Respondent former students of a state military educational institute sued petitioner superintendent of the institute, alleging that the institute's prayer at supper was an unconstitutional establishment of religion. The superintendent petitioned for...

Plaintiff minor, in his action seeking damages from his father, filed a complaint alleging that while the minor was riding in an automobile driven by his father, the father negligently stopped the automobile on the highway and negligently instructed the...

Defendants were convicted after confidential informants purchased drugs from them while being electronically monitored and recorded. Defendants’ motions to suppress the recordings made of their conversations with the informants, arguing that the...

Plaintiff personal manager entered into a contract to represent defendant infant actor in exchange for a commission. Plaintiff secured the services of an entertainment agency, which assisted in getting defendant acting jobs. Defendants, actor and his...

While a police officer waited in defendant's front yard for other officers to secure a search warrant, a narcotics dog alerted to the possible presence of narcotics. The dog went behind defendant's house and discovered a bag in an area of scrub...

Plaintiff soldier filed an action against the President of the United States, claiming that the President's deployment of him to the Persian Gulf, exceeded the President's authority and asked the court for an injunction requiring that he be returned...

The security guard of the defendant bar asked the plaintiff bar patron to leave after observing hostile stares passing between the patron and his attacker. The attacker assaulted the plaintiff in the parking lot of the bar. Plaintiff instituted a personal...

Plaintiff participated in a voluntary plan wherein he was paid a designated percentage of the ordinary fee with the balance going into a deferred compensation fund. When he only included the small percentage actually received on his federal income tax...

Appellant investors bought notes in a company for which defendant served as an auditor. In purchasing the notes, appellants relied on the company's financial statements, including annual reports certified by appellees. Appellees had falsified some...

Directors and majority shareholders were aware that property owned by the closed corporation was being considered for purchase for the construction of a new airport and for condemnation for highway purposes. This information was not disclosed to a minority...