Until July 1985, hop producers were required to obtain allotments from the government to market their hops, known as hop base. Prior to the termination of the allotment system, Washington State Hop Producers, Inc., Liquidation Trust (Trust) sought enforcement...

Appellant plaintiff Alaska Pacific Trading Company (ALPAC) and respondent defendant Eagon Forest Products, Inc. (Eagon) contracted to sell and buy raw logs. After months of communications between the parties, the delivery date passed with no shipment...

Plaintiff patient Johnson underwent surgery at defendant Misericordia Hospital in Milwaukee for removal of a pin fragment from his right hip. The surgery was performed by Dr. Lester V. Salinsky, who was not an employee of defendant hospital but had been...

On November 5, 1960, the plaintiff, who was 18 years old, broke his leg while playing in a college football game. He was taken to the emergency room at the defendant hospital where Dr. Alexander, who was on emergency call that day, treated him. Dr. Alexander...

Plaintiff Theodore Spaulding, as father and natural guardian of David Spaulding, filed suit for injuries sustained by David in an automobile accident, arising out of a collision which occurred August 24, 1956, between an automobile driven by defendant...

Defendant was sentenced to death for robbing and shooting two putative confederates in a drug trafficking scheme, one fatally. Defendant was found guilty by a jury of two counts of robbery, one count of attempted murder, and one count of first degree...

A nonresident married couple filed a New York nonresident income tax return on which the couple reported the husband's income earned in New York and rather than complying with the statutory provision, deducted the portion of the alimony paid by the...

This spring, Marc Mukasey, former co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s white-collar defense and investigations practice, along with two other former firm shareholders, announced the official launch of their new boutique law firm, Mukasey Frenchman &...

The following is a two-step exercise that can help any attorney improve his or her professional bio. It’s as effective as it is simple. First, the attorney should find a quiet place and draft a bio designed to impress themselves, making sure to...

PLANET FITNESS IS HEADED TO THE JUDGMENT ZONE. The fast-growing gym franchise tried to send a proposed class action over its robo-texting practices to arbitration, but a federal judge has determined that the arbitration clause in its membership agreement...