• Bell v. United States

    Defendant appealed from a decision of the court of appeals which affirmed defendant’s bank robbery conviction. The defendant had obtained possession of a check endorsed by the drawer for deposit to the drawer’s own account, had altered the...
  • Knievel v. ESPN

    Plaintiffs, a famed motorcycle stuntman and his wife, sought review of an order which granted defendant media company's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiffs' action for defamation on the ground that a photograph and its caption...
  • Gimbel v. Signal Cos.

    The lower court denied the stockholder's application for an alternative order that would have permitted the transaction involving the outstanding stock to have been completed upon a "hold separate" basis without requiring a bond of such...
  • FTC v. Shkreli

    FTC v. Shkreli United States District Court for the Southern District of New York January 14, 2022, Decided; January 14, 2022, Filed 20cv00706 (DLC) Opinion OPINION AND ORDER Procedural History Background I. FDA Drug Approval Process for Generic Drugs...
  • Nealy v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Nealy v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. Superior Court of Pennsylvania April 15, 1997, Argued ; May 8, 1997, FILED No. 00684 Harrisburg 1996 Opinion  [*790]  OPINION BY OLSZEWSKI, J.: FILED: MAY - 8, 1997 On February 6, 1989, Troy Nealy, son of appellants...
  • Lister v. Bankers Life & Cas. Co.

    Lister v. Bankers Life & Cas. Co. United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire September 5, 2002, Decided Civil No. 02-83-B Opinion  [*50]  MEMORANDUM AND ORDER The plaintiff, Althea Lister, filed suit against the defendant, Bankers...
  • Barvinchak v. Ind. Reg'l Med. Ctr.

    Barvinchak v. Ind. Reg'l Med. Ctr. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania April 23, 2008, Decided; April 23, 2008, Filed CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:2006-69 Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER GIBSON, J. This matter comes before...
  • Murray v. Giarratano

    Respondent inmates, Giarratano Et Al., under a death sentence filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 in the District Court against petitioner state officials, Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al., claiming entitlement...
  • Ebay, Inc. v. Bidder's Edge, Inc.

    Plaintiff eBay, Inc.'s ("eBay"), an internet-based trading site, brought suit against defendant Bidder's Edge, Inc. ("BE"), an internet-based aggregation site, seeking an injunction preventing defendant from accessing eBay’s...
  • Messner v. Northshore Univ. HealthSystem

    Messner v. Northshore Univ. HealthSystem United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit February 8, 2011, Argued; January 13, 2012, Decided No. 10-2514 Opinion  [*808]  Hamilton , Circuit Judge . ] Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3...