• United States v. Di Re

    Respondent and an informer were in an automobile, the driver of which was suspected of selling counterfeit gasoline ration coupons. When approached by federal and New York state officers, the informer had counterfeit gasoline ration coupons in his hand...

  • Texas City Ref., Inc. v. Conoco, Inc.

    Texas City Ref., Inc. v. Conoco, Inc. Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston January 12, 1989 No. A14-88-00016-CV Opinion  [*184]  This is a breach of contract case arising from an agreement for the sale of 400,000 barrels of crude oil...

  • Ridenour v. Kaiser-Hill Co., LLC

    Ridenour v. Kaiser-Hill Co., LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit February 9, 2005, Filed No. 01-1510 Opinion  [*928]  O'BRIEN , Circuit Judge. This is a qui tam action, 2 filed under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729...

  • Harker v. Cummings (In re GYPC, Inc.)

    Harker v. Cummings (In re GYPC, Inc.) United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division August 4, 2020, Decided Case No. 17-31030, Chapter 7, Adv. No. 19-3046, Adv. No. 19-3047 Opinion Decision Granting in Part and Denying...

  • Laerdal Med. Corp. v. ITC

    Laerdal Med. Corp. v. ITC United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit December 7, 2018, Decided 2017-2445 Opinion  [***1806]   [*1209]  O'MALLEY, Circuit Judge . Laerdal Medical Corp. and Laerdal Medical AS (collectively, "Laerdal"...

  • Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified Sch. Dist.

    Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified Sch. Dist. Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Four August 6, 1976 Civ. No. 36851 Opinion  [*817]   [**855]  The novel -- and troublesome -- question on this appeal is whether a person who...

  • Aluminum Co. of America v. Essex Group, Inc.

    Aluminum Co. of America v. Essex Group, Inc. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania April 7, 1980 Civ. A. No. 78-598 Opinion  [*55]  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff, Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), brought the...

  • D & G Stout, Inc. v. Bacardi Imps., Inc.

    After reversal of the court's grant of summary judgment to defendant distiller, the court considered whether the doctrine of promissory estoppel applied to the assurances given by the distiller to plaintiff distributor of its continued relationship...

  • Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos. v. Dobson

    In August 1987, Steven Gwin, a respondent who owned a house in Birmingham, Alabama, bought a lifetime "Termite Protection Plan" (Plan) from the local office of petitioner Allied-Bruce Terminix Companies, a franchise of Terminix International...

  • S. R. Co. v. Virginia

    Virginia's corporation commission issued an order requiring Southern Railway Co. to construct a highway bridge over its tracks, within the limits of its right of way, to take the place of a grade crossing. Southern Railway Co. challenged the constitutionality...