Case Briefs - 2009

The Christian Legal Society Chapter of the University of California, Hastings College of Law (CLS) filed suit against... Continued

Plaintiffs brought a class action suit against Hertz in a California state court. Hertz moved to remove the case to a... Continued

Karen L. Jerman filed suit in an Ohio federal district against the law firm Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer &... Continued

American Needle Inc. filed suit in an Illinois federal district court against the National Football League ("NFL") and... Continued

Plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction in a Washington federal district court to prevent the state of Washington... Continued

Curtis Johnson was convicted in a Florida federal district court for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. He... Continued

A Texas federal district court convicted Jeffrey Skilling of conspiracy, securities fraud, making false... Continued

On the second day of jury deliberations in Reginald Lett's murder trial in a Michigan state court, the trial judge... Continued

Employees of the City of Ontario, California police department filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim in a California federal... Continued

An Indiana federal district court convicted Thomas Carr of violating the Sex Offender and Registration and... Continued

African-American applicants for firefighter jobs in Chicago, IL sued the city under Title VII alleging the written... Continued

Bruce Weyhrauch was charged in the Alaska federal district court in part with a "scheme and artifice to defraud and... Continued

A Michigan state court convicted Diapolis Smith of second degree murder and felony possession of a firearm and... Continued

The Free Enterprise Fund, a non-profit organization, brought suit challenging the constitutionality of Title I of the... Continued

Agron Kucana, a citizen of Albania, entered the United States in 1995 and did not leave when his visa expired. Mr... Continued

Timothy Abbott, a British citizen, and Jacquelyn Abbott, an American citizen, litigated their divorce in the Chilean... Continued

A Michigan state court convicted Van Chester Thompkins of first-degree murder, assault with intent to commit murder... Continued

Granite Rock Co. filed suit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters under the Labor Management Relations... Continued

In August 2003, a detective from the Hagerstown, MD Police Department interviewed Michael Blain Shatzer Sr. regarding... Continued

Several suits were filed against Chicago and Oak Park in Illinois challenging their gun bans after the Supreme Court... Continued

Jeremy Fisher was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a... Continued

The Chicago Police Department seized property belonging to the plaintiffs, using the power granted it by the Illinois... Continued

Investors brought a securities fraud class action suit against Merck & Co. in a New Jersey federal district court... Continued

Seventeen ethnic Uighurs, Chinese citizens detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval- Base, Cuba sought federal habeas corpus... Continued

In April 2005, Nadejda Reilly filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Pursuant to standard practice, she listed equipment related... Continued

A victim who obtained a civil protection order ("CPO") against John Robertson moved to hold him in criminal contempt... Continued

On January 29, 1994, around 1:00 a.m., nine-year-old Jane Doe was raped in the bedroom of her trailer in Carlin, Nevada... Continued

A California state court convicted Fernando Belmontes of murder and sentenced him to death. After exhausting his state... Continued

In 1995, a storm hit parts of western North Carolina causing extensive flooding and erosion. Graham and Cherokee... Continued

Current and former employees of Xerox Corp. sued the company in a New York federal district court under the Employee... Continued