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  • Stambovsky v. Ackley

    Why a seller-created haunted reputation revived a buyer’s rescission claim, while fraud damages remained unavailable.

    ContractsReal estateCaveat emptorEquitable rescission
  • Zunum Aero v. Boeing

    Why Zunum’s jury verdict survived posttrial review, and why Boeing’s patent counterclaims did not send the appeal to the Federal Circuit.

    Trade secretsJudgment as a matter of lawPatent counterclaimsSupplemental jurisdiction
  • People v. Jaffe

    Why recovered cloth defeated an attempted-receiving conviction, and how New York later shifted the inquiry to the circumstances the defendant believed existed.

    Criminal lawAttemptImpossibilityStolen property
  • Katko v. Briney

    Why a thief recovered damages after a shotgun trap injured him, and why the affirmed punitive award did not settle its legal availability.

    TortsDefense of propertyPunitive damagesError preservation
  • Lucy v. Zehmer

    Why a $50,000 farm sale survived a claim of drunken joking, and how communicated assent justified specific performance.

    ContractsObjective assentIntoxicationSpecific performance
  • White v. Samsung Electronics America

    How a robot could appropriate Vanna White’s identity without using her likeness, and why recognition and false endorsement required different analyses.

    Right of publicityFalse endorsementAdvertisingFirst Amendment
  • Vernor v. Autodesk

    Why genuine software discs could not be freely resold, and how the original customer's licence controlled a later buyer's copyright defenses.

    CopyrightFirst saleSoftware licensingCopy ownership
  • United States v. Microsoft

    How restrictions on browsers and middleware protected the Windows monopoly, and why the breakup order did not survive appeal.

    AntitrustMonopoly maintenanceSoftware platformsRemedies
  • Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly

    Why parallel conduct did not plausibly allege an agreement, and how the decision changed access to federal discovery.

    Civil procedurePleadingAntitrustDiscovery