Defendant spouses Christina and John A. McLean started to erect a gasoline filling station at the rear end of their lot, located at Green Lawn subdivision, at the northeast corner of Collingwood Avenue and Second Boulevard, in the city of Detroit. Plaintiffs...

Appellant stockholders Andrew Schnell, Jr. and Jack Safer sued to enjoin appellee Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. (“corporation”) from advancing the date of the annual stockholders' meeting. The corporation claimed it was allowed to do so...

Appellant-petitioner CA, Inc. (“CA”) was a Delaware corporation whose board of directors consisted of 12 persons, all of who sat for reelection each year. On September 9, 2008, CA’s annual meeting of stockholders was held. In connection...

Appellants, Dolly Filartiga and Joel Filartiga, were citizens of the Republic of Paraguay. They filed an action in the United States against appellee, Americo Norberto Pena-Irala, also a citizen of Paraguay, for wrongfully causing the death of Joelito...

Two separate cases pitting the directors of Atlas Corporation against its largest shareholder, Blasius Industries were consolidated and tried together, requiring the court to determine who could sit on Atlas Corporation's board of directors. The first...

On Dec. 12, 2008, the Superior Court for Pierce County (Washington) entered a judgment on verdicts finding defendant, Augustus Martel Oakley, guilty of three counts of second degree assault, each while armed with a firearm, and one count of attempted...

The grantors conveyed land to the city of Memphis so that a U.S. naval depot would be built on the land. The U.S. paid the city for the land, then abandoned the site and, pursuant to 10 Stat. 586, conveyed the land to the city. The heir sued to have the...

The mortgagee, the Bank of Michigan, held the bond and mortgage executed by the mortgagors, Thomas C. Sheldon and his wife, Eleanor. The bank assigned the bond and mortgage to the assignee, William Sill, a New York citizen. Sill filed a bill to recover...

William E. Olmstead and Elizabeth A. Ziegler were both attorneys. At the time of their divorce, they entered into a settlement agreement whereby neither party would pay child support. However, their settlement agreement contained a stipulation that William...

To implement the International Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, Congress enacted the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 (Act). The statute...