Respondents, children in the foster-care system and their next friends, and petitioners, a governor and others, entered into a consent decree which resolved all pending issues other than the fees that respondents' attorneys were entitled to receive...

Appellant disabled person, Eileen Williams, brought suit against the municipal corporation, which provided public transportation to a metropolitan area, claiming intentional infliction of emotional distress based on the conduct of a bus driver. According...

Respondent union, while on strike, conducted a consumer boycott of the employers' products, pursuant to which it engaged in peaceful picketing and distributed handbills at markets selling such products. The signs and handbills asked the public not...

Petitioner John J. McCarthy filed a pro se Bivens complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas against four prison employees--the hospital administrator, two psychologists, and a physician--which complaint (1) alleged that...

A union called a strike of the union employees of a general contractor on a construction project for the purpose, among others, of forcing a subcontractor to employ union help. The subcontractor purchased 65 per cent of its raw materials outside the state;...

Appellant's mother was prescribed Stilbestrol in 1956 to prevent a miscarriage. Appellees, drug manufacturers, produced Stilbestrol. Appellant was born in 1957. In 1971, appellant experienced unusual vaginal bleeding. It was discovered that she had...

The seller instructed his agent, in writing, to sell four of his properties to the purchaser. The purchaser agreed to buy them. A bill of sale, with the purchaser's name and the consideration left blank, was delivered to the purchaser. The purchaser...

Plaintiff travellers planned an African safari as part of their honeymoon. However, given the events of September 11, 2001, combined with a generalized fear of travel, the travellers untimely cancelled their reservations. The travel agency notified the...

Appellant Zayda Hanberry suffered injuries while wearing shoes that were advertised in a magazine published by respondent Hearst Corporation. In its advertisements, respondent issued an endorsement of the shoes. Appellant claimed that she relied on respondent's...

Defendant Phyllis E. Ropes ("Mrs. Ropes") and her husband, John M. Ropes, Jr., were the owners of waterfront property in Brielle, New Jersey. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Ropes executed three separate powers of attorney: (i) one in favor...