• Lewis v. LeGrow

    This case involves the surreptitious, nonconsensual videotaping of intimate acts of sexual relations in defendant James F. LeGrow's bedroom. After a joint trial, a jury found that LeGrow violated MCL 750.539d , invaded plaintiffs Jessica Lewis, Bethany...
  • Godley v. United States

    Godley v. United States United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit September 30, 1993, Decided 93-5028 Opinion  [*1474]  RADER, Circuit Judge. William C. Godley sued the United States Postal Service in the United States Court of Federal Claims...
  • Mavrix Photographs, Ltd. Liab. Co. v. LiveJournal, Inc.

    Plaintiff Mavrix Photographs ("Mavrix") sued LiveJournal for posting twenty of its copyrighted photographs online. The district court held that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's ("DMCA") § 512(c) safe harbor protected...
  • Hellinger v. Farmers Group

    Hellinger v. Farmers Group Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Four August 24, 2001, Decided No. B138734. Opinion  [*1052]   [**271]  EPSTEIN, J. We are asked to decide whether a claim for damages from the Northridge earthquake...
  • Hamilton Sundstrand Power Sys. v. United States

    Hamilton Sundstrand Power Sys. v. United States United States Court of Federal Claims February 6, 2007, Filed No. 06-874C Opinion  [*512]  BRUGGINK, Judge . This is a bid protest action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought by plaintiff Hamilton...
  • Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc'y of N.Y., Inc. v. Vill. of Stratton

    Respondent Village of Stratton (Village) promulgated an ordinance that, inter alia, prohibits "canvassers" from "going in and upon" private residential property to promote any "cause" without first obtaining a permit from...
  • Van Camp v. McAfoos

    The claimant was struck and injured by a tricycle ridden by appellee child, who was three-years old at the time, and brought the current action accordingly. Claimant alleged that appellee parents gave the child control of a tricycle, knew the child was...
  • In re Estate of Kanevsky

    Jacob Kanevsky died intestate. Jacob had no children and one deceased brother, Nathan. Nathan had had two children – Paul Kay, the appellant, and Zena, who predeceased Jacob. Zena and her husband had adopted Perry Swartz, the appellee. When Zena's...
  • Citizens for Strong Sch., Inc. v. Fla. State Bd. of Educ.

    This case began in November 2009—in the wake of the Great Recession—when certain public school students, parents, and citizen organizations (collectively, Petitioners) filed suit against the State Board of Education, the President of the Florida...
  • Coleman v. Frierson

    The employee, Samuel Coleman, filed a § 1983 action against the city, the mayor, and the police chief to challenge the employee's termination as a special investigator for the city, and his subsequent arrest on charges of impersonating a police...