The legal issues raised by these three appeals arise from one violent incident that brutally took the life of a man named Bennett Grant. Defendants, Jean Morales, Josephine Castagna, and Thomas D'Amico, were tried together as individual assailants...

Gander Mt. Co. v. Islip U-Slip LLC United States District Court for the Northern District of New York February 11, 2013, Decided; February 11, 2013, Filed 3:12-CV-0800 (MAD/DEP) Opinion  [*355]  Mae A. D'Agostino, U.S. District Judge : MEMORANDUM...

Stross v. Gables Condo. Ass'n United States District Court for the Western District of Washington June 18, 2009, Decided; June 18, 2009, Filed CASE NO. C09-830JLR Opinion FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER I. INTRODUCTION...

FTC v. Actavis, Inc. Supreme Court of the United States March 25, 2013, Argued; June 17, 2013, Decided No. 12-416 Opinion  [*140]   [**2227]  Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. Company A sues Company B for patent infringement. The two...

Epic Sys. Corp. v. Lewis Supreme Court of the United States October 2, 2017, Argued 1 ; May 21, 2018, Decided Nos. 16-285, 16-300, 16-307. Opinion Justice Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.  [*1619]  Should employees and employers be allowed...

Federal Bureau of Prisons regulations generally permit prisoners to receive publications from the "outside," but authorize wardens, pursuant to specified criteria, to reject an incoming publication if it is found "to be detrimental to the...

Steven Danzig alleged that Jeffrey Danzig approached him in January 1992 with a business proposition: for every client Steven steered into Jeffrey's office, Steven would receive one-third of any fee received. In his complaint, Steven stated that he...

Plaintiff Sheila Woodman and her husband held a birthday party for their five-year-old son, T.W., at an indoor play facility operated by defendant Kera LLC, dba Bounce Party ("Kera"). Before the party, T.W.'s father signed a liability waiver...

Appellant employee brought an action pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.S. § 51 et seq. , and the Federal Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C.S. § 1 et seq. , alleging that he suffered a disabling injury during the course...

Appellee Food and Drug Administration argued that notice-and-comment requirements did not apply by virtue of 5 U.S.C.S. § 553(b)(3)(A) , which carved out an exception for interpretative rules and general statements of policy. According to appellee...