Plaintiff injured party was hurt in a motor vehicle accident caused by the driver's negligence. The driver, a minor, had been drinking beer at a party given by the parent's daughter. The parent had given permission to her daughter to have the...

The Los Angeles City Ordinance forbade the distribution, in any place under any circumstances, of any handbill which did not have printed thereon the name and address of the person who prepared, distributed or sponsored it. The handbills in question urged...

Petitioner American Corporation sold stock in its Argentine subsidiary to the respondent Argentine corporation. The shareholder agreement contained a clause for arbitration of disputes and further provided that New York law would be applied to the dispute...

The parties in the instant case - the biological mother, the biological father and the father's husband—agreed to conceive and raise a child together in a tri-parent arrangement. Issues arose between the two men and the biological mother with...

Ten defendants were charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, and actual possession and distribution of the substances. A superseding indictment added forfeiture counts against defendants. After a government witness...

In anticipation of its 2005 annual stockholders meeting, defendants issued to plaintiff and other stockholders a notice of the meeting and a proxy statement advising that they would be asked to consider and approve an incentive plan. The stockholders...

Plaintiffs, a driver and passenger, were injured when their car collided with a bus owned by the defendant bus company. Plaintiffs alleged that the bus driver negligently operated the bus at an unlawful speed and in a reckless manner. The defendant bus...

A bankers association provided and advertised a reward of $ 1500 for the arrest and conviction of three bank robbers. The robbers were eventually arrested and convicted. There were many claimants for the reward, including: (1) appellants, a group of bank...

In the course of the investigation of Corporal Nightingale, he made arrangements with the defendant for several purchases of crack cocaine. On four occasions, Nightingale gave the defendant a sum of money, and the defendant drove to a separate location...