The victim lived with the defendant from the time she was nine. She left the home when she was 16 and pregnant with the defendant's child. The mother and defendant denied that he had any improper relations with the victim.
Plaintiff, a recording studio, sued the defendants, the performer and record company, and sought a judicial determination of its rights under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C.S. § 101 et seq., with respect to a sound recording.
The attorney was suspended from the practice of law for one year, fully stayed on the condition that he engage in no further misconduct, for having violated Ohio R. Prof. Conduct 1.8(j) by commencing an intimate sexual relationship with a client during his legal...
The employees submitted interrogatories to the employer, under N.Y. C.P.L.R. 3101, 3130, seeking information about the employer's practices regarding severance and retirement pay. The employer contended that the interrogatories were not material or necessary...
One of the landowner's sons promised his mother to pay her and his siblings as part of a mortgage on her land. The agreement was made without the knowledge of third-party grantees. When the land was sold, the mother, who was the grantee, modified the agreement...
The plaintiff employee brought a New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAN), N.J. Stat. Ann. § 10:5-1 et seq., claim against defendants, employer and supervisors, and alleged that defendants had created, or allowed to be created, a hostile work environment...
Plaintiff maintained and owned the trademark in the name, character, and story of a popular gorilla. Defendants manufactured and sold a successful video game. The plaintiff filed an action against the defendants and alleged the game's name, character, and story...
Plaintiff Cotton, a small-scale investor, sued Defendant Slone, a licensed stockbroker, claiming he mishandled her investment account. After more than three years of litigation, the district court granted a default judgment to the plaintiff. The defendant appealed...
Defendant appealed an order of that upheld his conviction of rape and conspiracy to commit rape. The defendant argued that evidence of the victim's prior sexual acts and promiscuity should have been admitted under Mil. R. Evid. 412(a), Manual for Courts-Martial...
Two former Liberian officials alleged that an international human rights organization published a report falsely implying that they had accepted bribes in connection with the sale of an oil license for an offshore plot owned by Liberia.
Petitioner trade association sought a review of a final rule of the Occupational Safety &Health Administration (OSHA) promulgated pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), 29 U.S.C.S. §§ 651-678, concerning the final vertical tandem...
The Sierra Club, an environmental organization, requested records related to consultations between the Services and the EPA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Services used the deliberative process privilege to withhold the draft biological opinions...
A sentence of fifty-five (55) years was imposed on a defendant who was fifteen years old at the time of the offense when he participated in the execution-style murders of four members of a rival gang.
The basketball coach (coach) brought suit against appellants, alleging appellants wrongfully tried to force him out of college basketball. The lower court denied the appellants' motion for a change of venue, and the appellants sought review.
Defendants (together, Amazon) appealed the district court's order denying their motion to compel arbitration of Plaintiff Lawson’s federal and state wage and hour claims. Unlike the other named Plaintiffs, Lawson agreed to all of Amazon's Terms of...
Buchanan, an employee, appealed the dismissal of her complaint for failure to state a claim in her action against her former employer, Delta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta"), alleging age discrimination and retaliation. She argued that she was not required to...
The charges stem from the robbery of a restaurant where two masked men held up the manager at gunpoint and took money from the safe. The defense questioned whether the cashier or the cook had possession of the stolen property. The district attorney argued that...
Petitioner State ex rel. its attorney general sued respondents, for-profit fundraising corporations, alleging that the corporations fraudulently misrepresented the portion of charitable donations that the corporations retained as fundraising costs.
The government contends that the petitioners' CVRA conferral claims are not constitutionally ripe because petitioners do not allege they have sought and have been denied conferral with all federal prosecutorial authorities having potential jurisdiction over...
The appellants assert that the court should apply common-law principles because the parties' agreement predated the relevant 2015 statute and the noncompete provision was unenforceable in its entirety.
The appellant father filed an application for review of a decision which determined that appellee mother could relocate out of state with the parties' child upon the child reaching three years of age and which was in express and direct conflict with three decisions...
Defendant landlords disputed their liability for lead-based paint ingested by plaintiff infant on their pre-1978 properties, because they were unaware that lead was present in paint known to be peeling.
Check out this practice note for guidance on the International Trade Commission’s (ITC) "injury" requirement, an element of proof required for Section 337 ITC investigations of unfair acts concerning non-statutory causes of action, such as misappropriation...
A jury convicted defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and assault in the second degree. The defendant was found by the trial judge to have forfeited two peremptory challenges used in a discriminatory manner.
Petitioner nursing home was assessed a civil monetary penalty because of its failure to comply substantially with Medicare regulations governing the care of respirator-dependent nursing home residents. An administrative law judge (ALJ) affirmed the penalty.