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Business Law Case Summaries
- Wayne L. Ryan Revocable Trust v. Ryan The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the lower court determining the fair value of certain…
- Pacific Gulf Shipping Co. v. Vigorous Shipping & Trading S.A. In this admiralty case, Pacific Gulf, in possession of an arbitral award against Adamastos…
- Deluxe Entertainment Services Inc. v. DLX Acquisition Corp. The Court of Chancery granted Defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings in this action…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- People v. Wilson The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of the murders of four young men during the…
- In re A.R. The Supreme Court held that when the court-appointed attorneys of parents in termination proceedings…
- Brown v. USA Taekwondo In this negligence action, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeal affirming…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Plaintiffs filed an antitrust class action against Actelion, alleging that Actelion extended its…
- Hamer v. LivaNova Deutschland GMBH Hamer underwent open-heart surgery using LivaNova's 3T Heater-Cooler System. He developed an…
- Peviani v. Arbors at California Oaks Property Owner In a fifth amended class action complaint, plaintiffs Kelly Peviani, Judy Rudolph, and Zachary…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Next Technologies, Inc. v. Beyond the Office Door LLC Next makes office equipment and refers potential customers to reviews that rate its products highly.…
- Chen v. Paypal, Inc. California residents who sell goods on eBay, an online marketplace, as part of their online…
- The Ohio State University v. Redbubble, Inc. Redbubble operates a global online marketplace. Around 600,000 independent artists, not employed by…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Selective Way Insurance Co. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the court of special appeals concluding that…
- Stafford County v. D.R. Horton, Inc. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court concluding that the cluster…
- San Francisco CDC LLC v. Webcor Construction L.P. The Contractors' State License Law (Bus. & Prof. Code 7031), allows any person who utilizes the…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Klein v. The Affiliated Group, Inc. Plaintiff filed suit against two debt collectors, TAG and CMLP, alleging that they violated the Fair…
- Hopkins v. Collecto Inc Collecto sent a letter to collect on a debt that Hopkins initially owed to Verizon. The letter…
- Shimon v. Equifax Information Services LLC After Asset Acceptance received a default judgment against plaintiff in a debt collection action,…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Tricore Investments LLC v. Estate of Warren The Estate of Frances Elaine Warren entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Tricore…
- Governo Law Firm LLC v. Bergeron The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the portion of the trial court's judgment denying Plaintiff's…
- Sundown Energy LP v. HJSA No. 3 In this contract dispute involving the correct interpretation of a mineral lease's "continuous…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Griffin v. Ste. Michelle Wine Estates LTD. Mary Clare Griffin purchased a bottle of Italian wine, which broke in her hands as she attempted to…
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Scholle William Scholle worked for United Airlines, Inc., driving luggage tugs from the terminal to waiting…
- Gill v. Waltz In December 2015, Joseph Gill was injured in an on-the-job car accident when he was struck by a…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Wexler v. California Fair Plan Association Plaintiff, together with her parents, filed suit against FAIR Plan, alleging bad faith insurance…
- State ex rel. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. v. O'Donnell The Supreme Court granted writs of prohibition and mandamus to prevent Cuyahoga County Common Pleas…
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Scholle William Scholle worked for United Airlines, Inc., driving luggage tugs from the terminal to waiting…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- Perry v. H. J. Heinz Company Brands, LLC Plaintiff filed suit against Heinz for trademark infringement, trademark counterfeiting, false…
- Apple Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc. Qualcomm sued Apple in the Southern District of California for infringing claims of two patents.…
- Wi-LAN Inc. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. Wi-LAN's 654 patent concerns "methods to display interlaced video on [a] noninterlaced monitor"…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Zoller v. GCA Advisors, LLC The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of defendants' motion to compel arbitration…
- Thomas v. CalPortland Co. The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of the Commission's decision concluding that…
- The American Bottling Co. v. National Labor Relations Board The DC Circuit denied the Company's petition for review of the Board's decision affirming the…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Gray v. Department of Public Safety The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court affirming the Department of…
- Gala v. Bullock A Delaware superior court affirmed decisions by the Delaware Secretary of State (the "Secretary")…
- Michaels v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP Appellants, Jillian Michaels and Empowered Media, filed suit against respondents, a law firm and…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- Wild Meadows MHC, LLC v. Weidman Appellant Wild Meadows MHC, LLC challenged the Superior Court's dismissal of its petition for a writ…
- Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40 v. Tapia The Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases (AVGC) proceeding litigated whether the water supply from…
- Tricore Investments LLC v. Estate of Warren The Estate of Frances Elaine Warren entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Tricore…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- Panthera Investment Fund, L.P. v. H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a securities fraud action against an…
- Cobbs, Allen & Hall, Inc., and CAH Holdings, Inc. v. EPIC Holdings, Inc., and McInnis. Cobbs, Allen & Hall, Inc. ("Cobbs Allen"), and CAH Holdings, Inc. ("CAH Holdings")…
- SuVicMon Development, Inc. v. Morrison Plaintiffs sued Morrison in Alabama state court in 2006, alleging common-law fraud and Alabama…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- Zoller v. GCA Advisors, LLC The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of defendants' motion to compel arbitration…
- Thomas v. CalPortland Co. The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of the Commission's decision concluding that…
- United States v. Koziol The Ninth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for attempted extortion under the Hobbs Act for…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. Oracle owns a copyright in Java SE, a computer platform. Google acquired Android and sought to build…
- Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) restricts communications made with an…
- Federal Communications Commission v. Prometheus Radio Project Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ownership rules limit the number of radio stations,…
