The Internal Revenue Code allowed property and casualty insurers to fully deduct “loss reserves,” or unpaid losses… Continued
Case Briefs – 1997
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act… Continued
Janet Scott-Harris filed suit under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, the city’s… Continued
Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. was the case reviewed by the Supreme Court of the USA that determined… Continued
Kathryn Lewis was killed during a boating accident in which she fell into the water and was struck repeatedly by a… Continued
8 USC section 1326(a) makes it a crime, punishable by up to two years in prison, for a deported alien to return to the… Continued
When questioned by federal agents as to the receipt of gifts or money from a company whose employees were members of… Continued
The site of a chemical manufacturing plant was polluted over many years. During much of the time, the companies… Continued
Under an 1834 compact between New York and New Jersey, Ellis Island was deemed part of New York. It was later… Continued
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), a private-sector labor organization, represents pilots employed by Delta Air… Continued
After the local rent control administrator ordered Edward S. Cohen to refund $31,382.50 in excessive rents he had… Continued
During a routine check of departing international flight passengers, customs officers discovered $357,144 on the… Continued
In 1983, Margaret Kawaauhau sought treatment from Dr. Paul Geiger for a foot injury. Later, Geiger cancelled… Continued
Section 109 of the Federal Credit Union Act provides that that “federal credit union membership shall be limited to… Continued
Both a judgment lien and federal tax liens encumbered the real property of Francis Romani’s Pennsylvania estate, worth… Continued
In 1995, the Texas Legislature enacted Chapter 39. Chapter 39 holds local school boards accountable to the State for… Continued
The National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act entrusts the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with… Continued
New York Tax Law section 631(b)(6) denies only nonresident taxpayers a state income tax deduction for alimony paid. In… Continued
The U.S. holds in trust the Oklahoma land that the federally recognized Kiowa Tribe owns. In 1990, the then-Chairman… Continued
The Extradition Act implements the Constitution’s extradition clause and provides for the extradition from one state… Continued
Aloyzas Balsys was subpoenaed by the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) to testify about his… Continued
John Hudson was chairman of the First National Bank of Tipton and the First National Bank of Hammon. Hudson used his… Continued
erry Campbell, a white man, was indicted for second-degree murder by a grand jury in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana… Continued
Richard Trest sought a writ of habeas corpus that would cancel the sentence he was serving in Louisiana for armed… Continued
Under the Medicare Act a hospital may obtain a reimbursement for certain graduate medical education (GME) programs for… Continued
Following Douglas Buchanan’s conviction for the capital murders of his father, stepmother, and two brothers, the… Continued
Alida Star Gebser, a high school student in the Lago Vista Independent School District (“Lago Vista”), had a secret… Continued
Chapter 154 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) provides an expedited review process… Continued
