Federal law allowed a district court to order the civil commitment of a mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoner beyond the date he would otherwise be released. The Government instituted civil-commitment proceedings under § 4248 against...

Plaintiffs contended that the United States, without investigating the fertilizer's properties, permitted it to be shipped to a congested area without warning that it could explode under certain conditions. Plaintiffs brought a claim under the Federal...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis. SECTION 2-207 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (UCC) was supposed to resolve these questions: (1) Is a contract formed when parties exchange forms that contain nonmatching terms and the parties don’t...

Plaintiff cable service subscribers, one of whom was blind, appealed a judgment entered in favor of defendant cable service provider after the trial court granted the provider's motion for summary adjudication with respect to the subscribers'...

Nisbet v. Watson Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia January 23, 1979, Decided No. 13803 Opinion  [*523]   [**776]  The two captioned cases were consolidated for trial in the Circuit Court of Logan County and are so treated upon this appeal. Judgment...

Flor v. BOT Fin. Corp. (In re Flor) United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit December 19, 1995, Argued ; March 21, 1996, Decided Docket No. 95-5023 Opinion  [*282]  PER CURIAM: Debtors Holly Flor and Rudolph Mangels ("Debtors")...

National Broadcasting Co. v. United States Supreme Court of the United States February 10, 11, 1943, Argued ; May 10, 1943, Decided No. 554 Opinion  [*193]   [**999]   [***1350]  MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court. In view of our...

Freedman v. Suntrust Banks, Inc. United States District Court for the District of Columbia September 21, 2015, Decided; September 21, 2015, Filed Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-01575 (CKK) Opinion  [*274]  MEMORANDUM OPINION Presently before the Court is Defendants'...

Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor Int'l, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit March 26, 2013, Decided 2011-1218, 2011-1238 Opinion  [***1364]   [*1354]  Reyna , Circuit Judge . This is an appeal from a final...

Glodek v. Jersey Shore State Bank United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania August 28, 2009, Decided; August 28, 2009, Filed No. 4:07-CV-2237 Opinion MEMORANDUM BACKGROUND : On December 7, 2007, plaintiff, Patricia Glodek, instituted...