Defendants filed a motion to exclude certain testimony of plaintiff's expert pathologist pursuant to Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S. Ct. 2786, 125 L. Ed. 2d 469 (1993) and State v. Foret, 628 So. 2d 1116 (La. 1993...

After a body was discovered in a national park, the police learned that the victim had been with appellant on the evening prior to the discovery of her body. Officers interviewed appellant and learned that he and the victim had gone out to dinner and...

Defendant World-Wide Coin Investments Ltd., was engaged primarily in the wholesale and retail sale of rare coins, precious metals, gold and silver coins, bullion, and in the retail sale of camera equipment. Its operations also include the sale of Coca...

Mother Zion Tenant Ass'n v. Donovan Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department October 7, 2008, Decided; October 7, 2008, Entered 3502, 402239/06 Opinion  [*334]   [**65]  Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York...

In the early morning hours of June 17, 1972, District of Columbia police found defendants inside the headquarters of the Democratic Party's National Committee (DNC) in the Watergate office complex. They had entered surreptitiously, picking the locks;...

Blocker corporations are a common part of private equity (PE) structures and may be an effective tax planning tool because they effectively “block” the flow-through of taxable income at the corporate level for federal, state, and local income...

The Office of Tax Appeals rejected the challenge of ConAgra Brands, Inc. ("ConAgra Brands") to assessments for unpaid corporation net income tax and business franchise tax. The assessments were imposed on apportioned royalties ConAgra Brands...

This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to place a telephone transmitter and receiver in the office of the relator on the same terms as are given to other subscribers. The relator's petition was originally filed in the...

Plaintiff Michael Martin brought the present Jones Act claim for negligence and unseaworthiness against his employer, Fab-Con, Inc., based on an accident Martin allegedly sustained while working as a galley hand aboard the quarterbarge UNITY at Grand...

Clark Farms, Ltd. (Clark Farms) was an Iowa corporation, with articles of incorporation filed in 1997, then reincorporated in 2001 following an administrative dissolution. K.W. Clark (Clark) was the president, secretary, and treasurer of the corporation...