After a fire loss which occurred when the vessel Angelina Lauro burned at the dock of the East Indian Co. Ltd. in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, plaintiff insurer, as subrogee of charterer, brought an action against defendants, vessel owner and vessel...

Defendants Blyew and Kennard were indicted for the murder of a colored woman named Lucy Armstrong. In order to show jurisdiction in the Circuit Court of the United States, the indictment averred that the victim was a citizen of the United States, having...

S.C. v. Katzenbach Supreme Court of the United States January 17-18, 1966, Argued ; March 7, 1966, Decided No. 22, Orig. Opinion  [*307]   [***774]   [**807]  MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court. By leave of the Court, 382 U.S...

Hoyt v. Lane Constr. Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit June 10, 2019, Filed No. 18-10289 Opinion  [*291]  ANDREW S. OLDHAM, Circuit Judge: We must decide whether the district court erred by refusing to remand this case to state...

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Prior to December 18, 2009, the Board had six directors and one vacancy. On December 18, one director resigned, creating a second vacancy. The plaintiffs-appellees contended that on December 20 and 21, Take Back EMAK, LLC ("TBE") delivered sufficient...

Under § 4 of the Sherman Act, the Government sued in a Federal District Court for a declaration that appellant railroad's "preferential routing" agreements are unlawful as unreasonable restraints of trade under § 1 of the Act....

Defendant Lockett was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death in connection with a robbery-murder during which she waited in the getaway car she was driving. The state supreme court affirmed her conviction and sentence. Defendant sought...

Plaintiffs and defendant entered into a mercantile contract, whereby plaintiffs sold to the defendant 500 tons of number one Shott's (Scotch) pig iron, at the price of $26 per ton, to be paid in cash by the defendant upon the delivery to him of the...

United States v. Microsoft Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit April 21, 1998, Argued ; June 23, 1998, Decided No. 97-5343 Consolidated with 98-5012 Opinion  [*938]  WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge : The district court entered...