Plaintiff heir, Georgia Nan Russell Hembree, filed a claim to recover one-half of the residuary estate of her aunt, Theresa Russell, Decedant. Plaintiff Hembree was Decedent's only heir at law. Decedent's will provided the her dog was to receive...

Plaintiff appellant ASK Chemicals, as the assignee of a now-expired Japanese patent, filed an action for damages based on breach of contract against defendant appellee Computer Packaging. A technology patent was assigned by Ashland to the plaintiff. Ashland...

Plaintiff patient has filed a tort action following a visit to an emergency room licensed to defendant hospital. Fearing a possible stroke, plaintiff came to the emergency department seeking urgent treatment. He had no say in who treated him, was assisted...

Appellant plaintiff church (Celebration Worship Center) filed a complaint for declaratory judgment, seeking to determine the boundary line between it and appellee defendant homeowners (the Tuckers) to determine ownership of its real estate, to allow it...

On 38 occasions between 2001 and 2006, the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of plaintiff United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), found illegal drugs secreted on trains brought to the U.S. border by two Mexican...

Defendant Jeffrey Snyder doing business as J.S.N.Y. (collectively, "Snyder") obtained a registration of copyright on a plastic "Uncle Sam bank" in Class G ("Works of Art") as "sculpture." It was undisputed that...

Police officers specializing in anti-gang enforcement were investigating unrelated criminal activity at an apartment complex in a high-crime area of Los Angeles when they encountered defendant Earl Nevils asleep on a couch in one of the apartments. The...

Defendants Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., Morten Hopkins, and John W. Harrell were officers or directors of one or more savings and loan institutions. They wished to make large contributions to various candidates or political groups in an effort to prevent passage...

Plaintiffs were among the plaintiffs who filed a securities fraud and breach of contract against defendants. Defendants moved to dismiss the case on the ground that the claims in this case were compulsory counterclaims in an earlier state court action...

In Feb. 2011, police officers stopped defendant Elliot Parrilla for a traffic infraction. An officer patted him down for weapons at which time Parrilla admitted that he had a knife in his pocket. One of the officers tested the knife to determine whether...