Appellants. J.K. Wood and his wife executed a right of way grant to the Mission Township Main Sewer District No. 1, granting a strip of land for purposes of a permanent right of way. The right of way grant included a provision that allowed the taxpayers...

Subsequent to the two marriages entered into by John Harrison Weedon, both of which produced children, he bought Oakland Farm in 1905 and engaged himself in its operation. In 1915, John, who was then 55 years of age, married Anna Plaxico, 17 years of...

The cases involved suits in state courts to enforce restrictive covenants in deeds of residential property whereby the owners agreed that the property should not be used or occupied by any person except a Caucasian. The first case involved petitioners...

Defendant spouses Christina and John A. McLean started to erect a gasoline filling station at the rear end of their lot, located at Green Lawn subdivision, at the northeast corner of Collingwood Avenue and Second Boulevard, in the city of Detroit. Plaintiffs...

Appellant stockholders Andrew Schnell, Jr. and Jack Safer sued to enjoin appellee Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. (“corporation”) from advancing the date of the annual stockholders' meeting. The corporation claimed it was allowed to do so...

Appellant-petitioner CA, Inc. (“CA”) was a Delaware corporation whose board of directors consisted of 12 persons, all of who sat for reelection each year. On September 9, 2008, CA’s annual meeting of stockholders was held. In connection...

Appellants, Dolly Filartiga and Joel Filartiga, were citizens of the Republic of Paraguay. They filed an action in the United States against appellee, Americo Norberto Pena-Irala, also a citizen of Paraguay, for wrongfully causing the death of Joelito...

Two separate cases pitting the directors of Atlas Corporation against its largest shareholder, Blasius Industries were consolidated and tried together, requiring the court to determine who could sit on Atlas Corporation's board of directors. The first...

On Dec. 12, 2008, the Superior Court for Pierce County (Washington) entered a judgment on verdicts finding defendant, Augustus Martel Oakley, guilty of three counts of second degree assault, each while armed with a firearm, and one count of attempted...

The grantors conveyed land to the city of Memphis so that a U.S. naval depot would be built on the land. The U.S. paid the city for the land, then abandoned the site and, pursuant to 10 Stat. 586, conveyed the land to the city. The heir sued to have the...