Plaintiff environmentalists brought an action to prevent construction of a municipal landfill on a site that plaintiffs claimed was an indispensable habitat for the Florida panther and home to the Eastern indigo snake. The trial court granted defendant...

Defendant was at large on bail pending trial. A wired informer, who was an old acquaintance of defendant, entered defendant's store and engaged him in conversation. At trial, an agent testified to defendant's incriminating admissions that he heard...

The jury in the district court found the two defendants guilty of violating the Clean Air Act and making false statements in connection with an asbestos-abatement project. Defendants appealed.

In respondent wife's action for divorce from appellant husband, appellant challenged several interlocutory judgments by the trial court pertaining to the determination and division of marital assets.

Victim was killed when he crashed while riding on one of appellee promoter's motorcycles. Appellant victim's wife and estate filed suit, and appellees moved for summary judgment because victim had signed several release forms before riding on...

The election inspectors claimed that because neither 16 Stat. 140 §§ 2 and 3, which they were accused of violating, nor the Fifteenth Amendment provided specific punishment for the election inspectors' improper conduct, the circuit court...

An action was filed against the insured to recover damages caused to a building as a result of the manner in which the insured dismantled his office after termination of a lease. The insured impleaded his liability insurance company and the company successfully...

Plaintiff Somalian natives asserted torture and human rights violations under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 and Alien Tort Statute. The district court denied defendant former Somalian official's motion to dismiss based on common law immunities...

Petitioner pled guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. During the sentencing phase, the court reviewed the criminal history and as a result, petitioner's sentence was enhanced.

Plaintiff-Appellant was fired from her tenured professorship by the Board of Supervisors of the University due toc complaints about her "professionalism and behavior" whenever she visited schools in the district.