Tag Archives: Civil Procedure Case Brief
Davis v. Precoat Metals
2002 WL 1759828 (N.D. Ill. 2002) Facts & Procedural History Plaintiffs were black and Latino employees who worked at one of the defendant’s plants and alleged they were exposed to a hostile work environment, such as being subjec…
Norton v. Snapper Power Equipment
Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia, S.A. v. Hall
466 U.S. 408 (1983) Facts Petitioner Helicol was a Colombian corporation with its principal place of business in Bogota. After a helicopter owned by Helicol crashed in Peru and respondents, survivors and representatives of four U.S…
Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
326 U.S. 99 (1945) Facts & Procedural History Plaintiffs sued a bond trustee in a federal diversity action alleging misrepresentation and breach of trust. New York substantive law governed and defendant invoked the New York stat…
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
304 U.S. 64 (1938) Facts & Procedural History Plaintiff, a Pennsylvania citizen, was walking along the railroad tracks of the Erie Railroad in Pennsylvania when a train passed and an open door on a car struck him resulting in inju…