Ferreira v. L&M Professional Consultants, Inc.

Ferreira v. L&M Pro. Consultants, Inc., 466 U.S. 939 (1984)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: April 16, 1984
Docket: No. 83-1458
Citations: 466 U.S. 939104 S. Ct. 191480 L. Ed. 2d 46252 U.S.L.W. 37561984 U.S. LEXIS 1833

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Ct. App. Cal., 4th App. Dist. Certio-rari denied.

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(court interpreting analogous Georgia at-will doctrine stated that failure to reinstate employee after she returned from maternity leave could not be actionable as fraud since promise was unenforceable because employment was at-will)

McNierney v. McGraw-Hill, Inc., 919 F. Supp. 853 (D. Maryland 1995)
(confidential informant and probable cause to arrest)

United States v. David McCraw United States of Am. v. James Mathis, 920 F.2d 224 (4th Cir. 1990)

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Josephs v. Commonwealth390 S.E.2d 491 (Va. Ct. App. 1990)
United States v. David McCraw United States of America v. James Mathis920 F.2d 224 (4th Cir. 1990)
Redevelopment Agency v. Gilmore700 P.2d 794 (Cal. 1985)
Wallace Cotterall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Brice Paul, Individually and as Sheriff of Coffee County, Alabama755 F.2d 777 (11th Cir. 1985)
American Viking Contractors, Inc. v. Scribner Equipment Co., Inc., Scribner Equipment Co., Inc. v. Henry F. Nelson745 F.2d 1365 (11th Cir. 1984)
Robinette v. State531 So. 2d 682 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987)

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United States v. Wilson995 F. Supp. 2d 455 (W.D.N.C. 2014)
Harris v. State948 So. 2d 583 (Ala. Crim. App. 2006)
Dixon v. State758 A.2d 1063 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2000)
McNierney v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.919 F. Supp. 853 (D. Maryland 1995)
Amato v. City of Richmond875 F. Supp. 1124 (E.D. Va. 1994)
State v. Williams598 A.2d 1258 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1991)

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