Terry and Phyllis Price sued their former church, the First Baptist Church of Bulverde ("the Church"), for access to the Church's books and records. See Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 1396-2.23 (West 2003) (members of nonprofit corporation have right to inspect corporation's books and records). The Prices alleged that while the Church allowed them limited access to its books and records, it did n

Kim Iann Manning ("Manning”) was denied short-term disability benefits and subsequently terminated from employment by American Republic Insurance Company ("ARIC”). She sought judicial review of the benefits decision under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 29 U.S.C. § 1132 et seq. She also asserted ERISA retaliation and interference claims. The district court2 affirmed ARI

Appellant, Stephen Norman ("Norman”), filed suit in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County alleging that he was defamed by statements made by appellees1 in connection with a lawsuit currently pending before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Appellees filed motions to dismiss, and after conducting a hearing, the circuit court dismissed all counts of the lawsuit.

Kim Iann Manning ("Manning”) was denied short-term disability benefits and subsequently terminated from employment by American Republic Insurance Company ("ARIC”). She sought judicial review of the benefits decision under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 29 U.S.C. § 1132 et seq. She also asserted ERISA retaliation and interference claims. The district court2 affirmed ARI

Esther Catherine Bowlin, a former home health nurse with the Arkansas Department of Health ("the Department”), brought this action against the Department, Dr. Paul Halverson, Helen Brown, and Georgia Murphy (collectively "defendants”), alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), First Amendment free speech and Fourteenth Amendment due process violations brou

John Tamburo, an Illinois resident who operates a dog-breeding software business in Illinois, filed suit in the Northern District of Illinois alleging federal and state antitrust violations and several inten2 tional tort claims under Illinois law. His claims arise out of a dispute over the contents of a dog-pedigree software program he developed by lifting data from the defendants' websites. He al

In this case, the trial court ordered a new trial based solely on (1) a purportedly illegal Mary Carter agreement entered into before the trial;1 (2) a finding by the trial court that the defendants' attorney "grossly impaired” a proper defense amounting to fundamental error; and (3) jury confusion caused by an erroneous jury instruction that led to a verdict that was inconsistent with Flori

Col. (Ret.) Joe H. Bryant ("Bryant”), a former member of the Mississippi Air National Guard's ("MSANG”) 186th Refueling Wing, sued MSANG and individual MSANG officials ("Individual Appellees”), asserting claims under: (1) the Military Whistleblower Protection Act, 10 U.S.C. § 1034; (2) the Mississippi Bryant's claims against individual Appellee F. Gregory Malta in his individu

Moshe Tal sued Bill Burkett on a malicious prosecution theory claiming that Burkett wrongfully sued him on a libel theory.

The defenses asserted by Defendant are not available.

In a second attempt to obstruct the publication of a book

that is critical of his conduct, plaintiff John C. Berkery

appeals from the summary dismissal of his action against

defendants - author Allen M. Hornblum, and distributors Barnes &

Noble, Inc., Amazon.Com, Inc., Barricade Books, Inc. (NY),

Barricade Books, Inc. (NJ), National Book Network, Inc., Rowman

Glenn A. Myer appeals from a summary judgment declaring that his insurer, Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company, owed him no duty to indemnify or pay defense costs on appeal from a third-party claim, and dismissing Myer's counterclaims for bad faith and consumer fraud. We affirm the court's dismissal of the counterclaims, but reverse its decision on the duty to defend and indemnify, and remand for

Jessie Williams was a customer of Family Bank & Trust Company in Illinois. Following a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) routine examination in late 2005, Family Bank stopped making loans to Williams, supposedly at the behest of FDIC Associate Examiner Jerry Fleming. The alleged catalyst for Fleming's decision was a racially motivated bias against Williams and other African-Americans. <

In this case, we are asked to consider two issues of first impression in Kentucky: whether professional negligence claims against an insurance agent and an insurance broker are assignable ; and, if so, whether such assignment, when coupled with a settlement agreement as to damages and a covenant not to execute, is illusory or void as against public policy.

The Star of Louisville ("the Star"

The litigants' legal relationship formally began on April 9, 2006, when EP-Team1 and Aspen2 entered into the Sales and Logistics Services Agreement. Under the Agreement, ProShipLine, 3 as EP-Team's designated agent and assignee, agreed 1EP-Team is incorporated in Delaware. EP-Team is a consulting and management enterprise that works with companies across a variety of business sectors.

At

In 1988, Ronald Williamson and Dennis Fritz were wrongly convicted of the rape
and murder of Debra Sue Carter. Both men were later exonerated after spending over a
decade in jail. Their painful story caught the attention of renowned legal-fiction author
John Grisham, who wrote a book about Williamson appropriately titled The Innocent
Man. Fritz also wrote a book, Journey Toward Jus

"A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury has rejected a public-relations consultant's contention that he was slandered in a termination letter written by the head of the African American Museum.

After an eight-day trial, the jury decided Tuesday that Romona R. Benson's letter did not constitute libel or slander of Joel Avery. Avery's lawsuit said the letter had accused him of violating "prof

This civil rights case arose from the investigation and prosecution of innocent teenagers for a crime they did not commit. Michael Crowe, Aaron Houser, and Joshua Treadway were wrongfully accused of the murder of Michael's 12-year-old sister Stephanie Crowe. After hours of grueling, psychologically abusive interrogation—during which the boys were isolated from their families and had no acce

Eric Canonico appeals an order dismissing, with prejudice, his defamation lawsuit against various media defendants. The trial court dismissed the lawsuit because Mr. Canonico filed his claim prematurely, before satisfying a presuit notice requirement. See § 770.02, Fla. Stat. (2005). His lawsuit was thereafter barred by the applicable statute of limitations. See § 95.11(4)(g), Fla. Stat. (20

Edward Patrick, M.D., Ph.D., appeals the order of the district court granting summary judgment to defendants Cleveland Scene and Thomas Francis, and denying summary judgment to Patrick, in Patrick's action brought under the court's diversity jurisdiction claiming that Cleveland Scene's publication of Francis's article Playing Doctor on October 27, 2004, was defamatory. Because we find that Dr. Pat

PrediWave Corporation (PrediWave) sued Simpson Thatcher & Barlett LLP ("defendant law firm"), attorney George M. Newcombe, and attorney Alexis S. Coll-Very, who had previously represented both PrediWave and its former president and CEO, Jianping "Tony" Qu ("Qu"). Defendants successfully brought a special motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16).1 PrediWave appea

Today we examine a Texas court's personal jurisdiction over Colorado residents Connie Grenemyer and Lynn and William Gerber. We agree with the district court that there is no jurisdiction over Connie Grenemyer and disagree with the district court's finding of lack of jurisdiction over the Gerbers.

I Laurie and Stacie McFadin filed suit in the Western District of Texas against Connie Grenemy

Dr. DePree, a tenured professor, sued the University of Southern Mississippi's president and various administrators and faculty members ("Appellees”) after he was removed from teaching duties in August 2007 and evicted from his office in the College of Business. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Appellees and denied DePree's motion for temporary and permanent injunc

The plaintiff, a bariatric surgeon who lives and practices in New Jersey, brought this diversity suit in the federal district court in Chicago. He claims to have been defamed by the defendant, another bariatric surgeon, who practices in New York. The district judge dismissed the suit without prejudice, on the ground that venue in Chicago was improper, and the plaintiff appeals. The defendant cross

Where plaintiffs appeal an interlocutory order that does not contain a Rule 54(b) certification and fail to show a substantial right will be adversely affected if the order is not immediately reviewed, the appeal is dismissed.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 28 October 2005, Jayceon Taylor a/k/a the rap artist "The Game” (Taylor) was scheduled to perform a concert in Wi

Following a jury trial, defendants Jovon Broadcasting and Joseph Stroud, the owner and operational manager of Jovon Broadcasting, were found liable for retaliation against plaintiff Jerri Blount, a former employee of Jovon Broadcasting. The jury awarded Blount a total of $3,082,350 in damages, which was comprised of $257,350 for back pay, $25,000 for physical and/or emotional pain and suffering, a