The present case is a bill in equity to have a judgment of a circuit court in Indiana, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Indiana, declared null and void, and to obtain other relief dependent on that outcome. According to the appellants, they...

J. Truett Payne Co. v. Chrysler Motors Corp. Supreme Court of the United States January 21, 1981, Argued ; May 18, 1981, Decided No. 79-1944 Opinion  [*559]   [***446]   [**1925]  JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented...

Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co. v. Cherry Hill Pain & Rehab. Institute Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division November 6, 2006, Argued ; December 7, 2006, Decided DOCKET NO. A-1064-05T5 Opinion  [**495]   [*133]  The opinion of the court was...

In the 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exercised its authority under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act to regulate oil refinery wastewater treatment systems. After a surprise inspection in March 2002 revealed 130,000 barrels of oil floating...

Defendant Wal-Mart Stores was sued in federal district court by plaintiff Louis Testa, a truck driver, for personal injuries he sustained after he slipped on an icy ramp while making a delivery to one of Wal-Mart's stores. During the case, the jury...

At about 1:00 P.M. on Sept. 14, 1991, while parked in a marked patrol car in the median of a thruway, Trooper Cuprill observed a northbound blue Chevrolet pass by at a speed clocked by radar of 54 miles per hour. Trooper Cuprill observed that the driver...

Petitioner, a minor child, brought an action under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 against respondents, a county's department of social services and its various employees, for failing to intervene to protect the child against the risk of violence at his father's...

Plaintiff patient claimed that he contracted with defendant physician to perform a sterilization operation because plaintiff, who had four children, desired to comfortably support his family. Following the operation, plaintiff's wife gave birth to...

Defendant was charged as an accessory before the fact in a murder alleged to have been committed by two other individuals. The principals plead guilty to second-degree murder. The trial court dismissed the indictment against defendant as defective. The...

Defendant mall owner hired independent contractors to design and maintain the mall's entryway. Plaintiff claimant slipped and fractured her hip as a result of a fall in the entryway of the mall. At trial, the jury returned a verdict for defendant...