* 1999 – US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving " intentionally false statements " in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.

This may be considered a desirable outcome in cases where the party to the lawsuit is an organization with a transient membership and political perspective.

Litigation for the purpose of profit is referred to as “ Ambulance chasing ”: If for the purpose of harassment, for example to silence critics, it is known as a strategic lawsuit against public participation ( SLAPP ).

While the book is relatively short it includes lament ( 1. 8-16 ; 7. 8-10 ), theophany ( 1. 3-4 ), hymnic prayer of petition and confidence ( 7. 14-20 ), and the " covenant lawsuit " ( 6. 1-8 ), a distinct genre in which Yahweh ( God ) sues Israel for breach of contract, that is, for violation of the Sinai covenant.

There is no such tort in English common law ; thus, any jurisdiction that lacks a wrongful death statute will not allow a lawsuit for the wrongful death of a loved one.

On January 27, 2009, in a lawsuit involving an accidental injury sustained during a cheerleading practice, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that cheerleading is a full-contact sport in that state.

In law, a class action, a class suit, or a representative action is a form of lawsuit in which a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court and / or in which a class of defendants is being sued.

This form of collective lawsuit originated in the United States and is still predominantly a U. S. phenomenon.

A defendant or defender ( Δ in legal shorthand ) is any party required to answer a plaintiff's complaint in a civil lawsuit, or any party that has been formally charged or accused of violating a criminal statute.

Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments that ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host country's laws, although they can still be expelled.

In the United States, if a person with immunity is alleged to have committed a crime or faces a civil lawsuit, the State Department asks the home country to waive immunity of the alleged offender so that the complaint can be moved to the courts.

Arguments made by legal experts stated influence on art style is not copyright infringement. Glass warfare from the website of the St. Petersburg TimesThe Seattle Times: Local News: Glass artist Chihuly's lawsuit tests limits of copyrighting art, a 2005 article from The Seattle Times ; Chihuly settled the lawsuit independently with Rubino initially, and later Kaindl as well. Chihuly, rival glass artist settle dispute a 2006 article from The Seattle Times

Another influential development was a 1965 lawsuit, Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power Commission, opposing the construction of a power plant on Storm King Mountain, which is said to have given birth to modern United States environmental law.

Various kits exist, but one of the most famous names is the Volkswagen Beetle-based " Wombat " ( previously called a HummBug, until the threat of a lawsuit from General Motors forced them to change both the name and the design of the grill to make it look less like the real thing ).

The protection offered by a liability insurance policy is twofold: a legal defense in the event of a lawsuit commenced against the policyholder and indemnification ( payment on behalf of the insured ) with respect to a settlement or court verdict.

In the United States, a civil action is a lawsuit ; civil law is the branch of common law dealing with non-criminal actions.

Laches essentially alleges prejudicial delay and unfairness in the context of a particular situation, whereas statutes of limitation tend to define a specific legally prescribed period of time ( after the cause of action has accrued ) within which a lawsuit for a particular type of cause of action may be commenced or after which the right to recovery is barred.

Moreover, although a lawsuit commenced within the time allowed by a limitations period is valid no matter how long it takes for the action to proceed to trial, laches can sometimes be applied even in a situation where a lawsuit has been commenced and any delays would otherwise be reasonable.

The time period is 1993 – 1995, at a time when Microsoft has reached dominance in the software industry and emerged victorious from the " Look & Feel " lawsuit by Apple Inc., a company that had at times seemed in danger of falling apart.

In 1995 he notably voted twice with more liberal elements of his party against the widely approved lawsuit reform measures, the Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

Shuler's charges, made both on his radio station, KGEF, and in his magazine, led to a widely publicized libel lawsuit by Cryer against Shuler.

The lawsuit has been widely derided, and has been described on Groklaw as " the stupidest lawsuit since the world began ".

Though it is active in many controversial social issues and cases, the Law Center is most widely known for its instigation, litigation and loss of the Dover, Pennsylvania intelligent design case, defending LtCol Jeffrey Chessani against misconduct allegations during the November 2005 Haditha killings, its strong anti-abortion position, and for its current federal lawsuit against the government regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Cajuns were officially recognized by the U. S. government as a national ethnic group in 1980 per a discrimination lawsuit filed in federal district court.

The case was filed in 1980 and while the court recognized tobacco's health risks the March 27, 1987 ruling rejected the lawsuit on the basis that the plaintiffs had failed to prove their harm to be “ beyond the limits of toleration ”.

The lawsuit allowed the Green Party onto the ballot in similar fashion to the original ballot access status of the Alaskan Independence Party prior to its becoming a recognized political party.

This lawsuit also led to the lessening of the threshold needed to become recognized as a political party in Alaska.

On September 2, 2004, Cantor filed a civil lawsuit against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for allegedly providing money to the hijackers and Al Qaeda, one of a number of organizations to do so.

Class actions may offer a number of advantages because they aggregate a large number of individualized claims into one representational lawsuit.

Throwing dice for money was the cause of many special laws in Rome ; one of these stated that no lawsuit could be filed by a person who allowed gambling in his house, even if he had been cheated or assaulted.

* Dickson et al v. Rucho et al, a 2011 lawsuit in North Carolina concerning one district that had a circumference of 1, 319 miles

As an example of this situation, one can think of an American court applying British tort statutes and case law to a car accident that took place in London where both the driver and the victim are British citizens but the lawsuit was brought in before the American courts because the driver's insurer is American.

Waits won the lawsuit, becoming one of the first artists to successfully sue a company for using an impersonator without permission.

Local residents brought a class-action lawsuit, one of the first held in Massachusetts, against the United States Industrial Alcohol Company ( USIA ), which had bought Purity Distilling in 1917.

In order to sue a trust, one must sue the trustee in his or her capacity as trustee for a specific trust ; conversely, if the trust needs to sue someone, the lawsuit must be brought by the trustee in his or her capacity as such.

T. Cullen Davis, Priscilla's husband and one of the richest men in Texas, is tried and found innocent for Andrea's murder, involvement in a plot to kill several people ( including Priscilla and a judge ), and a wrongful death lawsuit.

** Champerty, assistance provided to a litigant by one who does not have a bona-fide interest in a lawsuit

Where a class action lawsuit is brought, with one named plaintiff actually representing the interests of many others, the case will not become moot even if the named plaintiff ceases to belong to the class that is seeking a remedy.

Both these musicians claim trademark ownership of the Bill Haley's Comets name ; this dates back to Lane and Rappa ( during a period when they worked together as one band ) winning a trademark infringement lawsuit against the aforementioned Joey Rand group in 1989.

The Warsaw Convention provides that a plaintiff can file a lawsuit at his discretion in one of the following forums:

After the lawsuit, PKWARE released one last version of his PKARC and PKXARC utilities under the new names " PKPAK " and " PKUNPAK ", and from then on concentrated on developing the separate programs PKZIP and PKUNZIP, which were based on new and different file compression techniques.

In one interview cited in the libel lawsuit, Irving also stated that he would be " willing to put signature " to the " fact " that " a great deal of control over the world is exercised by Jews ".

With the fact that the Hootses can only use their " Burger King " name in the Mattoon area and that the Burger King chain can use the name in the United States excluding the Mattoon area after a 1968 trademark lawsuit, there is a 20 mile radius centering the Hootses ' Burger King, and the chain cannot have one within the radius.

In a handful of jurisdictions ( notably, the U. S. state of New York ) a lawsuit begins when one or more plaintiffs properly serve a summons and complaint upon the defendant ( s ).

In 1999 it was one of several private clubs named in a discrimination lawsuit, and was eventually forced to turn over its membership records, though no investigation was ever conducted by the state Human Rights Commission.

Despite two appeals and one lawsuit, the annexation was upheld.

Plans to bring a Wal-Mart to the community were opposed by some residents, and opposition included two lawsuits by Edgewood residents ( one lawsuit alleged violations of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act ).

This similarity caused Adolphe Sax to file and lose at least one lawsuit against Gautrot, claiming infringement upon his patent for the saxophone.

At least one lawsuit to enforce the ordinances and covenants against a homeowner placing a mobile home in an unauthorized location has been successfully prosecuted.

The lawsuit was filed by John James, an informer who sought to collect one half of the fine as provided for by the statute.