• Riggs v. Palmer

    On the 13th day of August 1880, Francis B. Palmer made his last will and testament, in which he gave small legacies to his two daughters, Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. Preston, the plaintiffs in this action, and the remainder of his estate to his grandson, defendant...
  • Midland Interiors, Inc. v. Burleigh, Civil Action No. 18544

    Plaintiff, Midland Interiors, Inc. (Midland), contracted with Defendant Window Treatment & Carpet, Inc. (Window Treatment) to install carpet for Window Treatment's clients. Window Treatment failed to pay Midland for many of the carpet installations...
  • United States v. Jackson

    The defendant, Aaron Jackson, was found guilty after a two-day trial in 2001. Special Agent Matthew White of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) was the principal government witness. He testified that, in carrying out his duties...
  • United States v. Bonds

    In 2001, Barry Bonds, a baseball player, hit 73 home runs for the San Francisco Giants. Also in 2001, as well as in prior and succeeding years, BALCO Laboratories, Inc. in San Francisco recorded, under the name "Barry Bonds," positive results...
  • Sec. Mut. Cas. Co. v. Pacura

    On Jan. 3, 1975, plaintiff Janice Pacura was a passenger in her own automobile, which was being driven by Charles Whiddon. The automobile, which was not covered by any kind of insurance, was involved in an accident. Pacura mobile was injured, resulting...
  • United States v. Windsor

    The State of New York recognized the same-sex marriage of New York residents Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, who wed in Ontario, Canada, in 2007. When Spyer died in 2009, she left her entire estate to Windsor. Windsor sought to claim the federal estate...
  • FTC v. Motion Picture Adver. Serv. Co.

    Motion Picture Advertising Service Co., Inc., hereinafter respondent, was in the industry of producing advertising motion pictures and distributing them in interstate commerce. It had exclusive contracts with 40% of the theatres, which exhibited such...
  • Colonna v. Colonna

    Appellant, Mary M. Colonna (Mother), and Appellee Robert J. Colonna (Father), were married in 1983 and separated in 1996. They obtained a final divorce decree from the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) on March 19, 1999. At the time...
  • Deegan v. Deegan

    Plaintiff-husband F. Timothy Deegan and defendant-wife Marcia Deegan obtained a divorce in 1995. When the court granted the same, it ordered both husband and wife to transfer to the other their interests in certain marital properties. As such, Marcia...
  • Ass'n of Data Processing Serv. Orgs., Inc. v. Bd. of Governors of Fed. Reserve Sys.

    A corporation applied for authority to engage in the processing of banking data. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System approved the application and amended the portions of Regulation Y that dealt with the performance of data processing...