Movant, the United States Government ("Government"), filed an application for a surveillance order with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ("FISA court"), pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ("FISA"...

The state of Rhode Island enacted a statute, which, inter alia, (1) generally prohibited vendors licensed in Rhode Island--as well as out-of-state manufacturers, wholesalers, and shippers--from advertising the price of any alcoholic beverage offered for...

The driver operating Dixie Drive It Yourself System New Orleans Co., Inc.'s (Dixie) vehicle rear-ended a vehicle owned by American Beverage Company (American Beverage), which was disabled in a lane of traffic on the highway. The driver of American...

Ridge Runner Forestry is a fire protection company located in the Pacific Northwest. In response to a request for quotations (RFQ) issued by the Forestry Service, Ridge Runner submitted a proposal and ultimately signed a document entitled Pacific Northwest...

A widow had been designated as the payable-on-death beneficiary of decedent's bank account; the decedent had also executed a power of attorney (POA) in the widow"s favor. The widow used the POA to transfer funds prior to the death of the decedent...

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) requires, inter alia, that the Secretary of the Interior to specify animal species that are "threatened" or "endangered" and designate their "critical habitat," and that federal agencies...

Petitioner Sierra Club, a membership corporation with "a special interest in the conservation and sound maintenance of the national parks, game refuges, and forests of the country," brought this suit for a declaratory judgment and an injunction...

Respondent Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Commissioner) found deficiencies in the tax returns of Intermountain Co., previously known as Intermountain Lumber Co., and its affiliates, arising out of the purchase of petitioner sawmill by petitioner company...

John Tuppela joined the gold seekers' rush to Alaska, and, after remaining there a number of years prospecting, was adjudged insane and committed to an asylum in Portland, Oregon. Upon his release, after a confinement of about four years, he found...

While browsing at Wal-Mart, Lucia Resendez began to eat from a bag of peanuts marked with a Wal-Mart price sticker. Raul Salinas, Wal-Mart’s security guard, followed Resendez into the parking lot where he accused her of theft. Resendez denied the...