Plaintiff brought a diversity suit for breach of contract, which was governed by Arkansas law because of a choice of law provision in the contract. The contract involved the licensing and sales by defendant of a board game invented by plaintiff. Plaintiff...

Appellant landowner's property was subject to a reservation of mineral rights in favor of appellee railroad. Pursuant to an oil and gas lease granted by appellee railroad, appellee corporation conducted extensive operations on appellant's land...

Appellant filed a complaint alleging that appellee railroad company conveyed land to appellant's predecessor, improperly reserving the minerals upon or in the land. Appellant asserted that appellee drilling company entered upon the land pursuant to...

Petitioner's contract and business tort claims against respondent were dismissed on the merits by the federal court, sitting in diversity, on the ground that the statute of limitations of the court's forum state precluded the claims. Petitioner...

Plaintiff landlord's buildings were damaged by a package that exploded. Defendant tenants did not know the contents of the package or have any reason to suspect its dangerous character. The trial court held that the tenants were not liable for injuries...

Defendant shot plaintiff in the stomach in the course of an altercation over a debt owed to defendant by plaintiff. Defendant, who was a "little tipsy," demanded repayment by plaintiff. Plaintiff immediately offered to make a partial payment...

Defendant property owners acquired property that was originally conveyed with restrictive covenants by a grantor, who retained a nearby parcel and also conveyed another lot to plaintiff neighboring property owners. Upon the grantor's death, plaintiff...

Plaintiff attorney, personally and as a trustee, sued defendant bank alleging conspiracy, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and fraud claims. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant failed to pay at least $ 20 billion dollars of the agreed...

Defendant seller sold its subsidiary to the plaintiff buyer. Plaintiff later filed suit, alleging that it entered into the transaction based on misleading financial information provided by the defendant. Defendant gave notice of its intent to depose a...

A diversity action was instituted by the estate of a person who was killed in an automobile-truck collision, the estate of another deceased person and another person who had been injured in the collision also being joined as plaintiffs, against the estate...