Defendant county sought review of a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County (California), which awarded plaintiff property owner recovery of property taxes paid under protest. Plaintiff property owner paid taxes to defendant county under...

Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Petitioner had planned on murdering the victim. With the help of two others, petitioner carried out the plan. Each of the perpetrators was tried in separate...

Plaintiff vendor sought review of an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department (New York), which, in an action for breach of contract to purchase and sell several parcels of real estate, entered judgment in...

Appellant employer challenged the judgment of the District Court of Weston County (Wyoming), which found in favor of appellee employee and granted damages to the employee in his breach of employment contract action. After firing the employee, the employer...

Petitioner police officers sought review of the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit awarding postoffer costs to respondent administrator pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 after the administrator recovered a judgment less...

Plaintiff nurse appealed from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department (New York), which reversed a judgment for her in her personal injury suit against defendant hospital management corporation, granted...

Defendant husband and plaintiff wife each appealed from a judgment of the Civil District Court, Division F, Parish of Orleans (Louisiana), which partitioned the community of acquets and gains existing between them. The couple was married in 1968, but...

Appellant landowners brought an action against appellee golf course for damages caused by golf balls spiking their adjoining property. Appellants claimed that appellee trespassed and was negligent in its design of the course. Judgment was initially entered...

Defendant car seat manufacturer sought review of an order from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, in and for the County of Park (Montana), which awarded compensatory and punitive damages to plaintiff parents in a product liability action...

Defendants were convicted of a murder for hire committed in the course of a cocaine-selling operation. One defendant was convicted for first-degree murder, assault with a dangerous weapon (ADW), and conspiracy to distribute cocaine; while a codefendant...