Case Briefs - 2010

A Michigan trial court convicted Richard Perry Bryant of second degree murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm... Continued

Customers brought a class action lawsuit against AT&T Mobility LLC in a California federal district court. They... Continued

First Derivative Traders, individually, and on behalf of various Janus Capital Group ("JCG") shareholders sued JCG and... Continued

The family of deceased Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder filed a lawsuit against members of the Westboro Baptist Church... Continued

A California state court convicted Scott Lynn Pinholster of double murder and sentenced him to death. After exhausting... Continued

The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research ("Mayo") and the University of Minnesota ("University") sued... Continued

Harvey Sossamon, a Texas inmate, sued the state of Texas and various state officials in their official and individual... Continued

Charles Andrew Fowler shot and killed Christopher Todd Horner for trying to interfere with his plan to rob a bank with... Continued

Nevada law requires elected officials to disqualify themselves when they are asked to vote on matters that touch on... Continued

A Texas state court convicted Henry Skinner of capital murder and sentenced him to death. Subsequently, Mr. Skinner... Continued

At the age of 13, S.E. engaged in non-consensual sexual acts with a 10-year-old child. This activity continued until... Continued

Police arrested Willie Gene Davis after a traffic stop. He subsequently gave a false name to the officers. After... Continued

The Prison Law Office in Berkeley, Calif., filed a class-action lawsuit in April 2001 on behalf of Marciano Plata and... Continued

Associations of companies that create, publish, distribute, sell and/or rent video games brought a declaratory... Continued

In 2005, Duryea police chief Charles Guarnieri filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Pennsylvania borough... Continued

Arizona enacted a campaign finance law that provides matching funds to candidates who accept public financing. The law... Continued

The saga continues in the long-running inheritance dispute over the estate of a deceased Texas billionare. J. Howard... Continued

Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress sought to open up the local telephone markets to competition by... Continued

As a member of the U.S. Army Reserves, Vincent Staub was required to attend occasional weekend training as well as a... Continued

In January 2007, Michael Turner appeared in Oconee County, S.C., Family Court because he was behind in his child... Continued

Betty Dukes, a Wal-Mart "greeter" at a Pittsburg, Calif., store, and five other women filed a class action lawsuit in... Continued

Eight states, New York City and three land conservation groups filed suit against four electric power companies and... Continued

In 2006, the Tohono O'odham Nation of Southern Arizona filed a complaint against the United States in the U.S... Continued

On December 11, 2006, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastic terminated Kevin Kasten's employment. Mr. Kasten filed suit... Continued

Eric Thompson and his fiancée-then-wife, Miriam Regalado, worked for North American Stainless, the owner and operator... Continued

In January 2005, Vinton, Louisiana Police Chief Billy Ray Vice, who was seeking re-election to his post, sent fellow... Continued

1950, Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota signed the Yellowstone River Compact, which spelled out how the states would... Continued

Investors in Matrixx Inititiatives, Inc. ("Matrixx") filed suit against the company in an Arizona federal district... Continued

Clifton Terelle McNeill was sentenced to 300 months imprisonment after he was convicted of unlawful possession of a... Continued

An accident severed four fingers off the right hand of Robert Nicastro who was operating a recycling machine used to... Continued