• Davis v. City of Shreveport Police Dep't,

    Plaintiff filed pro se petition(s) against defendants city police department and broadcast network for libel, slander, malicious prosecution, and defamation of character for a traffic incident stop that resulted in a charge of contributing to the delinquency...
  • Orr v. Byers

    A written judgment obtained by the husband of plaintiff administratrix misspelled the name of defendant judgment debtor. The abstract of judgment that was recorded also misspelled his name. When he later sold his real property to defendant realty purchaser...
  • Jones v. Flowers

    The owner purchased a house and lived in it until he separated from his wife. He paid his mortgage each month for 30 years and the mortgage company paid his property taxes. After the mortgage was paid off, the property taxes went unpaid, and the property...
  • Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust

    Twenty authors and authors’ associations sued HathiTrust and a group of universities for copyright infringement seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. In 2004, several research universities allowed Google to electronically scan copyrighted books...
  • Pearson v. Dodd

    Appellant landowner sought review of an order which held that the landowner did not own any part of the oil and gas interest contended for in her action to quiet title on her former property as against appellee purchasers who acquired the property at...
  • Choctaw Generation Ltd. P'ship v. Am. Home Assurance Co.

    Plaintiff owner drew on a letter of credit issued by defendant bond company and demanded, under the terms of the contract between the owner and the contractor, that the bond company replenish the letter of credit to fund accruing liquidated damages. The...
  • In re Air Crash Disaster near Chi.

    On May 25, 1979, a DC-10 jet airplane, designed and built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation ("MDC"), operated by American Airlines ("American") was scheduled to fly from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California as American's...
  • Nashel v. N.Y Times Co.

    Nashel v. N.Y Times Co. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division October 11, 2022, Decided; October 11, 2022, Filed Case No. 2:22-cv-10633 Opinion OMNIBUS OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs John Nashel and Tim Robinson...
  • Blackwell v. Lurie

    Appellee husband was a general partner in a Missouri law firm that filed bankruptcy, and the trustee obtained a deficiency judgment. Appellees, husband and wife, acquired a sketch jointly in Missouri, and while domiciled in Missouri, placed the sketch...
  • Danos v. St. Pierre

    Plaintiff parents Darrell Danos et al., were involved in an automobile accident when the plaintiff mother was six-months pregnant. As a result of the accident, the maternal placenta separated prematurely and the fetus was born dead. Plaintiff parents...