Plaintiffs (James Eakin and James and Ann Simpson) filed an action to eject defendants (Daniel Raub, Edmund Porter, Samuel Sitgreaves, Hugh Ross, John Lippens, and John Ross) from four lots of land. Plaintiffs, who lived overseas, claimed to have title...

The decedents executed a warranty deed to their property and instructed their banker, as their agent, to hold the deed and deliver the deed to the grantee upon their death so that he could record it and take ownership of the land. The district court declared...

The decedent, mentally ill, died a little less than two months after making her election of maximum benefits, thus causing the entire reserve to fall in. The retirement board sought the revocation of the election of retirement benefits on the basis of...

The State brought a bill in equity challenging the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, and the regulations made by the Secretary of Agriculture in pursuance of the same, claiming that the treaty was an unconstitutional interference with the State's...

A three-month-old infant died as a result of physical injuries inflicted by his mother. The abuse by the mother occurred while the mother and infant were staying in defendant's home. Defendant was present in the home during the incident. Defendant...

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) operated a customer rewards program, called Camel Cash, from 1991 to 2007. Under the terms of the program, RJR urged consumers to purchase Camel cigarettes, to save Camel Cash certificates included in packages of Camel...

A California statute made it a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for any person to "be addicted to the use of narcotics." A jury found defendant guilty under Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11721 for being addicted to the use of narcotics...

Defendant obtained a contract for garbage collection from a customer who previously had contracted with a member of the garbage collector association. Association members threatened defendant and forced him to join the association and sign promissory...

Defendant had employed plaintiff. Plaintiff resigned after a disagreement as to the defendant's sales and employment practices. After resignation, the plaintiff looked to be employed with one of defendant's competitors. When the defendant heard...

The parties entered into a contracting agreement for the building of highways. The plaintiff, contractor, alleges that the projects were not completed in a timely fashion and the quality of the materials was not acceptable and brought action for breach...