Case Studies

Please view these case studies to understand the depth and quality of our historical research services. Call us at (301) 279-9697 or contact History Associates for a customized proposal.

Documenting Common Knowledge to Support Statute of Limitation Arguments

The National Football League was involved in an antitrust suit brought by the Hamilton County (Ohio) Board of Commissioners challenging the league’s franchise relocation policies with regard to the Cincinnati Bengals and alleging the league used its monopoly over professional football to obtain a heavily subsidized lease for the Bengals’ newly built Paul Brown Stadium. Among the defense strategies pursued by  
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Thorough Investigation of Asbestos Claims

Like many companies with a long manufacturing history, TKD, Inc. recently faced a potentially costly, but poorly documented, asbestos claim in California state court. The plaintiff in this case alleged that he was exposed to asbestos while repairing pumps manufactured by Johnston Pump Company (the former name of TKD) on specific U.S. Navy vessels. Outside counsel for TKD suspected that the plaintiff was confusing Johnston Pump Company with another pump manufacturer,
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Investigating Environmental Claims

Attorneys at Husch Blackwell needed to document WWII manufacturing processes for their client, a chemical manufacturer, in order to determine a fair assessment of their client's share of the environmental cleanup costs. They turned to History Associates to secure comprehensive documentation of the extent of U.S. government involvement at the plants. The work done by History Associates contributed significantly to a $1 million settlement for the chemical manufacturer.
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JPMorgan Chase: Investigating Connections to Slavery

When JPMorgan Chase merged with Bank One, the new firm faced a unique problem.  Because of a Chicago City Council ordinance requiring all entities conducting business with the city to disclose historic profits or investments in African slavery, JPMorgan Chase had to investigate the history of hundreds of predecessors dating back to the late 1700s.  The bank engaged History Associates to carry out the independent research.
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Government/Business Relations

Many of History Associates' litigation research projects involve documenting historical contractual or regulatory relations between government and business. Often this work is related to particular legal disputes between our private sector clients and government officials or vice versa. For other cases, government regulatory documents provide the most extensive and publicly accessible record of a company's past actions related to the legal issues in dispute. Not only does this information 
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Manufactured Gas Plant Investigations

History Associates has helped utility companies across the country in cost recovery efforts concerning former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites. Clients have drawn on our expertise in mining a broad array of sources to locate evidence and reconstruct key aspects of
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River and Harbor Investigations

History Associates has helped a number of clients document the industrial development of river basins, waterways, and harbors in order to identify potentially responsible parties in environmental cost recovery actions, address Natural Resource Damage claims, and support other environmental litigation matters.
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