While hunting for wolves, a dog was killed. The dog owners now sought to recover the value of a dog. The defense of the hunter's was that the dog had a striking resemblance to a wolf, that they in good faith believed it to be one when they shot it...

Appellant included a shrink-wrap license in its packaged software. Appellant also chose to discriminate in its pricing of the software between commercial and non-commercial users. Appellee purchased a consumer package of the software, but chose to ignore...

Appellant husband and heirs entered into a contract whereby the husband agreed to pay each of the heirs $ 200.00 because his deceased wife had made such a provision in her will but did not have the money to make the gifts. The contract stated that in...

Plaintiff landowner filed suit against the defendant timber company claiming that the timber company was guilty of moral or legal bad faith in the cutting and removing of timber from his property. The parties had signed a contract which provided that...

Defendant employee was a vice president of corporate development for a computer company, directing their mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures strategy. He was reluctant to sign a noncompetition agreement, and he purposefully signed it on the plaintiff...

In re Nat'l Fin. Partners Corp. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania April 21, 2009, Decided; April 21, 2009, Filed NO. 09-mc-00027-JF Opinion MISCELLANEOUS MEMORANDUM Fullam, Sr. J. The parties are involved in an...

Hoskins v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. Supreme Court of Ohio August 24, 1983, Decided No. 82-483 Opinion  [*275]   [**1319]  I The key issue presented is whether appellees have sufficiently pleaded a cause of action in tort, stemming from the refusal of their...

Tompkins obtained a trial court order admitting a will of the decedent, Lewis A. Simoneau, into probate and appointing her as the personal representative of the decedent's estate. The will was executed in November 2004 and named Tompkins as a residual...

After receiving complaints from neighbors, ACHS's humane officer Paul Meacham began to investigate an elderly mare named Paka's health and the adequacy of her care. On several occasions in late July 2000, Meacham went by the Hegartys' pasture...

Appellants Recording Industry Association of America and the Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies brought an action to enjoin the manufacture and distribution by Diamond Multimedia Systems of a device, alleging that it did not meet the requirements...