In 2002, Richard and Susan Wilcox (“the Wilcoxes”) purchased a parcel of property (“the Wilcox property”) from Ronald and Mary Soma (“the Somas”) near Lake Delton in Sauk County. A 25-foot wide strip of land (“the...

Jack Kelly Partners LLC v Zegelstein Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department May 12, 2016; May 12, 2016, Filed 600351/08, 16647 Opinion  [**7]   [*81]  Tom, J.P. Plaintiff, as tenant, and defendants, as owner, entered into a commercial...

Plaintiff Karl W. Cockrell and his parents went to the layaway department at a store operated by defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart"). Cockrell stayed for about five minutes and decided to leave. As he was going out the front door Raymond...

Plaintiff was doing accounting work for defendant. The two individuals talked about going into business together because they had complementary business skills--defendant could locate certain properties because of his real estate background and plaintiff...

Fisher v. State Supreme Court of Georgia October, 1886, Decided No Number in Original Opinion HALL, Justice. The defendant, with a number of others, came together in a violent and tumultuous manner, and by menaces and threats, endeavored to rescue from...

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Wash. v. Confederated Tribes of Colville Indian Reservation Supreme Court of the United States October 9, 1979, Argued ; June 10, 1980, Decided 1 No. 78-630 Opinion  [*138]   [***19]   [**2073]  MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. In...

Plaintiff Jacobus Rentmeester filed a lawsuit in federal district court against defendant Nike, Inc., alleging that Nike infringed his copyright in a photograph of Michael Jordan when Nike commissioned its own photograph of Jordan and then used that photo...

Plaintiffs were a residents' association and individual members. Their complaint alleged that the various agencies' approvals of the subdivision map were deficient in three principal respects. First, the complaint asserted that the approvals were...

Defendant Jose Carbajal pleaded no contest to leaving the scene of an accident in violation of Cal. V eh. Code, § 20002, subd. (a) (commonly known as "hit-and-run"). Carbajal had been driving his car when he collided with an unoccupied...