Appellant pharmaceutical manufacturer developed a polio vaccine that was partially funded by national health organizations. Many individuals used the vaccine for purposes of eliminating the virus. Appellees' daughter subsequently ingested the vaccine...

A high school operated by defendant Ann Arbor Public Schools held a "Diversity Week" that included, inter alia, a general assembly program and panel discussions on race, religion and sexual orientation. Plaintiff Elizabeth Hansen was a student...

A jury found defendant guilty of dissemination of obscene material and possession of obscene material with the intent to disseminate in violation of Or. Rev. Stat. § 167.087. The appellate court reversed the convictions, holding that the statute...

Ohio used to offer gasohol dealers a credit of so many cents per gallon of ethanol used in their product against the state motor vehicle fuel sales tax payable on both ethanol and gasoline irrespective of the source of the ethanol. Ohio later enacted...

Defendant race track owner advertised a contest for all race car drivers, with a promised bonus for the point leader at the end of the race season. Plaintiff driver entered his car in the races. He had the most points of any driver when defendant decided...

Police officers refused to enforce plaintiff mother's protective order despite threats by the father outside the police station. The father brutally assaulted plaintiff child while plaintiff mother waited at the police station in reliance on unfulfilled...

Plaintiff participant and her husband registered for a drawing at the theatre operated by defendant. Registration and presentation within three minutes were prize requirements. A theatre ticket was not required for registration. A theatre employee announced...

Defendant, after being poked fun at by his co-worker, got upset and stabbed his co-worker in the neck and killed him. Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison by jury verdict of the trial court. The defendant appealed...