Appellee Kenneth Hoffman, whose fixtures encroached on the adjoining landowner's property sued for an implied easement to keep the encroachments on the adjoining property. The adjoining landowner counterclaimed for trespass and sought a mandatory...

The Treasury and IRS issued proposed regulations under I.R.C. Section 951A providing guidance on passive foreign investment companies (PFICs) and controlled foreign corporations (CFCs) held by domestic partnerships and S corporations. 87 Fed. Reg. 3,890...

On September 21, 2005, Vida F. Negrete filed a class action lawsuit against Allianz, an insurance corporation, in which she challenged the sale of Allianz's fixed deferred annuities. Negrete, acting as conservator for Everett E. Ow, alleges that Ow...

W.R. Grace & Co. v. Waters Supreme Court of Florida June 2, 1994, Decided No. 81,004 Opinion  [*503]  GRIMES, C.J. We review United States Mineral Products Co. v. Waters , 610 So. 2d 20 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) , in which the court certified a question...

Real v. Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 8, 1979 No. 77-1935 Opinion  [*750]  Fifteen individual plaintiffs (appellants), representing themselves and a class of similarly situated persons...

Hively v. Ivy Tech Cmty. College of Ind. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit November 30, 2016, Argued; April 4, 2017, Decided No. 15-1720 Opinion  [*340]  Wood , Chief Judge . Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful...

Barr v. Am. Ass'n of Political Consultants Supreme Court of the United States January 10, 2020, Decided No. 19-631. Opinion Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted. Read The Full Case Not...

Affordable Bio Feedstock, Inc. v. United States United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division June 28, 2017, Decided; June 28, 2017, Filed Case No: 6:16-cv-1926-Orl-31TBS Opinion Order This matter comes before the Court...

Plaintiffs, owners of a painting on loan to defendant merchants, argued that the doctrines of statutory estoppel and equitable estoppel could not be invoked to preclude the recovery of a painting that was loaned to merchants and, thereafter, sold by them...

Officer Wheetley pulled over respondent Harris for a routine traffic stop. Observing Harris's nervousness and an open beer can, Wheetley sought consent to search Harris's truck. When Harris refused, Wheetley executed a sniff test with his trained...