Plaintiffs Baker and several residents of various Tennessee counties, each qualified to vote for members of the Tennessee legislature representing his county, instituted a class action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee...

In 1995, defendant-appellee, Bell Atlantic Corporation, and NYNEX Corporation entered into merger negotiations. In January 1996, NYNEX circulated an initial draft merger agreement that included a termination fee provision. Both parties to the agreement...

The constitutionality of Connecticut statutes prescribing criminal penalties for any person using any contraceptive drug or device and any accessory to such a use was challenged in declaratory judgment suits, by married couples who were unable to obtain...

Minors and other incompetents were sterilized with the use of federal funds. Plaintiffs, National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), brought an action against officials and the secretary, in a class action on behalf of its 125,000 members and five individual...

Defendant, Skinner, was convicted of more than two felonies and, under the Habitual Criminal Sterilization Act (Act), was ordered to be rendered sterile. Skinner claimed that the Act violated the Fourteenth Amendment. On appeal, the Oklahoma Supreme Court...

A Wisconsin statute, Wis. Stat. § 245.10 (1973) , prevented any resident from marrying if they were behind in their child support obligations or if the children to whom they were obligated were likely to become public charges. Pursuant to §...

Michele Paige, a hedge fund manager had achieved some success working for other established investment firms and hoped to strike out on her own. Paige bargained with the Lerner Master Fund, LLC, (Lerner) a seed investor, for the latter to invest in the...

This case involved a battle for corporate control of Revlon, Inc., whereupon, the Court of Chancery enjoined certain transactions designed to thwart the efforts of Pantry Pride, Inc. to acquire Revlon. The defendants were Revlon, its board of directors...

In 2013, the Texas Legislature enacted House Bill 2 (“H.B. 2”), which contained two provisions challenged in this case: the admitting-privileges requirement and the surgical-center requirement. The “admitting-privileges requirement”...

A large manufacturer that was engaged in merger negotiations brought litigation against its competitor, who was the other party in the negotiations. The competitor filed counterclaims and an injunction against the manufacturer. The Court of Chancery enjoined...