Cases

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This is a civil action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a collision of the defendant's truck with the automobile of one Pennington in whose car the plaintiff was a passenger. The collision occurred at the intersection of Highways No. 421 and No. 102 at Spivey's Corner in Sampson County on 19 April, 1946. Both highways are of asphalt construction. The plaintiff was a passenger in the Pennington automobile which was being operated in a westerly direc

OPINION AND ORDER JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge: The pending petitions in this case arise out of a Stock Purchase Agreement governing the sale of certain entities by Respondent Offshore Exploration and Production, LLC (“Offshore”), to Petitioners, Ecopetrol S.A. (“Ecopetrol”) and Korea National Oil Corporation (“KNOC”). The Stock Purchase Agreement requires that Offshore hold Ecopetrol and KNOC (

*274 MEMORANDUM OPINION BULLOCK, District Judge. On April 22, 2002, John Elkins (“Plaintiff’), proceeding pro se, filed this action against J.A. Broome (“Defendant”), in his individual and official capacities, alleging various claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff attempted to serve the summons and complaint on Defendant on Nove

Justice WILLETT, joined by Justice LEHRMANN, concurring. Litigants in our adversarial system are hard-wired for certitude, adept at insisting the law “clearly” or “plainly” favors their side or, as here, labeling the controlling analysis “straightforward and simple.” If only. Today’s case is both complex and consequential, and fiendishly so. The facts are compelling; the law is unclear; and the stakes are h

FRUGÉ, Judge. This is a habeas corpus proceeding whereby the relatrix, Mary Lee Copell, is seeking the custody of her son, Robert Joseph Sullivan, who was heretofore in the custody of the defendants-appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Marusak. On the merits, the trial court ordered the return of the child to the plaintiff-appellee from which judgment and order the defendants have effected this de-volutive appeal. The b

STANLY, Associate Justice. The appellant filed in the Probate Court of Palm Beach County her claim against appellee for $20,000 representing the alleged total value of a large quantity of per*861sonal property, which included household furnishings, jewelry, silverware, Oriental rugs, miniatures, oil paintings (two of which are claimed to be by famous masters), automob