• Wis. & M. R. Co. v. Powers

    Plaintiff railway alleged that the act of 1893, which exempted railways that built and operated a line north of the forty-fourth parallel from a specific tax on railroads under certain conditions, established a contract between the state and the railway...
  • Petrillo v. Bachenberg

    Appellant buyer claimed that she was mislead by a percolation report written by respondent attorney and was induced thereby to purchase land she would otherwise have not. The trial court found that respondent owed no duty to appellant, but the appellate...
  • New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira

    Petitioner was an interstate trucking company, and respondent was one of its drivers. Respondent was working under an operating agreement that called him an independent contractor and contained a mandatory arbitration provision. When respondent filed...
  • Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States BLM

    Plaintiff brought an action under 16 U.S.C.S. § 1540(g) against defendants, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and other federal officials, challenging the issuance by the BLM of three resource management...
  • Vlases v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

    Plaintiff buyer purchased one-day old chicks and placed them in a newly constructed coop with new equipment. The chickens all died from avian leukosis. Plaintiff buyer charged the defendant seller with breaching the implied warranties of merchantability...
  • Discretionary Trust- Charities

    Clients wishes to leave all the residue to various charities but prefers to create a discretionary will trust with various charities as potential beneficiraies . He wants all the charities to benefit equally and this will be stated in his letter of wishes...
  • Zidell v. Bird

    Zidell v. Bird Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin May 22, 1985 No. 14,291 Opinion  [*552]  Appellants Allan and Alvin Zidell pray we reverse a summary judgment that they take nothing by their suit against their former attorney, Donald E...
  • ZF Auto. US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd.

    ZF Auto. US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. Supreme Court of the United States March 23, 2022, Argued; June 13, 2022, Decided 1 Nos. 21-401 and 21-518. Opinion Justice Barrett delivered the opinion of the Court. ] Congress has long allowed federal courts to assist...
  • ZeroAvia, Inc. v. United States

    ZeroAvia, Inc. v. United States United States Court of Federal Claims June 7, 2022, Filed under seal No. 21-1991 Opinion OPINION AND ORDER DIETZ, Judge . Plaintiff, ZeroAvia, Inc. ("ZeroAvia"), protests a decision by the National Aeronautics...
  • Wilson Communications, Inc. v. Calvert

    Wilson Communications, Inc. v. Calvert Supreme Court of Texas February 18, 1970 No. B-1721 Opinion  [*842]  Frank T. Wilson, doing business as Wilson Radio Dispatch, and Wilson Radio Communications, Inc., hereafter called Wilson Radio, obtained a declaratory...