Plaintiffs, consisting of the States of Texas, Louisiana, and Indiana, and seven individuals, challenged the facial constitutionality of The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978, as well as the statutory and constitutional validity of the Department...

Stivers v. Pierce United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit March 16, 1995, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California ; December 1, 1995, Filed Nos. 93-16756, 94-15966 Opinion  [*736]  OPINION REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: This action arises...

Envtl. Prot. Info. Ctr. v. Carlson United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit May 27, 2020, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California; August 3, 2020, Filed No. 19-17479 Opinion  [*987]  W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: In July 2018, the Ranch...

Rita was convicted of offenses related to providing false testimony to a grand jury, but defendant asserted that his sentence was improperly subjected to a presumption of reasonableness on review and that the sentence was unreasonable. Upon the grant...

CME Media Enters. B.V. v. Zelezny United States District Court for the Southern District of New York September 10, 2001, Decided ; September 10, 2001, Filed 01 Civ. 1733 (DC) Opinion MEMORANDUM DECISION CHIN, D.J. In this case, petitioner CME Media Enterprises...

Bridges v. Houston Methodist Hosp. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas June 12, 2021, Decided; June 12, 2021, Filed, Entered Civil Action H-21-1774 Opinion Order on Dismissal  [*3]  1. Background . On April 1, 2021, Houston...

A doctor retained an attorney to prepare his will, and informed the attorney that he was suffering from cancer, did not want to die intestate, and wanted to leave his entire estate to one of his brothers. The doctor also told the attorney that he was...

Pursuant to contract, defendant caterer was responsible for loading and latching 500-800 pound buffets into the galley of third-party defendant airline. Plaintiff employee suffered back pain after attempting to move a buffet that had slipped and blocked...

Thermtron Prods. v. Hermansdorfer Supreme Court of the United States Argued October 7, 1975 ; January 20, 1976 No. 74-206 Opinion  [*337]   [***546]   [**586]  MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.  [****4]  The questions in this case...

San Carlos Irrigation & Drainage Dist. v. United States United States Court of Federal Claims December 3, 2008, Filed No. 06-576C Opinion  [*786]  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER MILLER, Judge. This case, before the court after argument before the transferee...