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Business Law Case Summaries
- Packer v. Raging Capital Management, LLC The district court granted summary judgment for plaintiff in a derivative suit on behalf of…
- Mountaineer Fire & Rescue Equipment, LLC v. City National Bank of West Virginia The Supreme Court reversed the orders of the circuit court granting Respondents' motions to…
- 3500 Sepulveda, LLC v. RREEF America REIT II Corp. BBB This case arises from the parties' dispute concerning a construction project to expand the…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- People v. Flinner The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first degree murder, conspiracy to commit…
- People v. Schultz The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of first degree…
- United Auburn Indian Community of Auburn Rancheria v. Newsom The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeal concluding that the Governor acted…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- State ex rel. Surnaik Holdings of West Virginia, LLC v. Honorable Thomas Bedell The Supreme Court granted as moulded a petition for writ of prohibition sought by Respondent to…
- Castillo v. Bank of America, NA The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of plaintiff's motion to certify a class in…
- Harris v. KM Industrial, Inc. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's decision to remand the class action to state court…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Sutton 58 Associates LLC v. Pilevsky The Court of Appeals held that federal bankruptcy law did not preempt Plaintiff's state law claims…
- Murray v. UPS Capital Ins. Agency, Inc. David Murray purchased used computer equipment worth nearly $40,000, which was damaged by the United…
- Continental Vineyard LLC v. Dzierzawski Dzierzawski was vice-president of Forsyth's vineyard company. When Forsythe declined an opportunity…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- 3500 Sepulveda, LLC v. RREEF America REIT II Corp. BBB This case arises from the parties' dispute concerning a construction project to expand the…
- Building Erection Services Co. v. Walton Construction Co. In this protracted litigation over liability and damages resulting from faulty construction on the…
- Los Angeles Unified School District v. Torres Construction Corp. This appeal stemmed from the school district's action against defendants for breach of contract…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- State ex rel. Vacation Management Solutions, LLC v. Honorable Joan L. Moriarty The Supreme Court made permanent a preliminary writ of mandamus sought by Vacation Management…
- State, ex rel. 3M Co. v. Hoke The Supreme Court denied Defendants' petition for a writ of prohibition prohibiting the circuit…
- State ex rel. Morrisey v. Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston The Supreme Court considered a question certified by the circuit court and answered that the…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Coughenour v. Del Taco Plaintiff-respondent Sarah Coughenour worked for defendant-appellant Del Taco, LLC, starting when…
- State ex rel. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc. v. Honorable Shawn D. Nines In this original jurisdiction proceeding, the Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition sought by…
- Home Inspections of VA & WV, LLC v. Hardin The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying Petitioner's motion to dismiss…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority v. Estate of Cody Lawrence Grove The Supreme Court reversed the orders of the circuit court denying Petitioners' respective motions…
- Roof Service of Bridgeport, Inc. v. Trent The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Petitioner's motion for judgment…
- Harris v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. In this "Engle progeny" case, where Florida-resident smokers sought recovery from tobacco companies…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Chen v. Insurance Co. of State of PA The Court of Appeals affirmed the order of the Appellate Division affirming Supreme Court's…
- St. Mary & St. John Coptic Orthodox Church v. SBC Insurance Services, Inc. The Church experienced water damage 57 days after escrow closed on a residence it had purchased;…
- Benson v. Casa de Capri Enterprises, LLC The Ninth Circuit certified to the Arizona Supreme Court the following questions: 1. In a…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- RJ Control Consultants, Inc. v. Multiject, LLC Rogers owned RJ Control. Elder owns Multiject, which engineers and sells accessories for plastic…
- Whitewater West Industries Ltd. v. Alleshouse Alleshouse and Yeh are named as the inventors on the 685 and 189 patents, which claim water-park…
- Vectura Ltd. v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC Vectura sued GSK in 2016, alleging direct infringement of claim 3 of the 991 patent, which concerns…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Olson v. United States The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in favor of the BPA, in an action brought…
- Vargas v. DeJoy Vargas began working as a mail carrier in 2005. Mail carriers must be able to carry up to 35 pounds…
- Coughenour v. Del Taco Plaintiff-respondent Sarah Coughenour worked for defendant-appellant Del Taco, LLC, starting when…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- In re: Justice of the Peace Cody King, Ward 6, Morehouse Parish The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana filed a disciplinary proceeding against respondent, Justice…
- Ewing v. Westport Ins. Co., et al. The Louisiana Supreme Court granted this writ application to determine whether "collectibility" was…
- Zander v. Carlson Fox Lake patrol officer Zander was charged with misconduct arising from multiple job-related…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- California v. Gonzalez In May 2014, George Gonzalez pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of using his premises without a…
- Revolution Resources, LLC v. Annecy, LLC Plaintiff-appellee Revolution Resources, LLC, (Revolution), an oil and gas well operator, filed an…
- Oneida Indian Nation v. Phillips The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York's…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- Packer v. Raging Capital Management, LLC The district court granted summary judgment for plaintiff in a derivative suit on behalf of…
- United States v. Chan The First Circuit affirmed Defendants' convictions for securities fraud and conspiracy to commit…
- Whitehead v. BBVA Compass Bank The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for appellees in an…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- DaVita Inc. v. Amy's Kitchen, Inc. DaVita filed suit alleging that the Amy's Kitchen Employee Benefit Health Plan's dialysis provisions…
- DaVita, Inc. v. Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital DaVita filed suit under the private cause of action under the Medicare Secondary Payer provisions…
- Lorenzen v. Taggart On remand from the Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Taylor v. Riojas Taylor, a Texas inmate, alleges that in September 2013, correctional officers confined him in a cell…
- Mckesson v. Doe Mckesson organized a demonstration in Baton Rouge to protest a shooting by a police officer. The…
- Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP Committees of the U. S. House of Representatives issued subpoenas seeking information about the…
