Case Briefs – 2012

In 2008, UBS Trust Company of Puerto Rico (UBS Trust) sold approximately $757 million worth of bonds to a group of… Continued

On July 15, 2001, Otis Lee Rodgers was arrested after he threatened to shoot his wife in the head outside of the… Continued

In 2001, the United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) produced a study into the aquatic and river systems in… Continued

On October 22, 1998, Calvin O’Neil Jackson was arrested outside of his girlfriend’s apartment. His girlfriend, Annette… Continued

Mark McBurney is a citizen of Rohde Island and a former resident of Virginia where his son lives. When McBurney’s wife… Continued

Michael Eugene Spears and three other lawyers instituted several “group action” lawsuits against several South… Continued

Tarrant Regional Water District (Tarrant) supplies water to north-central Texas. In 1955, Congress allowed Arkansas… Continued

The Association for Molecular Pathology along with several other medical associations, doctors and patients sued the… Continued

When the biological mother of Baby Girl became pregnant she did not live with the father and the father did not… Continued

In 1999, Tara Williams was charged with the 1993 robbery-murder of Hung Mun Kim. During jury deliberations at… Continued

Several groups, including attorneys, journalists, and human rights organizations, brought a facial challenge to a… Continued

John Ivan Sutter and Oxford Health Plans entered into a Primary Care Physician Agreement (PCPA). Under this agreement… Continued

In December 2004, Karen Bartlett’s doctor prescribed Sulindac, a generic anti-inflammatory medication, to help treat… Continued

Adrian Moncrieffe, a native of Jamaica, was admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 1984. In… Continued

Calvin Smith and John Raynor, along with four others, were tried together and convicted on multiple charges including… Continued

In 2003, Caroline Behrend, along with Stanford Glaberson, Joan Evanchuk-Kind, and Eric Brislawn, brought an antitrust… Continued

PPL Corporation held a 25 percent stake in South Western Electricity Board, a utility in England subject to a onetime… Continued

American Express Company provides charge card services to supermarkets and other merchants throughout the United States… Continued

In 1978, Randy Curtis Bullock became the trustee of his father’s trust. The trust’s only asset was his father’s life… Continued

In 2002, Jonathan Edward Boyer and his brother Anthony walked along a roadway in Sulphur, Louisiana. When Bradlee… Continued

The level of pollution detected in the Santa Clara River, the Los Angeles River, the San Gabriel River, and Malibu… Continued

After James E. McCutchen suffered a serious injury in a car accident, a benefit plan administered by US Airways paid… Continued

Tejas Sekhar worked as a partner at the company of a venture capital, located in Brookline, Mass. In 2009, Sekhar sent… Continued

In 1985, an Arizona jury convicted Edward Schad of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death for strangling… Continued

Genesis Healthcare Corporation (“Genesis”) employed Laura Symczyk as a registered nurse between April 2007 and… Continued

From 1993 through 2000, the United States Army Corps of Engineers imposed a temporary flood regime around the Dave… Continued

In 2000, Solvay Pharmaceuticals successfully patented AndroGel, a topical gel medication. Shortly after the FDA… Continued

In December 1996, Warren Hillman made his wife, Judy Maretta, the beneficiary of his Federal Employees’ Group Life… Continued

On September 13, 2007, a jury found Matthew R. Descamps guilty of felony possession of a firearm and ammunition… Continued

At the beginning of 1990s Vernon Minton, a securities broker in the past, created the Texas Computer Exchange Network… Continued