• United States v. Microsoft Corp.

    In July 1994, officials at the Department of Justice ("DOJ"), on behalf of the United States, filed suit against Microsoft Corp., charging the company with, among other things, unlawfully maintaining a monopoly in the operating system market...
  • Authors Guild v. Google, Inc.

    Plaintiffs, who are authors of published books under copyright, sued Google, Inc. (Google), the defendant, for copyright infringement in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Through its Library Project and its Google...
  • Fid. Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Kaminsky

    When appellee tenant, a gynecologist, abandoned the leased premises, appellant landlord sued for the balance of rent due. Appellee claimed appellant constructively evicted him by breaching the covenant of quiet enjoyment in that appellant failed to prevent...
  • Iron Grip Barbell Co. v. USA Sports, Inc.

    Plaintiff patentee appealed from an order that found the key claim of its patent for weight plates used with fitness equipment such as barbells to be invalid as obvious in light of the prior art, and granting summary judgment in favor of defendant competitor...
  • Impson v. Structural Metals, Inc.

    Petitioner trucker challenged the decision which reversed and remanded respondent accident victim's personal injury suit for a new trial because the trial court had failed to submit a special issue on negligence to the jury after it found negligence...
  • Rogers v. Bd. of Cty. Comm'rs

    Appellant citizen filed a petition that sought to compel appellee county board of commissioners to remove obstructions from a right of way. The District Court denominated the petition as a writ of mandamus, ruled that the writ failed to comply with procedural...
  • Elhady v. Kable

    The Plaintiffs are twenty-three U.S. citizens, none of whom have been formally notified by the Government that they are included in the federal government's Terrorist Screening Database ("TSDB"), referred to colloquially as "the Watchlist...
  • Young v. State

    On September 6, 2009, Young entered a dwelling where the victim was located with the intent to commit an offense therein and that in the course of committing said offense, did make an assault or battery upon the victim, actually possessed a firearm or...
  • Rutledge v. Pharm. Care Mgmt. Ass'n

    Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) acted as intermediaries between pharmacies and prescription-drug plans. In that role, they reimbursed pharmacies for the cost of drugs covered by prescription-drug plans. To determine the reimbursement rate for each drug...
  • Will Depp, Kardashian Defamation Dramas Spur A Wave of New Lawsuits?

    Millions of Americans this spring were eagerly awaiting daily TV news updates and refreshing social media feeds to stay on top of the latest developments in two high-drama lawsuits. The star litigants? In one case, it was a plaintiff who played a swashbuckling...