• vonRosenberg v. Lawrence

    vonRosenberg v. Lawrence United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division December 18, 2019, Decided; December 18, 2019, Filed Civil Action No. 2:13-587-RMG Opinion  [*179]  ORDER AND OPINION This matter is before the...
  • Ross v. Creighton Univ.

    Appellant Kevin Ross accepted an athletic scholarship to attend appellee Creighton University, an academically superior university. Ross came from an academically disadvantaged background. At the time of his enrollment at Creighton, Ross was at an academic...
  • Hans Rees' Sons, Inc. v. North Carolina

    Hans Rees' Sons, Inc. v. North Carolina Supreme Court of the United States March 18, 1931, Argued ; April 13, 1931, Decided No. 334 Opinion  [*125]   [**386]   [***888]  MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court. The appellant, Hans...
  • Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Barr Labs., Inc.

    Plaintiff Burroughs Wellcome Co. was the owner of patents that covered various preparations of a drug in the treatment of persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Plaintiff filed infringement suits against defendants after defendants sought...
  • Fragale v. Faulkner

    Fragale v. Faulkner Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Eight July 7, 2003, Filed B153654 Opinion  [**618]  BOLAND, J. — SUMMARY CA(1) (1) ] The measure of damages for a real estate broker’s intentional misrepresentation...
  • Little v. Barreme

    The Flying-Fish, a Danish vessel having on board Danish and neutral property, was captured on a voyage from Jeremie to St. Thomas’s, by the United States frigate Boston, commanded by Captain Little. The captain believed that the vessel was of American...
  • Myers v. Heritage Enters.

    Two certified nursing assistants (CNA) dropped a 78-year-old patient when transferring her from a bed to a wheelchair, fracturing the patient's tibia and fibula on both legs. The patient died approximately two weeks later of unrelated causes. There...
  • Ethicon, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp.

    Yoon was a medical doctor and inventor of numerous patented devices for endoscopic surgery. In the late 1970s, Yoon began to conceive of a safety device to prevent accidental injury during trocar incisions. Yoon also conceived of a device to alert the...
  • Slattery v. Hochul

    Slattery v. Hochul United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit November 29, 2021, Argued; February 27, 2023, Decided No. 21-911 Opinion  [*283]  Menashi , Circuit Judge : The Evergreen Association, Inc., doing business as Expectant Mother Care...
  • Boyd v. United States

    In the night of April 6, 1890, defendants Boyd and Standley, with Myers, came to a ferry and called to the ferryman, Martin Byrd, to come and set them over the creek. The latter protested that he did not like to do work of that kind after dark, but finally...