The buyers purchased an apartment complex in Nevada. By agreement of the parties, the buyers refinanced their obligations and paid a substantial part of their indebtedness to the seller in exchange for the seller's promise that he would provide in...

Victory Petroleum Corporation (Victory) drilled a producing gas well and then filed a gas unit declaration that included over 2,250 acres of land. Amoco Production Company (Amoco), mineral interest holders of lands in the unit, brought suit to cancel...

Petitioner Pacheco graduated from Lincoln Law School in Sacramento in 1978. He passed the bar examination in 1980, but the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California refused to certify him pending an investigation into his moral character...

Appellant paint company (paint), a Maryland company, and appellee consulting company (consultant), a New Jersey company, executed a contract that had a mandatory arbitration clause. Paint company notified the consultant that it considered the consultant...

Plaintiff brought suit, claiming that defendant city violated her civil rights when police officers subjected her to a strip search after her arrest for a misdemeanor offense. Following the jury's award of $ 50,000 as compensation for emotional injuries...

Acri v. International Asso. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit October 9, 1985, Argued and Submitted ; February 6, 1986, Decided Nos. 84-2467, 84-2509 Opinion  [*1394]  HALL, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs...

Roehr v. Sun Life Assur. Co. United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit September 22, 2021, Submitted; December 27, 2021, Filed No. 21-1559 Opinion ERICKSON, Circuit Judge. Following the termination of disability benefits under a long-term...

Smith v. Health Care Serv. Corp. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division March 15, 2021, Decided; March 15, 2021, Filed No. 19 C 7162 Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pamela Smith is a beneficiary of an...

Hinojos v. State Farm Lloyds Supreme Court of Texas September 17, 2020, Argued; March 19, 2021, Opinion Delivered NO. 19-0280 Opinion  [*652]  ] The Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act , codified in Insurance Code Chapter 542, imposes deadlines on insurers...

In August 2009, with both of their businesses losing money, Harry Korotki and Joel Wax engaged in negotiations with the intent to merge their companies and increase profitability. At one point, Joel mentioned drafting a "partnership agreement"...