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Business Law Case Summaries
- Red Tree Investments, LLC v. PDVSA, Petróleo Defendant-Appellant Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. ("PDVSA"), an oil company wholly owned by the…
- Siemens Energy, Inc. v. PDVSA In January 2017, Defendant-Appellant Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. ("PDVSA"), an oil company…
- Murrow v. Penney Defendant-appellee Malcolm Penney left a wedding which was held at The Springs Event Venue and…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Camacho v. Superior Court The Supreme Court held that persons facing involuntary commitment under the Sexually Violent…
- People v. Martinez The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeal that a Department of Insurance…
- Pico Neighborhood Ass'n v. City of Santa Monica The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeal reversing the trial court's judgment…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- Elisa W. v. City of New York Plaintiffs-appellants, nineteen children in New York City's foster care system, filed suit alleging…
- Maarten v. Cohanzad Plaintiffs appealed from a trial court order sustaining a demurrer to the class allegations in…
- Trumbull County v. Purdue Pharma, L.P. In the multidistrict National Prescription Opiate Litigation, municipalities from across the…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Geomatrix, LLC v. NSF International Septic systems comprise a septic tank that isolates and contains the sewage; the remaining…
- Truesdell v. Friedlander Legacy, a small family-owned business, provides nonemergency ambulance services in several Ohio…
- Wallace v. Honorable Smith The Supreme Court resolved a conflict between Arizona Rule of Civil Appellate Procedure (ARCAP)…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Shake Out, LLC v. Clearwater Construction, LLC Shake Out, LLC entered into a contract with Clearwater Construction, LLC ("Clearwater"), to repair…
- Associated Builders & Contractors of Western Pennsylvania v. Community College of Allegheny County A project labor agreement (PLA) is a collective-bargaining agreement between a project owner,…
- The Kitchen Planners v. Friedman The Kitchen Planners, LLC, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the South Carolina…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- DiCroce v. McNeil Nutritionals, LLC The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Plaintiff's putative class…
- JUNIOR SPORTS MAGAZINES INC., ET AL V. ROB BONTA, ET AL AB 2571, as later amended by AB 160, is codified at Section 22949.80 of the California Business and…
- Window Covering Manufacturers Association v. CPSC In 2022, the Commission promulgated a rule that set stringent safety standards for the operating…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Sayler v. Yan Sun The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgments of the district court…
- Elijah Wells v. Creighton Preparatory School Creighton Preparatory School expelled Plaintiff after he made lewd remarks about a teacher.…
- Davis Boat Manufacturing-Nordic, Inc. v. Smith Plaintiff Davis Boat Manufacturing-Nordic, Inc. (Davis Boat), which prevailed in a…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Murrow v. Penney Defendant-appellee Malcolm Penney left a wedding which was held at The Springs Event Venue and…
- Ford Motor Co. v. Cosper The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia certified two questions to the Georgia…
- Brinsmead v. Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. In January 2020, after waiting 40 minutes for a school bus that never came, 16-year-old G. got…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Long Beach Memorial Medical Center v. Allstate Ins. Co. The insurer, in this case, had notice of the hospital's lien for treatment provided to the patient…
- Van Winkle v. Rogers The Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded in part and affirmed in part the district court's ruling in…
- Christmann v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. After suffering personal injuries and property damage in a multi-car collision with an underinsured…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- Baxalta Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. In a "key step" of the "coagulation cascade" that forms blood clots, an enzyme (Factor VIIIa)…
- Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc. Columbia's D093 patent, titled "Heat Reflective Material," claims "[t]he ornamental design of a…
- IMPOSSIBLE FOODS INC. V. IMPOSSIBLE X LLC Impossible X, now a Texas LLC, is a one-person company run by Joel Runyon, a self-described…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Jimenez v. Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets, Inc. Decedent was hit by a pickup truck in a crosswalk at a major intersection. After the accident, the…
- Samantha LaCoe v. City of Sisseton Plaintiff was hired as a Law Enforcement Officer by the Sisseton, South Dakota, Police Department.…
- Smith v. Excel Fabrication, LLC Mitchell Smith was employed by Amalgamated Sugar Company ("Amalgamated") in Nampa, Idaho, when he…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Uriegas v. Kenmar Residential HCS Services, Inc. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the trial…
- Trumbull County v. Purdue Pharma, L.P. In the multidistrict National Prescription Opiate Litigation, municipalities from across the…
- Rich v. Hepworth Holzer Holly Rich brought a legal malpractice action against her attorneys, Hepworth Holzer, LLP, and E.…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- Yerba Buena Neighborhood Consortium, LLC v. Regents of the University of California UCSF's 107-acre Parnassus Heights campus currently accommodates two hospitals, various medical…
- Duke Trust v. Lee Lou, LLC The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting a Partnership's motion for…
- Whitefish 57 Commercial, LLC v. City of Whitefish The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- SEC v. Barton The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") sued Defendant as well as other individual Defendants…
- Grayscale Investments, LLC v. SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved the trading of two bitcoin futures funds on…
- Robinhood Financial LLC v. Secretary of the Commonwealth The Supreme Judicial Court held that the Secretary of the Commonwealth did not overstep the bounds…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- ALASKA RAILROAD CORPORATION V. FLYING CROWN SUBDIVISION ADDITION NO. 1 & NO. 2, ET AL This case concerns the property rights of two uniquely Alaskan entities. On one side is Flying Crown…
- ORLANDO GARCIA V. GATEWAY HOTEL L.P. Appellee Gateway Hotel L.P. ("Gateway") contends that the standard for awarding costs to ADA…
- RUDNITSKYY V. GARLAND Petitioner has been a lawful permanent resident (LPR) of the United States since 2003. Since that…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Department of Education v. Brown Before the resumption of federal student-loan repayments that had been suspended during the…
- Biden v. Nebraska The Higher Education Act governs federal financial aid, 20 U.S.C. 1070(a), and authorizes the…
- 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis Smith, wanting to expand her graphic design business to include wedding websites, worried that the…
