• Am. Paper Recycling Corp. v. IHC Corp.

    American Paper Recycling Corporation (“APR”) is an Illinois corporation engaged in the business of purchasing waste paper and other paper products for recycling. IHC Corporation (“IHC”) is a subsidiary of Cinram (U.S.) Holdings...

  • Prescott v. Smits

    The parties negotiated a lease agreement. The tenants were experienced dairy farmers. The parties eventually agreed that the tenants would lease the farm for three years for an annual rate of rent that was to be paid in equal monthly installments. The...

  • Ill. C. G. R. Co. v. Parks

    Appellee driver filed an action after his automobile collided with a train operated by appellant railroad under the direction of appellant engineer. In addition to the driver's action, the passenger filed a companion action, in which the jury found...

  • Lesikar v. Rappeport

    Lesikar v. Rappeport Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth District, Texarkana April 20, 2000, Submitted ; September 12, 2000, Decided No. 06-98-00126-CV Opinion  [*290]  Opinion by Chief Justice Cornelius Lynwood and Harriet Lesikar appeal from an adverse...

  • Diversified Indus. v. Meredith

    Diversified Indus. v. Meredith United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit April 11, 1977, Submitted ; August 9, 1977, Filed No. 77-1043 Opinion  [*598]  HENLEY, Circuit Judge. This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus directed at...

  • Tomaszewski v. Trevena, Inc.

    Tomaszewski v. Trevena, Inc. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania August 28, 2020, Decided; August 28, 2020, Filed CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-4378 Opinion  [*321]  MEMORANDUM OPINION Rufe, J. Plaintiffs brought a federal securities...

  • Covert v. Liggett Grp., Inc.

    Jane H. Covert had smoked cigarettes for almost forty years when she discovered that she had lung cancer in March of 1986. While Covert believed that she might have a cause of action against various cigarette manufacturers, she did not wish to become...

  • Brown v. UPS

    Brown v. UPS United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit December 28, 2010, Filed No. 10-60398 Summary Calendar Opinion  [*838]  PER CURIAM: 1 In this Title VII retaliation case, the Court must determine whether plaintiff-appellant Kenneth E...

  • BMG Rights Mgmt. (US) LLC v. Cox Communs., Inc.

    BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ("BMG"), which owned copyrights in musical compositions, filed the present suit alleging copyright infringement against Cox Communications, Inc. and CoxCom, LLC (collectively, "Cox"), providers of high...

  • Nixon v. United States

    Nixon v. United States Supreme Court of the United States October 14, 1992, Argued ; January 13, 1993, Decided No. 91-740 Opinion  [*226]   [***7]   [**734]  CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner Walter L. Nixon, Jr.,...