Appellant Minute Maid Corporation filed an action against appellees, United Foods, Inc. and United States Cold Storage Corporation, seeking to jointly recover from appellees for the purchase price of commodities sold by Minute Maid to United Foods. The...

In separate suits against petitioner Conrail, their former employer, respondents Gottshall and Carlisle each asserted a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA). In Gottshall, the District...

Appellee Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California (“CLVT”) was established by an agreement between construction industry employer associations and a labor union to provide a mechanism for administering the provisions of...

Two students in a public high school in Florida instituted an action pursuant to 42 U.SC.S. §§1981-1988 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, against certain school officials, alleging a violation of their...

A tow truck owned by appellee Tommy’s Auto Service, Inc. (“TAS”) and operated by a TAS employee, appellee Charles Payne, struck the vehicle of appellant Sajid A. Malik. Malik brought a negligence action in the Circuit Court for the injuries...

Drug Enforcement Administration agents obtained a court order authorizing the installation and monitoring of a beeper in a can of ether that was to be delivered to a buyer. The agents, with the seller’s consent, substituted their own can containing...

Pursuant to a written agreement, appellant taxpayer, who was an attorney, provided legal services at no charge to his client , who bequeathed her stock to appellant upon her death. Appellant received the stock and cash one year after the client's...

Plaintiff Vincent “Bo” Jackson brought an action alleging defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress against defendants, who were The California Newspapers Partnership, MediaNews Group, Inc., MediaNews...

In 1993, a group of Ecuadorian plaintiffs filed a federal class action complaint against a subsidiary of Texaco, Inc. in the Southern District of New York. The Ecuadorian plaintiffs alleged that Texaco’s oil exploration in the Amazonian rainforest...

On September 21, 1987, Quality Inns International, Inc. announced a new chain of economy hotels to be marketed under the name "McSleep Inn." The response of McDonald's Corporation was immediate. It demanded by letter sent three days later...