Charles Edwards was the chairman, chief executive officer, and sole shareholder of ETS Payphones, Inc., which sold payphones to the public via independent distributors. The payphones were offered with an agreement under which ETS leased back the payphone...

Michael Mahoney and Jean Mahoney obtained a decree of divorce, under which, Michael was ordered to pay monthly child and spousal support. After Michael’s failure to abide by the domestic court's decree, Jean filed a show cause motion in the...

Police officers discovered a zip-lock baggy containing approximately 70 grams of crack cocaine at defendant's residence. In the course of defendant's plea colloquy, the district court inquired whether defendant was under psychiatric care, and...

A man sought to recover damages he allegedly sustained for drinking contaminated water from the city's domestic service. The trial court entered a directed judgment in favor of the city and denied the resident's motion for new trial. On appeal...

Defendant shot the victim 30 minutes after defendant believed the victim had adulterous intercourse with defendant's wife. The court reversed and remanded for a new trial because the admission of the evidence of the adultery would have gone to show...

One evening some limekilns were burning a short distance from defendant's premises. Defendant approached sheds located on his property and discovered six or eight boys on the roof of one of them. Defendant ordered the boys to get down. Before they...

Defendant killed her husband and was convicted of murder. Defendant maintained that she acted as a result of physical and mental abuse and was in a suicidal mindstate when she performed the act. The psychiatric report on defendant presented her as sane...

Homeowners sued their insurer after they were rejected for claim on fire insurance. The insurance company claimed that the plaintiffs did not comply with the requirements of their policy. Specifically, the company claimed the fire started due to arson...

Plaintiff landlord, Automobile Supply Co.., brought an action to recover five months’ unpaid rent from defendant tenant, Scene-in-Action, after evicting defendant for failure to pay rent. Defendant alleged in a motion to vacate that it was constructively...

Appellant petitioned for relief from the discharge of student loan obligations on voluntary petitions in bankruptcy that were discharged on the basis of a repeal by Congress of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Act).