Case Studies for Law and Economics

Case studies for Law and Economics

List assembled by Prof. Anthony Dnes, University of Hull

http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/law/casestudies

These are all available on resources such as Westlaw, Lexis, and Hein Online.

Agricultural Insurance Co. v. Constantine, 58 N.E.2d 658 (Ohio 1944)

Alaska Packers’ Association v. Domenico, 117 F. 99 (9th Cir. 1902)

Allied Van Lines v. Bratton, 351 So.2d 344 (S. Ct. of Fl. 1977)

Anglia Television v. Reed, 3 All E.R. 690 (1972)

Re Baby M., 109 N.J. 396 (N.J.Super.Ch. 1988)

Bach v. Longman, Jacob & Alexander 128 (1777, 1993)

Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products, 90 N.J. 191 (1982)

Bolton v. Stone, A.C. 850 (1951)

Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co., 257 N.E. 2d 870 (C.A. of N.Y. 1970)

Borman v. Board of Supervisors, 584 N.W.2d 309 (Iowa 1998)

Bove v. Donna Hanna Coke Corp., 258 N.Y.S. 229, (N.Y. App. Div. 1932)

Brian Construction & Development Co., Inc. v. Brighenti, 405 A.2d 72 (S. Ct. of Conn. 1978)

Brown v. Voss, 715 P.2d. 514 (Wash. 1986)

Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. U.S., 398 F.2d 167 (2d Circ. 1968)

Canadian National Railway v. Norsk Pacific Steamship Co., 1 S.C.R. 1021 (1992)

Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., 1 Q.B. 256 (1893)

City Stores Co. v. Ammerman, 266 F.Supp. 766 (D.C. 1967)

Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch Co., 6 Colo. 443 (1882)

Davies v. Mann, 152 E.R. 588 (1842)

Davis v. Jacoby, 34 P.2d 1026 (1934)

Deatons v. Flew, 79 C.L.R. 370 (1949)

Denney v. Reppert, 432 S.W.2d 647 (C.A. of Ky. 1968)

Dexter v. Hall, 82 U.S. (15 Wall.) 9, 20 (1872)

Dillon v. Legg, 441 P.2d 912 (Cal. 1968)

Dimskal Shipping Co. SA v. International Transport Workers’ Federation, 3 W.L.R. 875 (1991)

Donoghue v. Stevenson, AC 562 (1932)

Edgar v. Stevenson, 11 P. 704 (1886)

Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Fresno, 150 P.2d 436 (Cal. 1944)

Faber v. Sweet Style Mfg. Corp., 242 N.Y.2d 763 (S. Ct. of N.Y. 1963)

Fletcher v. City of Aberdeen, 338 P.2d 743 (Wash. 1959)

Fuller v. Illinois Central Railroad, 56 So.783 (Miss. 1911)

Georgious Panayiotou v. Sony Entertainment Ltd., All. E.R. 755 (1994)

Graham v. Scissor-Tail Inc., 28 Cal. 3d 807 (1981)

Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153, Supreme Court (1976)

Hadley v. Baxendale, 156 ER 145 (1854)

Halbman v. Lemke, 298 N.W.2d 562 (S. Ct. Wisc. 1980)

Hamer v. Sidway, 27 N.E. 256 (Ct. of App. N.Y. 1891)

Harris v. Watson, Peake 102 (1791)

Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff, 467 U.S. 229, Supreme Court (1984)

Hawkins v. McGee, 146 A. 641 (S. Ct. of N.H. 1929)

Hayes v. Aquia Marina, Inc., 414 S.E.2d 820 (Va. 1992)

Hills v. Miller, 3 Paige Ch. 254 (N.Y. 1832)

Hume v. U.S., 132 U.S. 406, Supreme Court (1889)

The Isle of Mull, 278 F. 131 (4th Cir. 1921)

Jacob & Youngs v. Kent, 230 N.Y. 239 (1921)

Johnson v. Calvert, 851 P.2d 776 (Cal. 1993)

M.F. Kemper Construction Co. v. City of Los Angeles et al., 235 P.2d 7 (Cal. 1951)

Keppel v. Bailey, 2 My & K 517 (1834)

Kerr Steamship Co. v. Radio Corp. of America, 157 N.E. 140 (C.A. of N.Y. 1927)

Laidlaw v. Organ, 15 U.S. (2 Wheat) 178 (1817)

Leroy Fibre Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, 232 U.S. 240 (1914)

Lumley v. Gye, 118 E.R. 749 (K.B. 1853)

Lux v. Haggin, 4 P. 674 (Cal. 1886)

MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., 111 N.E. 1050 (C.A. of N.Y. 1916)

McRae v. Commonwealth Disposals Commission, 84 C.L.R. 377 (1951)

Mabo & Others v. The State of Queensland, 175 C.L.R. 1 (1992)

Marvin v. Marvin, 122 Cal. Rptr. 555 (C.A. of Cal. 1981)

Miller v. Jackson, 3 All, E.R. 338 (1977)

Morrell v. Rice, 622 A.2d 1156 (Me. 1993)

Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village Condominium Association, 878 P.2d 1275 (Cal. 1994)

Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825, Supreme Court (1987)

Norwalk Door Closer v. Eagle Lock & Screw Co., 220 A.2d 263 (Conn. 1966)

Obde v. Schlemeyer, 353 P. 2d 672 (Wash. 1960)

Page One Records Ltd v. Britton, 1 W.L.R. 157 (1968)

Palsgraf v. Long Island Railway Co., 162 N.E. 99 (N.Y. 1928)

Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 474 P.2d 689, (S.Ct. Cal. 1970)

Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 Supreme Court (1922)

Petterson v. Royal Oak Hotel, N.Z.L.R. 136 (1948)

Poletown Neighborhood Council v. City of Detroit, 304 N.W.2d 455 (Mich. 1981)

Potter v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 863 P.2d 795 (Cal. 1993)

R. v. Clarke, 40 C.L.R. 227 (1927)

R. v. Sparrow, 1 S.C.R. 404 (1990)

Raffles v. Wichelhaus, 2 Hurl. & C. 906, 159 E.R. 375 (Ex) (1864)

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Engle, 751 So.2d 51 Table (Fla. 1999)

Rickards v. Sun Oil Co., 41 A.2d 267 (N.J. 1945)

Robbins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint, 275 U.S. 303 (1927)

Robinson v. Pioche, Bayerque & Co., 5 Cal. 460 (1855)

Roe v. Doe, 324 N.Y.S. 2d 71 (1971)

Rose v. Mesmer, 75 P. 905 (Cal. 1904)

Rylands v. Fletcher, L.R. 3 H.L. 330 (1868)

Schroeder Music Publishing Co. Ltd v. Macaulay, 3 All. E.R. 616, 1 W.L.R. 1308 (H.L.) (1974)

Shadwell v. Shadwell, 142 E.R. 62 (1860)

Sherwood v. Walker, 33 N.W. 919 (Mich. 1877)

Southwest Engineering Co. v. U.S., 341 F.2d 998 (U.S. Ct. of Appeals, 8th Cir. 1965)

Spartan Steel v. Martin and Co., C.A., Q.B. 27 (1973)

Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del E. Webb Development Co., 49 P.2d 701 (C.A., Ariz. 1972)

Stringfellow v. McCain Foods, R.P.C. 501 (1984)

Sturges v. Bridgman, 11 Ch. 852 (1879)

Sullivan v. Old Colony Street Railway, 83 N.E. 1091 (Mass. 1908)

Taylor v. Caldwell, 3 B&S 826, 122 E.R. 309 (Q.B.) (1863)

Texaco, Inc. v. Pennzoil, 485 U.S. 994 (1988)

Tsakiroglou & Co. v. Noblee Thorl GmbH, A.C. 93 (1962)

Tulk v. Moxhay, 41 E.R. 1143 (1848)

Union Oil Co. v. Oppen, 501 F. 2d 558 (9th Cir. 1974)

U.S. v. Algernon Blair, 479 F.2d 638 (4th Cir. 1973)

U.S. v. Carroll Towing Co., 159 F.2d 169 (2d Cir. 1947)

Victoria Park Racing Ground Co. Ltd. v. Taylor, A.L.R. 597 (1937)

Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365, Supreme Court (1926)

Vosburg v. Putney

Wagon Mound (No.1)

Wagon Mound (No.2), 50 N.W. 403 (Wis. 1891), Overseas Tankship v. Morts Dock & Engineering, A.C. 388 (1961), Overseas Tankship v. Miller Steamship Pty, 1 A.C. 617 (1967)

Warner Brothers Pictures Inc. v. Nelson, 1 K.B. 209 (1937)

Williams v. Roffey Brothers & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd, 1 Q.B. 1 (C.A.) (1991)

Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co., 350 F. 2d 445 (D.C. Cir. 1965)

Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, Supreme Court (1971)