• Dinges v. Sacred Heart St. Mary's Hosps.

    Appellant employees were employed as emergency medical technicians for appellee employer. They were required to serve on standby crews that were on call after hours and were compensated for more than hours actually worked. Appellants claimed that the...

  • Sandifer v. U.S. Steel Corp.

    Petitioner Sandifer and others filed a putative collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, seeking backpay for time spent donning and doffing pieces of protective gear that they assert respondent United States Steel Corporation required...

  • Heath v. Perdue Farms, Inc.

    Plaintiffs were employed as “chicken catchers” for processing plants owned and operated by defendant Perdue Farms, Inc. Plaintiffs consistently worked more than 40 hours per week but were not paid overtime wages. Consequently, plaintiffs instituted...

  • Brandon Coats v. Dish Network, LLC

    Brandon Coats claims respondent Dish Network, LLC ("Dish") violated section 24-34-402.5 by discharging him due to his state-licensed use of medical marijuana at home during nonworking hours. He argues that the Medical Marijuana Amendment makes...

  • Commonwealth v. Smith

    Karen Smith stated at her trial that she had consumed alcohol while wearing a prescribed "duragesic" patch for pain, and she testified she did not realize that the patch would heighten the effects of alcohol. She argued on appeal from her conviction...

  • Parfi Holding AB v. Mirror Image Internet, Inc.

    Parfi Holding AB v. Mirror Image Internet, Inc. Supreme Court of Delaware August 6, 2002, Submitted ; November 4, 2002, Decided No. 27, 2002 Opinion  [*151]  VEASEY, Chief Justice: In this appeal, we hold that ] contracting parties who provide for the...

  • Norwest Mortg., Inc. v. Dime Sav. Bank of N.Y.

    Norwest Mortg., Inc. v. Dime Sav. Bank of N.Y. Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department February 1, 2001, Argued ; February 26, 2001, Decided 2000-02315 Opinion  [*654]   [**95]  Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed...

  • Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc.

    Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. Supreme Court of the United States December 4, 2018, Argued; January 22, 2019, Decided No. 17-1229. Opinion Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA)...

  • Folsom v. Carnley

    Folsom v. Carnley Supreme Court of Alabama April 26, 1923, Decided 4 Div. 37. Opinion  [*132]   [**95]   [***3]  THOMAS, J. Plaintiff sued in statutory detinue for the automobile seized in the collection of taxes and sold by the tax collector, and for...

  • Windsor v. United States

    Plaintiff Edith Windsor sued as a surviving spouse of a same-sex couple that was married in Canada in 2007 and was a resident in New York at the time of her spouse's death in 2009. Windsor was denied the benefit of the spousal deduction for federal...