A jury found defendant guilty of possession of a cell phone in a correctional facility. He challenged his twelve years in prison sentence, claiming that it was grossly disproportionate to the crime and a violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Defendant appealed from a judgment entered in the Judicial District Court, which convicted him of being an accessory after the fact to a simple burglary and sentenced him to two years imprisonment. He argued that there was no evidence to support the essential...

Plaintiff wife appealed from the judgment of the trial court dismissing her demands to garnish the husband's accumulated vacation and holiday funds in possession of defendant trustees of a pension and vacation fund, and earned but unpaid wage benefits...

A son in his deceased father's probate proceedings claimed his father's marriage to a post-operative male-to-female transsexual was void under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 23-101 (2001 Supp.). The district court granted summary judgment concluding the...

A hearing board of complainant Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee (committee) recommended that respondent attorney be suspended from the practice of law for three years and that he be required before reinstatement to pass the professional responsibility...

Defendant withdrew his plea not guilty by reason of insanity and entered a plea of not guilty of second degree murder under § 14:30.1. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution.

El Paso Parent sold member interests in three limited liability companies to El Paso MLP, the transaction was referred as the "Fall Dropdown". After the Trial, Kinder Morgan, El Paso Parent, El Paso MLP, and the General Partner consummated a...

The couples claimed that by limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples, New York statutory law violated the New York Constitution's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. The appellate court reversed a trial court decision granting the couples summary...

Plaintiff was injured while helping an alleged employee of the corporation move a refrigerator. He sued the corporation as being vicariously liable for the tort of its "employee," who was a lessee of a room from the owners of the corporation...

The University of Washington owned real estate comprising about four city blocks in the downtown area of Seattle. In 1907 it executed a lease upon this property extending to November 1, 1954. This lease was acquired by petitioner Metropolitan Building...