A provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 USCS § 1226(c) ) directed the Attorney General to take into custody any alien who was removable from the United States as having been convicted of one of a specified set of crimes, including...

Joseph Toler, who had been employed with Sud-Chemie, Inc. for approximately 25 years, was discharged after co-workers reported that Toler made racist comments in the workplace. Toler filed a complaint for defamation against Sud-Chemie and his co-workers...

The petitioners left standing in this long-running appraisal saga are former stockholders of Dell Inc. ("Dell" or the "Company") who validly exercised their appraisal rights instead of voting for a buyout led by the Company's founder...

The petitioners, an organization of cosmetics manufacturers and 39 individual cosmetics manufacturers and distributors, brought this action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking declaratory relief and an injunction...

In 1965, Des Moines, Iowa residents John F. Tinker (15 years old), his siblings Mary Beth Tinker (13 years old), Hope Tinker (11 years old), and Paul Tinker (8 years old), along with their friend Christopher Eckhardt (16 years old) decided to wear black...

The Clean Water Act (Act) requires that National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits be secured before pollutants are discharged from any point source into the navigable waters of the United States. See 33 U.S.C. §§1311(a...

Appellee, Hill, and his family in 1952 were held hostage in their home by some escaped convicts and were ultimately released unharmed without any violence having occurred. They later moved away and appellee discouraged further publicity efforts about...

Mary Alice Firestone was married to Russell A. Firestone, Jr., an heir to the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company family fortune. Mary filed for divorce, and Russell submitted a counterclaim on the grounds of extreme cruelty and adultery. The judge granted...

While conducting a routine vehicle stop, police arrested petitioner Willie Davis, a passenger, for giving a false name. After handcuffing Davis and securing the scene, the police searched the vehicle and found Davis' revolver. Davis was then indicted...

A student was allegedly the victim of a prolonged pattern of sexual harassment by one of her fifth-grade classmates at a public school in a Georgia county. The student's mother brought suit on behalf of her daughter in the United States District Court...