Whether requiring the defendant to bear the burden of proving withdrawal from a conspiracy as an affirmative defense violates Due Process.
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FactsDuring the late 1980s and...
Whether requiring the defendant to bear the burden of proving withdrawal from a conspiracy as an affirmative defense violates Due Process.
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FactsDuring the late 1980s and...
Respondent Edison International (“Edison”) is a holding company with interests in electrical utilities and other energy concerns, with a full-time workforce of over 14,000 employees. Tibble v. Edison Int’l, 711 F. 3d. 1061, 1066 (9th Cir. 2013); Facts...
In 1978, Congress passed a law taxing coal exports from United States mines. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company v. United States, 473 F.3d 1373, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2007); 26 U.S.C. § 4121(a)(2). Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company, Gatliff Coal Company, and...
n 1999, Respondent Robert Pierce sought to sell his ownership in the Home Oil and Coal Company (“Home Oil”). See Home Concrete & Supply, LLC et. al. v. United States, 634 F.3d 249, 251 (4th Cir. 2011). Based on professional financial advice, Pierce...
On January 17, 1994, John Handy was shot and killed in a building located at 825 North Lawndale Avenue in Chicago. Wallace v. City of Chicago, 440 F.3d 421, 423 (7th Cir. 2006). Chicago police detectives Kirsten Kato and Eugene Roy, Respondents, were...
In 1983, Sherman Nealy and Tony Butler founded Music Specialist, Inc. (“MSI”), a record company, with Nealy and Butler as co-presidents. Nealy v. Warner Chappell Music, Inc. at 4. Between 1983–1986, Butler wrote music that MSI released, including the...
Larry Wilkins and Jane Stanton purchased residential property in 1991 and 2004, respectively. Wilkins v. United States at 793. Their properties are located alongside Robbins Gulch Road in Connor, Montana. Id. The road crosses various private properties...
On January 27, 1986, Petitioner Patrick Wood attempted to rob a pizza shop with a revolver, killing an employee in the attempt. See Wood v. Milyard, 403 Fed.Appx. 335, 336 (10th Cir. 2010). Before Wood could escape, two other pizza-shop employees...