Plaintiff oil company entered into a contract with defendants, petroleum company and company's president (president), wherein defendants orally promised plaintiff a guarantee regarding accounts owing by a marketing company to plaintiff. Defendants...

Counsel, which had represented plaintiff class in a major school desecration suit for years, requested attorney fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C.S. § 1988. The district court awarded attorneys' fees...

Relator's counsel notified defendant's counsel that they had found what appeared to be privileged documents when reviewing the documents produced by defendant. Although some documents were labeled as privileged, and relator's counsel assumed...

Catherine Peters fell in the shower area of Bethel's city-owned senior center. She suffered multiple fractures of her right leg. Following Peters' accident, Louise Charles, the City's director of senior services, prepared an "Accident...

Smith v. United States, IRS (In re Smith) United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit October 25, 1996, Argued and Submitted ; January 9, 1997, Filed BAP No. HI-95-2256-HJO Opinion  [*227]  OPINION HAGAN, Bankruptcy Judge: Robert Allen...

Kilmer v. Elexco Land Servs. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania September 16, 2009, Argued; March 24, 2010, Decided No. 63 MAP 2009 Opinion  [*415]   [**1149]  MR. JUSTICE BAER The case at bar concerns the proper construction of the term "royalty"...

JONES v. UNITED STATES Supreme Court of the United States April 7-8, 1958, Argued ; June 30, 1958, Decided No. 331 Opinion  [*494]   [***1516]   [**1254]  MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court. After a trial without a jury in the Federal...

Gracen v. Bradford Exch. & MGM United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit December 7, 1982, Argued ; January 12, 1983, Decided No. 82-1795 Opinion  [***1295]   [*301]  POSNER, Circuit Judge. This appeal brings up to us questions of some...

De Wald v. Quarnstrom Supreme Court of Florida July 15, 1952; Rehearing Denied August 2, 1952 [NO DOCKET NUMBER] Opinion EN BANC   [*920]  Per Curiam. Affirmed. Concur by:  CHAPMAN Concur CHAPMAN, Justice (concurring specially). This appeal involves the...

While driving, the injured man was struck in two separate incidents by the drivers on the same day. There was no medically feasible way to prove how much of his injuries resulted from which collision. The injured man moved for partial summary judgment...