McNeil v. Econs. Lab. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit February 13, 1986, Argued ; August 27, 1986, Decided ; August 29, 1986, Filed Nos. 85-1332, 85-1398 Case Summary Procedural Posture Defendant employer appealed a judgment from...

Johnson v. United States Supreme Court of the United States November 5, 2014, Argued, Reargued April 20, 2015; June 26, 2015, Decided No. 13-7120 Case Summary Overview HOLDINGS: [1]-Where defendant pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm...

Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court Supreme Court of California April 12, 2012, Filed S166350 Case Summary Procedural Posture Plaintiff employee filed a putative class action, seeking to represent the cooks, stewards, buspersons, wait staff, host...

Giglio v. United States Supreme Court of the United States October 12, 1971, Argued ; February 24, 1972, Decided No. 70-29 Case Summary Procedural Posture Defendant appealed a judgment from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirming...

Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela Supreme Court of the United States October 29, 2018, Argued; April 24, 2019, Decided No. 17-988. Case Summary Overview HOLDINGS: [1]-In a case in which the employer sought to compel arbitration of its employees' claims on...

Ashcroft v. Iqbal Supreme Court of the United States December 10, 2008, Argued; May 18, 2009, Decided No. 07-1015 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondent detainee, who was designated a person "of high interest" to the September 11 investigation...

Yarborough v. Gentry Supreme Court of the United States October 20, 2003, Decided No. 02-1597 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondent was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, although he asserted that the stabbing was accidental, and respondent...

Whorton v. Bockting Supreme Court of the United States November 1, 2006, Argued ; February 28, 2007, Decided No. 05-595 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondent stepfather filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus arguing that his conviction for...

Rice v. Collins Supreme Court of the United States December 5, 2005, Argued ; January 18, 2006, Decided No. 04-52 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondent was convicted on one count of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. His conviction was...

Pliler v. Ford Supreme Court of the United States April 26, 2004, Argued ; June 21, 2004, Decided No. 03-221 Case Summary Procedural Posture Respondent prisoner filed habeas corpus petitions and moved to stay them so that he could exhaust the unexhausted...