• FCC v. Fox TV Stations, Inc.

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that certain broadcasts of fleeting expletives and fleeting nudity of respondent television broadcasters were indecent in violation of 18 U.S.C.S. § 1464 . At the time of airing of the subject broadcasts...
  • Price v. Price

    Plaintiff wife sued defendant husband for personal injuries caused by defendant's negligence while plaintiff was riding with defendant on his motorcycle before their marriage. The trial court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing...
  • Discretionary will trust-Property

    I have a client who owns a holiday home which he owns equally with his wife as tenants in common . On his death he wants his half share to go into a discretionary trust so that his wife can use this propety during her lifetime and on her death his share...
  • CDI Energy Servs. v. W. River Pumps, Inc.

    Plaintiff CDI Energy Services, Inc. ("CDI") sold and serviced equipment for use in the oil field industry. Defendants John Martinson, Dale Roller and Kent Heinle ("Employees") worked in CDI's North Dakota field office. CDI filed...
  • Wilson v. Clancy

    A married couple, testator and testatrix, executed their wills, which gave a beneficiary a one-eighth share of the estate. After the wife was placed in a nursing home the testator executed a new will that gave the beneficiary a one-half interest. All...
  • Cmty. Counselling Serv., Inc. v. Reilly

    Community Counselling Service, Inc. (“Community Counselling”) was a professional fund-raising organization that sought an accounting from Reilly, a former salesman-employee. The trial court declined to consider Reilly's admissions in a...
  • Thomas v. Winchester

    One consumer was prescribed extract of dandelion for her illness. The producer had mislabeled jars of its vegetable extracts, switching the labels for dandelion and belladonna. The consumer inadvertently consumed belladonna and became very ill. The consumers...
  • Brown v. Collins

    Lester Collins’ reputation was that he used ordinary care and skill in managing his horses. One time, however, the horses became frightened, then unmanageable. Albert H. Brown filed an action against Collins for damage to his property after Collins’...
  • United States v. Kagama

    Two Indians were indicted for murder committed on an Indian reservation. The Indians were charged with murdering another Indian.
  • Webb v. McGowin

    Plaintiff promisee was permanently injured while saving the promisor's life. The promisor agreed to pay plaintiff a monetary amount every two weeks during the remainder of plaintiff's life. The promisor complied with this agreement up to the time...