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Scott v. Rayhrer

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit, arising from a surgery for colorectal cancer where a drain inserted after the surgery was left in plaintiff's abdomen...

Steinman v. Malamed

Contracts, Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Securities Law
In defendant's motion to enforce a prepayment provision under a settlement agreement arising from plaintiffs' suit for breach of fiduciary duty and...

US v. Young

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for drug related offenses and sentence to 136 months' imprisonment is affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded where: 1)...

Vining v. Sec'y, Dept. of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Evidence
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's petition is affirmed where: 1) no extra-record materials that the trial judge viewed were...

US v. Simpson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's drug trafficking conviction is affirmed where the district court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress narcotics found in his...

People v. Hartsch

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for three counts of first degree murder and sentence of death based on the special circumstance of multiple murder are...

People v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for first-degree murder and other crimes and a sentence of death are affirmed in its entirety over defendant's claims that: 1)...

Pickett v. Sheridan Health Care Ctr.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's Title VII suit against her former employer for being fired in retaliation for her complaints about sexual harassment by residents of...

Malone v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit for employment discrimination based on race and retaliation, district court's grant of defendants' motion for judgment as a matter...

Bagby Elevator Co. v. Schindler Elevator Corp.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for tortious interference with contract, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) under the court's highly deferential standard of...