Also known as: P · plaintiff
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An abbreviation for the Pacific Reporter, the regional case reporter series that publishes appellate decisions from the western United States.
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Penelope Price sued Pulse Media for breach of a licensing agreement. Her attorney sent a written notice and request to waive service under the applicable rule. Pulse Media ignored the request and forced formal service, incurring extra costs that the court later shifted back to the company.
Perry Pratt formed Premier Manufacturing as a wholly owned subsidiary but commingled its funds with his personal accounts and failed to observe corporate formalities. When creditors sued, the court disregarded the corporate form and held Pratt personally liable for the company's debts.
Pierce Patterson was struck by a car and his arm involuntarily jerked, striking Pierre Poulin. Poulin sued Patterson for battery. The court dismissed the claim because the arm movement was a reflex without volitional act.
Parker Phillips formed a new limited partnership to hold real estate. The secretary of state rejected the filing because the name omitted the required phrase limited partnership or the abbreviation LP.
Peter Park, a student in a racially segregated public school district, joined a class action seeking equal educational facilities. The court examined whether state-mandated separation violated constitutional guarantees of equal protection.
Prosperity Investments funded a clinic that performed abortions. State officials enforced a criminal statute against the clinic. The operators challenged the statute as an unconstitutional burden on reproductive choice.
It stands for Pacific Reporter, the series that publishes decisions from appellate courts in western states.
…is that a litigant may assert only his own constitutional rights or immunities. The rule has no application where, as here, the plaintiff is himself or herself the immediate object of the challenged statute. Pp. 123-129. (b) The Does' complaint based on their own and their wives' alleged injury from the future possibility of…