• Maier Brewing Co. v. Fleischmann Distilling Corp.

    Defendant Maier Brewing Company was adjudged to have infringed Plaintiff Fleischmann Distilling Corp.’s trademark. It was found that Defendant sold beer under the name Black & White, the trade name registered to Plaintiffs. The District Court...

  • Shell Oil Co. v. HRN, Inc.

    Plaintiffs are several hundred lessee dealers in seventeen different states who lease service stations and buy gasoline from Shell, operating those stations as independent businesses. Each dealer and Shell enter into two agreements: a Lease and a Dealer...

  • First Nat'l Maint. Corp. v. NLRB

    Petitioner, First National Maintenance Corporation (FNM), a company engaged in the business of providing housekeeping, cleaning, maintenance, and related services for commercial customers, had a contract to do maintenance work for a nursing home. As a...

  • Roberts v. Benoit

    This is a suit for damages sustained by plaintiff, Bobby Ray Roberts, Jr., as a result of the accidental discharge of a gun owned and possessed by Joseph T. Benoit, a commissioned deputy sheriff with the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office. Roberts...

  • Ahern v. Scholz

    Paul F. Ahern, former manager, filed a complaint against Donald Thomas Scholz, a musician, alleging breach of contract for failure to pay royalties. The district court found Scholz breached a modification agreement, awarded damages for failure to pay...

  • Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.

    The employees were employed by Respondent SmithKline Beecham Corporation as pharmaceutical sales representatives for roughly four years, and during that time their primary objective was to obtain a nonbinding commitment from physicians to prescribe SmithKline’s...

  • Plummer v. Ctr. Psychiatrists

    Dr. Roque Gerald, a licensed clinical psychologist, had intercourse with Katrina Q. Plummer, a patient during a counseling session. Plummer alleged that the psychologist's act of sexual intercourse constituted an assault and battery upon her because...

  • State v. Small

    On January 20, 2008, around midnight, S.S., age six, was found unconscious from smoke and soot inhalation inside her burning home. The fire originated on the back right burner of the kitchen stove. S.S.'s mother, defendant Satonia Small, had left...

  • Sanchez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    The underlying matter arose after a pharmacy customer, while driving under the influence of prescription drugs, allegedly caused an automobile accident resulting in one person's death and severe injuries to another. Appellants filed a wrongful death...

  • Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Jaquez

    Delia Jaquez filed suit against Reliable Consultants, Inc. d/b/a Dreamers ("Dreamers") under a premises liability theory. A ramp connected the upper and lower levels of Dreamers’ store. Near the ramp was a display. A foot away from the...