The corporation initiated a reverse stock split that would have the effect of eliminating shareholders who did not own at least one share after calculation of the reverse stock split. Plaintiff shareholders contended that this unequal treatment of stockholders...

Two cases of attempted murder were consolidated for appeal. The first defendant sought review of the judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District (Illinois), which determined that the jury instructions given in that attempted murder action...

Plaintiff brought suit against defendant asserting claims for copyright infringement, breach of contract, and tortious interference with contract, based on the parody stage adaptation of the movie.

A taxpayer filed suit for refund of $ 4,940, which had been seized from the plaintiff by state police under a defective warrant directing a search for bookmaking paraphernalia and levied upon by the Internal Revenue Service under an assessment for wagering...

2023 cohort includes 15 students from six colleges in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Law School Consortium NEW YORK — LexisNexis Legal & Professional® today announced the third cohort of 15 students for its LexisNexis...

DR Distribs., LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division January 19, 2021, Filed No. 12 CV 50324 Opinion  [*858]  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION A....

With a downpayment by a personal check issued on a closed account, an individual purchased the jewelry. Within several days, he pawned the items out-of-state in exchange for loans from the pawnbrokers. Several days later, a criminal complaint was filed...

Petitioner Weems was convicted of falsifying a public and official document while he served as a disbursement officer in the Philippine Islands and sentenced to a term of 15 years imprisonment, civil interdiction under article 42 of the Spanish Penal...

Defendant John Edward Traylor was charged with second-degree murder of a woman in Florida. He was later apprehended in Alabama, after being arrested and charged with killing a woman there. Defendant was arraigned in Alabama on that charge and counsel...

Plaintiff Kimberly Cloutier alleged that her employer, Costco Wholesale Corp., failed to offer her a reasonable accommodation after she alerted it to a conflict between the "no facial jewelry" provision of its dress code and her religious practice...