident, the owner of the machine partially enclosed the rear wheels,...

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...

Petitioner and respondent, two unmarried women, were in a long-term domestic relationships when respondent adopted a child. Petitioner supported the child financially supported and co-parented the child for years until the parties dissolved their relationship...