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  What is United States v. ElcomSoft and Sklyarov? The case of United States v. ElcomSoft and Sklyarov dealt with Copyright Law and specifically questioned the power of the U.S. Copyright Act’s anti-circumvention provision. In United States v. ElcomSoft and Sklyarov, a Russian company was charged with creating software that could eliminate the restrictions..

  What is United States v. Fordice? Following 17 years of litigation, Mississippi’s public university remained segregated by race. The state of Mississippi had operated legally segregated universities, but adopted race-neutral policies to dismantle the de jure segregated school system. United States v. Fordice is a landmark United States Supreme Court ..

  United States v. GlaxoSmithKline   United States v. GlaxoSmithKline is a case that was recently settled out of court in exchange for a record-setting $3 billion in civil and criminal penalties.  GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical company, was found guilty of extensive violations of United States laws involving corruption and fraud.  What issues..

  United States v. Gouveia   In the United States, every criminal defendant has a right to an attorney to help defend them against the charges they've been accused of.  However, determining precisely when that right begins can be tricky, and has been the subject of several different Supreme Court cases.  In United States v. Gouveia, the co..

  United States v. Janis   Deciding what evidence is admissible in court, and for what purposes, is one of the most difficult parts of criminal law for the courts to interpret.  In some circumstances, evidence in the United States can be excluded not because of the nature of the evidence itself, but because of the manner in which it was obtained.&n..

  United States v. Seeger: Background The case of United States v. Seeger was a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court determined that the exemption from the military draft for what is classified as a “conscientious objector” could not be reserved only for those claiming conformity with the moral directives of a supreme person, but al..

  United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association   Few cases in the 1890s shocked Supreme Court observers more than United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association.  The case, which ruled on the legality of railroad “pools” which set ticket prices across several different railroad companies, was decided in 1897.  At the he..

  United States v. Wurzbach   Can federal employees be prohibited by law from soliciting donations for political purposes, and is the statute on the books too vague?  In 1930, the case United States v. Wurzbach decided these issues.  The court's holding in United States v. Wurzbach has had an impact on corruption charges ever since.  ..

  United Steelworkers v. Weber: The Background The case of United Steelworkers v. Weber begins with the United Steelworkers of America and the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation implementing an affirmative action-based training programs to help bolster the number of the company’s African-American skilled craft workers. This program effectively reserv..

  Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio   United States federal courts have held, since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that employment policies which create a disparate impact on different racial groups of workers are illegal.  In Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, a 1989 case, workers in an Alaskan salmon cannery sued over a policy that they believed viola..

Warren Zevon’s Mesothelioma CaseWho is Warren Zevon?Warren Zevon was an American rock singer and musician who was best known for his cynical opinions on life in his lyrics. The bulk of Zevon’s songs possessed historical or political themes. Zevon was born in Chicago to a Russian father and American mother. His family moved to California when he was 8 years old. At the ..

  Warth v. Seldin   In United States law, petitioners must have standing to sue in order for their case to be heard.  In general, United States federal and state courts have ruled that there must be a specific “case or controversy” that starts the initial petition to the courts.  Warth v. Seldin is a 1975 Supreme Court case that ex..

What are Court Cases?Court cases refer to an official legal review of a dispute between opposing parties. Court cases can evaluate a number of legal issues that arise between opposing parties; the severity of the charges and the subject matter revolving around court cases will greatly vary based on a case by case circumstance. There are two predominant types of court cases: civ..

  Wiggins v. Smith   On September 17th, 1988, a man named Kevin Wiggins drowned 77-year-old Florence G. Lacs in her bathtub at her apartment in Woodlawn, Maryland.  He was soon found to be in possession of Lacs' credit cards and several other possessions, and was brought to trial on robbery and murder charges stemming from her death.  He w..

  Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States   Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States is a case that was heard by the United States Court of Claims in 1974, resolved in 1975, and later upheld by the Supreme Court. The plaintiff in Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States was the publisher of 37 medical journals. The four that were involved in W..