Petitioner, as assignee of a California judgment against the Beaumont Export & Import Company, a Texas corporation, brought the present suit in the Texas state district court against respondents, directors of the corporation acting as its trustees...

After a real estate closing, the sellers paid part of the brokers' commission in cash and gave the brokers an assignment of a promissory note of a third party for payment of the remaining commission. The broker signed a written receipt indicating...

Monahan v. County of Chesterfield United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit May 9, 1996, Argued ; September 17, 1996, Decided No. 95-1944 Opinion  [*1264]  OPINION NORTON, District Judge: This is a case brought by Plaintiffs-Appellees, a group...

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In re Circuit City Stores, Inc. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division September 22, 2009, Decided; September 22, 2009, Filed, Entered Case No. 08-35653, Chapter 11, Jointly Administered Opinion  [*532]...

Appalachian Power Co. v. EPA United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit March 23, 2001, Argued ; June 8, 2001, Decided No. 99-1268, Consolidated with 99-1270, 99-1274, 99-1276, 99-1277, 99-1279, 99-1280, 99-1281, 99-1286, 99-1287...

Will v. Hallock Supreme Court of the United States November 28, 2005, Argued ; January 18, 2006, Decided No. 04-1332 Opinion  [*347]  Justice Souter delivered the opinion of the Court. The authority of the Courts of Appeals to review "all final decisions...

SAN DIEGO BLDG. TRADES COUNCIL v. GARMON Supreme Court of the United States January 20, 1959, Argued ; April 20, 1959, Decided No. 66 Opinion  [*237]   [***778]   [**775]  MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion  [****3]  of the Court. This case...

Reading Aviation Service, Inc. v. Bertolet Supreme Court of Pennsylvania April 26, 1973, Argued ; November 26, 1973, Decided No. 157, Jan. T., 1973 Opinion  [*489]   [**629]  This appeal is from a decree in equity refusing an injunction against appellee...

Petitioners, Ruth Elizabeth Chapman and Thomas LeRoy Teale, were convicted in a California state court upon a charge that they robbed, kidnaped, and murdered a bartender. She was sentenced to life imprisonment and he to death. At the time of the trial...