In June 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). In the DACA Memo to agency heads, the DHS Secretary set forth how, in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion, DHS should enforce...

Defendant County of Los Angeles was found negligent for not promptly serving writs of execution as requested by plaintiff judgment creditor. Plaintiff asked that the writs be served promptly and as soon as possible, but service was made between one and...

On a petition by the trustees of a testamentary trust for an order approving and settling the first and final account and discharging the trustees, the trial court ruled in favor of the trustees over the objections of the beneficiaries of the trust. The...

The petitioner Korematsu, an American citizen of Japanese descent, was convicted in a federal district court for remaining in San Leandro, California, a "Military Area," contrary to Civilian Exclusion Order No. 34, which directed that after...

Plaintiff, Gilbert Francklyn, was hired by defendant Guilford Packing Company (“Guilford”) to harvest clam beds leased by Guilford. During the course of Francklyn’s employment, he invented a harvester that he used on Guilford’s...

The City of Miami General Employees' and Sanitation Employees' Retirement Trust brought a class action on behalf of itself and other stockholders in C&J Energy Services, Inc. to enjoin a merger between C&J and a division of its competitor...

Appellee guest brought an action under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 for injunctive relief in the district court after appellant lodge allegedly discriminated against him and denied him service. The guest, who was African American, was brought into the lodge...

The borrower financed a purchase through a loan from the lender. A few years later, the borrower entered into another agreement with the same lender for a cash loan. The balance remaining on the first loan was consolidated into the second transaction...

Upon exhausting their administrative remedies, 28 U.S.C. § 2675 , Ramonita Ortiz, et al. sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) , 2671-80, alleging that on January 21, 1973 appellants' decedent...

Plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued defendant union, alleging that the union violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by failing to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and causing his termination. The union...