• Ellis v. N.G.N. of Tampa

    Petitioner Mary Evelyn Ellis filed a complaint alleging that her son, Gilbert Ellis, an alleged habitual drunkard, consumed numerous alcoholic drinks at a bar owned by the respondent N.G.N. of Tampa, Inc. (N.G.N.), and operated by the respondent Norbert...
  • Jenkins v. Commissioner

    Jenkins v. Commissioner United States Tax Court November 3, 1983. Docket No. 3354-79. Opinion MEMORANDUM FINDINGS OF FACT AND OPINION IRWIN, Judge: Respondent determined  [*2]  deficiencies of $67,141 and $14,226 in petitioners' Federal income taxes...
  • Frontiero v. Richardson

    Frontiero v. Richardson Supreme Court of the United States January 17, 1973, Argued ; May 14, 1973, Decided No. 71-1694 Opinion  [*678]   [***587]   [**1766]  MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which MR. JUSTICE...
  • NLRB v. Ky. River Cmty. Care, Inc.

    A labor union sought to represent a group of employees, among whom were 12 registered nurses in a residential health care facility. The health care facility objected to the inclusion of the registered nurses in the bargaining unit, claiming they were...
  • Engquist v. Or. Dep't of Agric.

    Petitioner Anup Engquist, an Oregon public employee, filed suit against respondents, her agency, her supervisor, and a co-worker, asserting, inter alia, claims under the Equal Protection Clause. More specifically, Engquist alleged that she had been discriminated...
  • Rabidue v. Osceola Ref. Co., Div. of Tex.-American Petrochemicals

    Plaintiff, Vivienne Rabidue, was a capable, independent, ambitious, aggressive, intractable, and opinionated individual, who initially worked as an executive secretary at Osceola Refining Co. (Osceola). She was thereafter promoted to the position of administrative...
  • Ex parte Morrison's Cafeteria of Montgomery, Inc.

    Mrs. Haddox and her three-year-old son, Rodney, were dining at Morrison's Cafeteria of Montgomery, Inc.(“Morrison's) when Rodney choked on a small bone in fish. A suit was brought against Morrison on the theories of implied warranty of fitness...
  • North Carolina v. Butler

    Respondent, Butler, while under arrest for certain crimes and after being advised of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, made incriminating statements to the arresting officers. His motion to suppress evidence of these statements on the...
  • Bodewig v. K-Mart, Inc.

    On the evening of March 29, 1979, while plaintiff Bodewig was working as a part-time checker at defendant K-Mart, a customer, Mrs. Golden started causing a commotion after a series of events. Mrs. Golden alleged that money has been stolen from her; acting...
  • Kutzin v. Pirnie

    This is an action on a contract for the sale of residential property. The plaintiff sellers' real-estate agent prepared the contract, after which defendants, the prospective buyers, signed it, and paid a deposit of nearly ten percent of the purchase...