Plaintiff sued defendants for copyright infringement. Plaintiff alleged its own New York incorporation and did not allege the citizenship of defendants. On appeal, the court held that the district court was correct when it treated jurisdictional issue...

A landowner filed an action for forcible detainer to recover possession of four lots against its tenant. Two months after the landowner instituted the detainer action, she conveyed the premises to the heirs. The landowner died several months later. The...

Appellee buyer purchased a television set from appellant merchant that malfunctioned upon delivery. The merchant informed that the set could be repaired, but the set would have to be returned to the merchant's shop for repairs. The buyer refused to...

A person domiciled in Texas left the State intending to make his home elsewhere, his family residing there meanwhile. During his absence, an action for money was begun against him in a Texas court. After returning and remaining for a short time, he departed...

Appellants were convicted on drug possession charges. Appellants challenged their convictions, arguing that the evidence discovered in a warrantless search of the car in which they were travelling should have been suppressed, that the trial court should...

A credit card customer filed a class action against a credit card company based on its marketing of a “credit protector” plan and the handling of a claim she made under it when she lost her job. She alleged claims under the unfair competition...

A pregnant single woman (Roe) brought an action for declaratory judgment challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which prohibit abortions except on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother's life. Roe alleged...

The City of New London exercised its power of eminent domain and seized private properties pursuant to an economic development plan. Nine property owners contested the expropriation as the properties were going to be sold to private developers which they...

After plaintiff injured his hand, he sought medical treatment from defendant. The defendant proposed surgery by using skin from plaintiff’s chest and grafting it onto plaintiff’s injured palm, and he guaranteed that plaintiff could return...

Plaintiff, a mathematician with the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, was invited to a one day professional meeting at defendant hotel. While waiting in line for a buffet-style luncheon at defendant club, which was located within the hotel, plaintiff...