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Business Law Case Summaries
- Plank v. Cherneski The Court of Appeals held that an independent cause of action exists for breach of fiduciary duty…
- J.S.T. Corp. v. Foxconn Interconnect Technology, Ltd. Bosch, an engineering company, asked J.S.T. to design and manufacture a connector that Bosch could…
- Murfey v. WHC Ventures, LLC Two limited partners demanded the books and records of certain limited partnerships. Most of the…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- People v. Vargas The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first degree murder and other crimes and…
- Saint Francis Memorial Hospital v. State Department of Public Health The Supreme Court held that equitable tolling can lessen the otherwise strict time limit on the…
- Oman v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. In this case concerning the application of various California wage and hour laws to flight…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- Greene v. Harley-Davidson, Inc. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's order granting plaintiff's motion to remand to…
- Baptiste v. Bethlehem Landfill Co. The Baptistes filed suit on behalf of a class of homeowner-occupants and renters (about 8,400…
- Hicks v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. Under its replacement-cost homeowner insurance contracts, State Farm calculated its payment…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- R3 Composites Corp. v. G&S Sales Corp. G&S had a written contract to work as a representative for a manufacturer, R3. The critical term…
- Eloquence Corp. v. Home Consignment Center Under a 2008 consignment agreement, Eloquence would consign jewelry and loose diamonds to HCC for…
- Finance Authority of Maine v. Grimnes The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court against Appellant, guarantor…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Hanover Insurance Co. v. Dunbar Mechanical Contractors, LLC Dunbar, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), was awarded an Army Corps of…
- Skanska USA Building, Inc. v. M.A.P. Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Plaintiff Skanska USA Building Inc. served as the construction manager on a renovation project for…
- State v. St. Marks The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of attempted deliberate homicide, holding that a…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II, LP The plaintiffs obtained payday loans from AWL, an online entity owned by the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of…
- Little v. Kia Motors America, Inc. Plaintiff Regina Little asserted claims on her own behalf and on behalf of other New Jersey owners…
- Investors Bank v. Torres Defendant Javier Torres signed a promissory note (Note) secured by a residential mortgage…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II, LP The plaintiffs obtained payday loans from AWL, an online entity owned by the Otoe-Missouria Tribe…
- Acadian Diagnostic Laboratories, LLC v. Quality Toxicology, LLC After Acadian entered into two contracts with QT to perform lab testing, Acadian filed suit…
- Saw v. Avago Technologies, Ltd. Saw worked for Avago's Malaysian subsidiary and could acquire ordinary shares and stock options of…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Tesoriero v. Carnival Corp. After plaintiff sat on a vanity chair in her Carnival Cruise ship and it collapsed, she filed suit…
- Leigh v. Alaska Children's Services Allison Leigh broke her ankle when she slipped and fell in her employer's icy parking lot.…
- Butts v. Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development Office worker Sallyanne Butts (f/k/a Decastro) fell from her chair onto her hands and left knee.…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Schmitt v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Plaintiffs, who have hearing loss severe enough to qualify them as disabled, filed suit claiming…
- Santa Fe Braun, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America Braun sought coverage for numerous asbestos-related claims under various excess insurance policies.…
- Hicks v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. Under its replacement-cost homeowner insurance contracts, State Farm calculated its payment…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- Packet Intelligence LLC v. NetScout Systems, Inc. Packet's patents teach a method for monitoring packets exchanged over a computer network. A stream…
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute v. Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Each patent at issue claims a method of treating cancer by administering antibodies targeting…
- Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Apple, Inc. Uniloc filed patent infringement actions against Apple, which moved to dismiss, arguing that Uniloc…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Mattei v. Corporate Management Solutions, Inc. Members of IATSE, lighting technicians, filed suit against CMS for wage-and-hour violations under…
- McCann v. Badger Mining Corp. McCann began her employment with Badger's predecessor in 2010. At her 2013 evaluation, she received…
- Pribyl v. County of Wright Plaintiff filed suit alleging a sex discrimination claim for a failure to promote against the County…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Estate of Mary Curtis v. Las Vegas Medical Investors, LLC The Supreme Court held that the "common knowledge" exception to the affidavit requirement for…
- Seiller Waterman, LLC v. RLB Properties, Ltd. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals that Ky. Rev. Stat. 413.245, the…
- Pulito v. Board of Nursing The issue this case presented for the Oregon Supreme Court's review centered on a final order of…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- Vasquez v. LBS Financial Credit Union In a quiet title action, the Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's judgment in favor of…
- Rocky Ford Irrigation Co. v. Kents Lake Reservoir Co. The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the judgment of the district…
- Baptiste v. Bethlehem Landfill Co. The Baptistes filed suit on behalf of a class of homeowner-occupants and renters (about 8,400…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- United States v. Bank In 2015, the SEC initiated enforcement proceedings in the District of Arizona against appellant for…
- Nguyen v. NewLink Plaintiffs filed a class action under S.E.C. Rule 10b-5, 17 C.F.R. 240.10b-5, following the failure…
- Fir Tree Value Master Fund v. Jarden Corp Martin Franklin, the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Jarden Corporation, negotiated the…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- Greene v. Harley-Davidson, Inc. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's order granting plaintiff's motion to remand to state…
- Schmitt v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Plaintiffs, who have hearing loss severe enough to qualify them as disabled, filed suit claiming…
- City and County of San Francisco v. Barr The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part, and vacated in part, the district court's grant of summary…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP Committees of the U. S. House of Representatives issued subpoenas seeking information about the…
- Trump v. Vance The New York County District Attorney's Office served a subpoena duces tecum on the personal…
- McGirt v. Oklahoma The Major Crimes Act (MCA) provides that, within "the Indian country," "[a]ny Indian who commits"…
