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Business Law Case Summaries
- AES-Apex Employer Services, Inc. v. Rotondo Rotondo was the sole owner of Apex, which wholly owned four limited liability companies…
- Baker v. Duffus After a limited liability company and its individual members failed to make payments on a real…
- Greenway Health, LLC, and Greenway EHS, Inc. v. Southeast Alabama Rural Health Associates Greenway Health, LLC, and Greenway EHS, Inc. (formerly EHS, Inc.) (collectively, "the Greenway…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- People v. Dalton The Supreme Court vacated as unauthorized the death sentence imposed upon Defendant in connection…
- FilmOn.com Inc. v. DoubleVerify Inc. In this case involving application of the "catchall" provision of the anti-SLAPP statute, Cal. Code…
- Black Sky Capital, LLC v. Cobb In this real property dispute, the Supreme Court held that Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 580d does not…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- Underwood v. Barrett The First Circuit vacated the district court's denial of prison officials' motion for summary…
- Wojciechowski v. Kohlberg Ventures, LLC The settlement agreement—and in particular, the intent of the settling…
- Naylor Farms v. Chaparral Energy Defendant Chaparral Energy, L.L.C. (Chaparral) operated approximately 2,500 oil and gas wells in…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Apple, Inc. v. Pepper Apple sells iPhone applications (apps) directly to iPhone owners through its App Store—the…
- Hutzenbiler v. RJC Investment, Inc. The Supreme Court reversed the order of the district court granting summary judgment on Plaintiff's…
- Goran Pleho, LLC v. Lacy The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the intermediate court of…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Castleberry v. Angie's List, Inc. Jessie and Rickey Castleberry appealed a circuit court order dismissing their claims against…
- Jackson v. State The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the postconviction court summarily denying Appellant's…
- Strouse v. Webcor Construction, L.P. Webcor, the general contractor for the rehabilitation of the California Memorial Football Stadium…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Certegy Check Services v. Fuller The Supreme Court vacated the order of the circuit court denying a motion to compel arbitration,…
- Castleberry v. Angie's List, Inc. Jessie and Rickey Castleberry appealed a circuit court order dismissing their claims against Angie's…
- Paz v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC Paz defaulted on a $695 credit card debt. PRA, a debt collector, purchased the debt and attempted to…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Cohen v. Allstate Insurance Co. Plaintiff filed suit against Allstate and its agent for breach of contract after Allstate refused…
- AES-Apex Employer Services, Inc. v. Rotondo Rotondo was the sole owner of Apex, which wholly owned four limited liability companies…
- Castleberry v. Angie's List, Inc. Jessie and Rickey Castleberry appealed a circuit court order dismissing their claims against…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Taulbee v. EJ Distribution Corp. In 2012, appellant Stephen Taulbee suffered catastrophic injuries after driving his Jeep into the…
- McCarty v. Menard, Inc. McCarty and Parks went to an Illinois Menard's store to purchase sheets of oriented strand board…
- Normandin v. Encanto Adventures, LLC The Supreme Court reversed the summary judgment in favor of Encanto Adventures LLC on Marcie…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Cohen v. Allstate Insurance Co. Plaintiff filed suit against Allstate and its agent for breach of contract after Allstate refused…
- Mazik v. GEICO General Insurance Co. GEICO appealed a judgment awarding punitive damages to plaintiff for GEICO's bad faith breach of an…
- James River Insurance Co. v. Doswell Truck Stop, LLC In this insurance coverage dispute, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC Tempnology licensed Mission to use Tempnology's trademarks in connection with the distribution of…
- Washington v. Romero-Ochoa Leonel Romero-Ochoa was convicted by jury of burglary, unlawful imprisonment, assault, and multiple…
- Nuvo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Inc. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin and naproxen, control pain but have…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Barber v. CA State Personnel Bd. Plaintiff-appellant Patrick Barber's second appeal in this case raised an issue of first impression…
- Lambert v. Tesla, Inc. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's order compelling arbitration in an action brought by…
- Haynes v. District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority After plaintiff was eliminated as part of a reorganization from his job of nearly 30 years, he filed…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Colombo v. Kinkle, Rodiger & Spriggs in 2005, the plaintiff in this matter, Ralph Colombo, was sued by his homeowners association,…
- Erickson v. Idaho Board of Licensure of Professional Engineers & Professional Land Surveyors The Idaho Board of Licensure of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors (the Board),…
- Kosmann v. Dinius David Kosmann appealed a district court judgment relating to a dispute that arose from the sale of…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- KMS Retail Rowlett, LP v. City of Rowlett The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the decision of the trial…
- Bruning v. City of Omaha Zoning Board of Appeals The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court upholding the decision of the City of…
- Inzana v. Turlock Irrigation District Board of Directors Plaintiff filed a petition for writ of administrative mandamus, challenging both the Board's tree…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- Masel v. Villarreal Plaintiffs filed suit alleging that defendants induced them to join a business enterprise with…
- Piazza v. Kirkbride The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals to uphold the judgment…
- Leaf Invenergy Co. v. Invenergy Renewables LLC In 2008, Invenergy Wind LLC, a wind energy developer, was raising money for a Series B investment…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- Alanniz v. Barr Petitioner sought review of the BIA's decision affirming the IJ's pretermission of his application…
- Murray v. BEJ Minerals, LLC The en banc court stayed proceedings and certified the following question to the Montana Supreme…
- Lambert v. Tesla, Inc. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's order compelling arbitration in an action brought by…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States The False Claims Act permits a private person (relator) to bring a qui tam civil action in the name…
- Apple, Inc. v. Pepper Apple sells iPhone applications (apps) directly to iPhone owners through its App Store—the…
- Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt Hyatt sued the Franchise Tax Board of California in Nevada state court for alleged torts committed…
