Petitioner in No. 85, who was convicted for failure to report for induction, and petitioner in No. 325, who sought discharge from the armed forces upon receipt of orders for Vietnam duty, claimed exemption from military service because of their conscientious...

United States House of Representatives v. Burwell United States District Court for the District of Columbia September 9, 2015, Decided; September 9, 2015, Filed Civil Action No. 14-1967 (RMC) Opinion  [*57]  MEMORANDUM OPINION Article I of the United...

The former employer was engaged in the business of cleaning restaurant hoods and their related components and in selling and servicing of fire extinguishers. The former employee began a business that serviced restaurants. The former employer brought an...

Defendant Scott Lewis Rendelman mailed a letter to his former employer, William Elmhirst, from whom defendant had embezzled money, threatening to sue Elmhirst for damages if he did not pay a $100,000 "settlement demand." Defendant's threat...

When presenting a settlement in a class action, David L. Helmers did not tell the clients all of the information relating to their claims. Because of the actions taken in the case, most of the lawyers that worked on this case were disbarred. Helmers was...

The United States brought this injunction action charging a violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act by appellee, Topco, a cooperative association of about 25 small and medium-sized independent regional supermarket chains operating in 33 States. As its...

Defendants South-Eastern Underwriters Association, its membership of nearly 200 private stock fire insurance companies, and 27 individuals were indicted in federal district court for alleged violations of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The indictment alleged...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. furnished a summary of his prepared speech to the press in the press tent, and subsequently filed a copyright for the speech under the class for lectures, sermons, and addresses as works not reproduced for sale or unpublished...

Agents seized defendant Howard Cotterman's laptop at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to a Treasury Enforcement Communication System ("TECS") alert based in part on a fifteen-year-old conviction for child molestation. The initial search...

David Long was convicted of possession of marijuana by a Michigan Circuit Court after the court denied Long’s motion to suppress marijuana seized from his car. Long swerved his car into a ditch, and two officers had stopped to investigate the incident...