Appellee radio station broadcast a radio report about the activities of appellant county employee in connection with a county remodeling project. The employee filed a defamation action against the radio station. The Superior Court held that the employee...

Plaintiffs claimed that a causal connection exists between Accutane, a prescription drug used in the treatment of nodular acne, and Crohn's disease, a chronic gastrointestinal illness. The trial court found plaintiffs' experts' testimony lacking...

Docket Number 95-7354 (Virgin Islands case) The grand jury sitting in St. Croix subpoenaed the father of the target of the grand jury investigation as a witness. The target of the grand jury proceeding was the son of the subpoenaed witness. The son...

The parties lived across the street from each other in a subdivision. A declaration of protective restrictions and covenants provided that no business activity could be carried out upon any lot in the subdivision. Defendants' children taught swimming...

The local school board has a policy of inviting students to deliver statements, which could include invocations and student-led prayers, before school-board meetings. Plaintiffs sued the local school board under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for monetary damages...

Defendant, a South Carolina corporation, sold products through its retail and internet websites. Plaintiff brought action against defendant alleging trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.S. §§ 1051-1127 and claimed that defendant's...

A teacher who taught piano lessons at her home and her husband sought damages from their neighbor for the torts of intentional infliction of emotional distress—or outrage—and intentional interference with business expectancy. The claims were...

N.H. Lottery Comm'n v. Rosen United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit January 20, 2021, Decided No. 19-1835 Opinion  [*44]  KAYATTA , Circuit Judge . In 2018, the Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC") of the U.S. Department of Justice...

Rivas-Villegas v. Cortesluna Supreme Court of the United States October 18, 2021, Decided No. 20-1539. Opinion  [*6]   [**166]  Per Curiam . Petitioner Daniel Rivas-Villegas, a police officer in Union City, California, responded to a 911 call reporting...

Defendant Edwin Feliciano-Grafals was convicted of violating the Military Selective Service Act ("Act") by refusing to submit to induction. Defendant was sentenced to one year of imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant argued that his refusal...