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Business Law Case Summaries
- Reperex, Inc. v. Coldwell Banker Commercial In this complaint alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duty against…
- Ontiveros v. Constable Guadalupe Ontiveros, as minority shareholder in Omega Electric, Inc. (Omega), sued majority…
- Fox v. Mize This case arose from a 2015 motor vehicle accident between Ronald Fox and James Mize in Norman,…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- People v. Powell The Supreme Court affirmed in its entirety the judgment of the trial court imposing a sentence of…
- In re C.B. The Supreme Court held that the passage of Proposition 47, which reclassified various drug and…
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP v. J-M Manufacturing Co. In this dispute between a law firm and the party it previously represented, the Supreme Court…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- JPay, Inc. v. Kobel The Eleventh Circuit held that the district court correctly determined that the availability of…
- King v. Great American Chicken Corp, Inc. GAC appealed the district court's remand of plaintiff's putative class action to Los Angeles…
- Supreme Auto Transport, LLC v. Arcelor Mittal USA, Inc. In 2008, Standard sued, on behalf of itself and "all others similarly situated," alleging that was…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Heiman v. Bimbo Foods Bakeries Distribution Co. JTE, distributed products for Bimbo around Chicago under an agreement with no fixed duration that…
- Empire Merchants, LLC v. Reliable Churchill, LLLP Empire a distributor of alcoholic beverages, is New York State's exclusive distributor for popular…
- Standard Petroleum Co. v. Faugno Acquisition, LLC In this consolidated action, the Supreme Court held that the trial court did not abuse its…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Bridgwood v. A.J. Wood Construction, Inc. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the superior court's dismissal of this complaint under the…
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Eagle Window & Door In 1999, homeowners Renaul and Karen Abel contracted with Gilliam Construction Company, Inc. for…
- American Freedom Defense Initiative v. Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority AFDI filed suit against WMATA and its then-general manager, alleging that WMATA's refusal to…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of summary judgment to Crunch Fitness on…
- Long v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Plaintiffs, convicted of drug offenses between 1997 and 2007, applied to Southeastern Pennsylvania…
- Villanueva v. Fidelity National Title Co. Villanueva and the class (Plaintiffs) alleged that Fidelity, an underwritten title company that…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Watermark Senior Living Communities, Inc. v. Morrison Management Specialists, Inc. Henderson, a patient with Alzheimer's disease at Watermark's nursing home, wandered from her room…
- Harvey v. Geico General Insurance Co. In 2006, Harvey, the insured, was involved in an automobile accident with Potts. Potts, age 51,…
- Domson, Inc. v. Kadrmas Lee & Jackson, Inc. The Supreme court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Watermark Senior Living Communities, Inc. v. Morrison Management Specialists, Inc. Henderson, a patient with Alzheimer's disease at Watermark's nursing home, wandered from her room…
- Odom v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. A jury made a multimillion-dollar noneconomic damages award to an adult child whose mother died of…
- Filosi v. Electric Boat Corp. In this workers' compensation case, the Supreme Court held that Defendant-employer was collaterally…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Harvey v. Geico General Insurance Co. In 2006, Harvey, the insured, was involved in an automobile accident with Potts. Potts, age 51,…
- Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment that Interstate breached its contractual…
- Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada v. Imperial Premium Finance, LLC These appeals relate to life insurance policies that were issued by Sun Life to non-parties and…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- SoundExchange, Inc. v. Copyright Royalty Board and Librarian of Congress Plaintiffs challenged the Copyright Royalty Board's most recent determination for rates…
- E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Synvina C.V. Synvina's 921 patent is directed to a method of oxidizing 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), or an HMF…
- Nobel Biocare Services AG v. Instradent USA, Inc. Nobel's 977 patent, directed to dental implants, explains that a "feature of the invention" is that…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Allied Concrete and Supply Co. v. Baker Plaintiffs filed suit challenging a California statute, Cal. Lab. Code 1720.9, that amended the…
- Hill v. Xerox Bus. Servs., LLC The dispute in this case concerned the correct characterization of Xerox's payment play under…
- State ex rel. Beavercreek Township Fiscal Officer v. Graff The Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus ordering the Board of Beavercreek Township Trustees and…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Mat-Su Valley Medical Center, LLC v. Bolinder Alaska's medical peer review privilege statute protected discovery of data, information,…
- Reynolds v. Henderson & Lyman Reynolds claimed that the law firm (H&L) gave bad advice that led him to violate federal…
- Morden v. XL Specialty Insurance Belsen Getty, LLC, a registered investment adviser owned by Terry Deru, obtained a claims-made…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- Chacker v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. After plaintiff's foreclosure action was dismissed, the trial court ordered plaintiff to pay…
- United States Bureau of Land Management v. Korman The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the Water Court granting the United States Bureau of Land…
- Hart v. Clear Recon Corp. In a wrongful foreclosure action, the Court of Appeal reversed the award of attorney's fees to…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- In re: Hertz Global Holdings Inc Pension Funds brought a putative securities fraud class action against Hertz and several of its…
- Ontiveros v. Constable Guadalupe Ontiveros, as minority shareholder in Omega Electric, Inc. (Omega), sued majority…
- Northstar Financial Advisors v. Schwab Investments The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (SLUSA) barred a plaintiff class from bringing a…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- Fikre v. FBI The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's action alleging that the…
- Allied Concrete and Supply Co. v. Baker Plaintiffs filed suit challenging a California statute, Cal. Lab. Code 1720.9, that amended the…
- Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC The Ninth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of summary judgment to Crunch Fitness on…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Sause v. Bauer Sause, pro se, filed suit (42 U.S.C. 1983) against Louisburg, Kansas, police officers, the current…
- North Carolina v. Covington North Carolina redistricted state legislative districts. Plaintiffs alleged that the General…
- Sexton v. Beaudreaux Beaudreaux shot and killed Drummond in 2006. Esho and Crowder were witnesses. The next day, Crowder…
