Burton had posed for pictures but had not seen them before they were published in an advertisement. An optical illusion in one of the photographs, coupled with the written legend, created a rather ribald impression. Burton brought a suit charging libel...

An employee refused the unwelcome and threatening sexual advances of a supervisor. She suffered no adverse tangible job consequences because of her refusal of the supervisor's advances. The employee filed suit against the employer alleging a violation...

Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. His conviction was affirmed on appeal. Petitioner retained the same court-appointed counsel throughout his trial and direct appeal. Subsequent to an application for a state writ of habeas...

Plaintiff beauty product company sought a declaratory judgment that it did not violate defendant trademark holder's LOVE POTION trademark, sought to cancel the trademark registration, and asserted a claim of intentional interference with business...

Respondent indigent defendant was convicted of misdemeanor assault without assistance of counsel, and his sentence included a suspended term of incarceration during his probation. Upon the grant of a writ of certiorari, Petitioner State appealed the judgment...

After attempts to acquire the corporation were rebuffed, the Tender Offeror made a structurally non-coercive, all-cash, fully financed tender offer directed to the corporate shareholders. The board repeatedly rejected the offer as inadequate in price...

The employee, an associate professor at a public university, alleged that defendants refused to promote him to full professor because of his outspoken Christian and conservative beliefs. The professor instituted an action against the defendants, a university...

Defendants were charged with conspiring, when the United States was at war with Germany, to publish disloyal language about the form of government of the United States, which was intended to bring the form of the government into contempt, to incite resistance...

Two unions comprised of United States Postal Service (USPS) employees filed suit under the APA challenging an international remailing regulation promulgated by the USPS that allowed a private courier to employ overnight delivery of letters to foreign...

This case involves a dispute regarding the use of an abandoned county road. The road runs through the land of John George ("Appellee"), who sought to deny his neighbors, Thomas and Bobbye Hager ("Appellants"), access to the road. The...