Plaintiff partnership filed suit against defendant mortgage company to avoid certain amended portions of a loan agreement. Plaintiff alleged that defendant's actions amounted to economic duress, resulting in its bankruptcy, or alternatively, that...

Plaintiff Karen L. Brown worked for defendant Lucky Stores, Inc. ("Lucky") as a checker. On Nov. 10, 1996, Brown was arrested for, inter alia, drunk driving and possession of methamphetamine. On that same day, on Brown's request, her sister...

Defendant was charged with several felonies, including second degree kidnapping, first degree sexual assault, criminal attempt to commit first degree murder, and as a habitual criminal. Defendant filed a motion to bar DNA evidence.

Six former district court judges filed suit against defendants seeking declaratory judgment that certain statutory provisions purporting to amend the amount of retirement compensation due each judge.

Plaintiff former employee brought a religious discrimination action pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The district court granted of summary judgment to defendant, his former employer, and imposed sanctions on him and his lawyer.

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Railway Employees' Dep't v. Hanson Supreme Court of the United States May 2, 1956, Argued ; May 21, 1956, Decided No. 451 Opinion  [*227]   [**715]   [***1128]  MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.  [**716]  This is a suit brought...

Plaintiffs alleged that defendants invaded its copyright by publishing, verbatim, copies of the letters of former President George Washington . A little over one third of defendants' publication was interspersed with never before published official...

Plaintiff sued defendant school district for negligent supervision and alleged that defendant's personnel had dismissed the students after school without first ascertaining if the street in front of the school was free of gang members.