• Zorach v. Clauson

    Under § 3210 of the New York Education Law and the regulations thereunder, New York City ("City") permitted its public schools to release students during school hours, on written requests of their parents, so that they could leave the school...
  • Sztejn v. J. Henry Schroder Banking Corp.

    On January 7, 1941, the plaintiff Sztejn and his co-venturer, Schwarz, contracted to purchase a quantity of bristles from the defendant Transea Traders, Ltd. In order to pay for the bristles, the plaintiff and Schwarz contracted with the defendant J....
  • Ill. ex rel. McCollum v. Bd. of Educ.

    With the permission of a board of education, granted under its general supervisory powers over the use of public school buildings, religious teachers, employed subject to the approval and supervision of the superintendent of schools by a private religious...
  • Blair v. Blair

    In July 1976, William Jerry Blair and Nancy Blair had sexual intercourse on one occasion after having worked together for a couple of years. At that time, Nancy was married to a certain Jim Farra, and was also involved in a long-standing sexual relationship...
  • Wescott v. First & Citizens Nat'l Bank

    Ulysses C. Robbins was a sergeant in the United States Army serving in 1945 in Italy in a Quartermaster Truck Company. While in Italy, he wrote letters to the defendant bank indicating that he wished to establish an account so that he could make periodic...
  • Telescope Media Grp. v. Lucero

    The Larsens, who own and operate Telescope Media Group, use their skills to identify and tell compelling stories through video. The Larsens were Christians; hence, they were declining any requests for their services that conflict with their religious...
  • In re FBI

    On July 18, 2013, a verified Final “Application for Certain Tangible Things for Investigations to Protect Against International Terrorism” (Application) was submitted to the Court by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for an order pursuant...
  • Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States

    In 1982, after a 20-month investigation conducted before two successive grand juries, eight defendants, including petitioners William A. Kilpatrick, Declan J. O'Donnell, Sheila C. Lerner, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, were indicted on 27 counts for...
  • United States v. Henry

    After Defendant Billy Gale Henry was indicted for armed robbery of a bank, and while he was in jail pending trial, Government agents contacted a confidential informant (CI), an inmate confined in the same cellblock as Henry. An agent instructed the CI...
  • United States v. Davis

    Pursuant to a property settlement agreement executed prior to divorce, Thomas Crawley Davis, a Delaware taxpayer, transferred to his wife shares of stock having at the time a market value of $82,250, Davis’ cost basis for the stock being $74,775...