• Cooper v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

    Appellee individual was injured when a truck tire rim exploded. Appellee initiated action against appellant tire and rim manufacturers alleging negligence and strict liability based upon design and manufacturing defects and failure to warn. The court...
  • Sohm v. Scholastic Inc.

    Sohm v. Scholastic Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit June 14, 2019, Argued; May 12, 2020, Decided Nos. 18-2110, 18-2245 Opinion  [*41]  Joseph Sohm and Visions of America, LLC sued Scholastic Inc. for copyright infringement on...
  • Williams v. BASF Catalysts LLC

    Williams v. BASF Catalysts LLC United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit March 13, 2014, Argued; September 3, 2014, Filed No. 13-1089 Opinion  [*310]  FUENTES, Circuit Judge . This putative class action lawsuit alleges that BASF Catalysts LLC...
  • Bowers v. Kerbaugh-Empire Co.

    Defendant, a New York corporation, applied to the Deutsche Bank of Germany, through its New York representative, for loans to finance the work being done by its subsidiary. The bank agreed that it would make the loans by cabling to the credit of its New...
  • Dell, Inc. v. Magnetar Global Event Driven Master Fund Ltd.

    Dell, Inc. v. Magnetar Global Event Driven Master Fund Ltd. Supreme Court of Delaware September 27, 2017, Submitted; December 14, 2017, Decided No. 565, 2016 Opinion  [*5]  VALIHURA , Justice: The petitioners left standing in this long-running appraisal...
  • Greco v. Trauner, Cohen & Thomas, L.L.P.

    Greco v. Trauner, Cohen & Thomas, L.L.P. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit May 26, 2005, Argued ; June 21, 2005, Decided Docket No. 04-4605-cv Opinion  [*361]  CALABRESI, Circuit Judge : Plaintiff-appellant Andrew A. Greco ("Greco"...
  • Bell v. PNC Bank, N.A.

    Bell v. PNC Bank, N.A. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit March 31, 2015, Argued; August 31, 2015, Decided No. 14-3018 Opinion  [*365]  Rovner , Circuit Judge . Mariseli Gomez Bell alleged that her former employer, PNC Bank, failed...
  • Bayer Co. v. United Drug Co.

    Plaintiff drug company owned patent on the chemical compound "acetyl salicylic acid," which it marketed under the trademark "Aspirin." From 1899, plaintiff flooded the mails with assertions that "Aspirin" meant its own manufacture...
  • Marsh v. Chambers

    The Nebraska Legislature began each of its sessions with a prayer by a chaplain paid by the State with the legislature's approval. Ernest Chambers, a member of the Nebraska Legislature, brought an action in Federal District Court, claiming that the...
  • Freedom from Religion Found., Inc. v. Emanuel Cnty. Sch. Sys.

    Plaintiff and two of its members sued then defendant and individual administrators, alleging that the defendants had violated the plaintiffs' civil rights and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by endorsing prayer in a public-school classroom...