After a pilot became angry and failed to complete training, an airline manager called the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) about the pilot's anger, the chance that he might be armed, and his impending termination. Respondent pilot sued...

The defendant, Hortensia Navarro-Garcia, was convicted of offenses in connection with the importation of marijuana. The defendant claimed that she did not know of the presence of more than three hundred pounds of marijuana found in the trunk of her car...

A jury convicted defendant of first-degree murder and found true special circumstance allegations that the murder was intentional and involved the infliction of torture and was committed while defendant was engaged in the commission of mayhem.

Donna Coody, gave birth to her daughter, Lindsay Jean Coody on April 27, 1994. On December 26, 1994, Donna Coody married Bobby Lungrin. Donna Coody Lungrin and Bobby Lungrin subsequently moved to Alabama with Lindsay. On June 30, 1994, another man, Tommy...

Michelle and Brittany Conover began a relationship in July 2002. The parties discussed having a child and agreed that Brittany would be artificially inseminated from an anonymous donor arranged through the Shady Grove Fertility Clinic. The child was conceived...

Drafting and negotiating a side letter is one of the most important, and delicate, interactions between fund and investor counsel. Funds in today’s marketplace should assume that most investors will demand side letters, and not just with respect...

Burk v. K-Mart Corp. Supreme Court of Oklahoma February 7, 1989, Filed No. 67,785 Opinion  [*P1]   [**25]  A terminable-at-will employee brought an action in contract and tort against her employer for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair...

Boyle v. United Techs. Corp. Supreme Court of the United States October 13, 1987, Argued ; June 27, 1988, Decided No. 86-492 Opinion  [*502]   [***451]   [**2513]  JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us to decide when...

Van Buren v. United States Supreme Court of the United States November 30, 2020, Argued; June 3, 2021, Decided No. 19-783. Opinion  [*1652]  Justice Barrett delivered the opinion of the Court. Nathan Van Buren, a former police sergeant, ran a license...

Landgraf v. Usi Film Prods. Supreme Court of the United States October 13, 1993, Argued ; April 26, 1994, Decided No. 92-757 Opinion  [*247]   [***241]   [**1488]  JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court. The Civil Rights Act of 1991 (1991...