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Business Law Case Summaries
- Standing Akimbo, LLC v. United States The IRS conducted a civil audit of Peter Hermes, Kevin Desilet, Samantha Murphy, and John Murphy…
- Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Shareholders of Goldman filed a class action alleging that Goldman and several of its executives…
- SRM Group, Inc. v. Travelers Property Cas. Co. of America Travelers Property Casualty Company of America ("Travelers") filed suit against SRM Group, Inc.…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Montrose Chemical Corp. of California v. Superior Court In this case concerning the sequence in which Montrose Chemical Corporation, which was sued by…
- People v. Fayed The Supreme Court affirmed in its entirety the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of…
- Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia VII) v. Changzhou SinoType Technology Co. The Supreme Court held that the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- Scott v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Class plaintiffs are seven named plaintiffs representing six putative classes under Federal Rule of…
- Mitchell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. The term "Actual Cash Value" is ambiguous with respect to the withholding of labor depreciation in…
- Nessel v. AmeriGas Partners. L.P. Michigan filed suit, alleging that AmeriGas, Michigan's largest provider of residential propane,…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Beardsall v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. Defendant manufactures aloe vera gel, sold under its own brand and as private‐label versions.…
- Whitaker v. Wedbush Securities, Inc. In 1987, Whitaker opened commodity futures trading accounts that eventually were assigned to…
- Whirlpool Corp. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. In 2011 Wells Fargo entered into a loan and security agreement with hhgregg to provide the retailer…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Lovely, et al. v Baker Hughes, Inc., et al. A construction contractor's employees were injured on the job and received workers' compensation…
- Lemartec Engineering & Construction v. Advance Conveying Technologies, LLC In this construction law case, the Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court granting…
- In re Mobile Mini, Inc. The Supreme Court conditionally granted Mobile Mini, Inc.'s petition for writ of mandamus and…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Duran v. La Boom Disco, Inc. Plaintiff filed suit alleging that LBD used Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems (ATDSs) in violation…
- Bryan v. Credit Control, LLC Plaintiff, individually and on behalf of a class, filed suit under the Fair Debt Collection…
- Twumasi-Ankrah v. Checkr, Inc. Twumasi-Ankrah is an Uber driver. Uber requested a background check on Twumasi-Ankrah from, Checkr,…
Contracts Case Summaries
- SRM Group, Inc. v. Travelers Property Cas. Co. of America Travelers Property Casualty Company of America ("Travelers") filed suit against SRM Group, Inc.…
- Wise v. Wilkie Plaintiff filed suit against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, alleging disability discrimination…
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Honeywell International, Inc. Beginning in 1965, Honeywell and the labor union negotiated a series of collective bargaining…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Montrose Chemical Corp. of California v. Superior Court In this case concerning the sequence in which Montrose Chemical Corporation, which was sued by…
- Blair v. Coney In 2014, plaintiff George Blair filed a petition for damages in which he alleged that a 2011 Ford…
- Little v. Budd Company Robert Rabe worked as a pipefitter in an Atchison Topeka & Sante Fe Railroad ("ATSF") repair…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Montrose Chemical Corp. of California v. Superior Court In this case concerning the sequence in which Montrose Chemical Corporation, which was sued by…
- SRM Group, Inc. v. Travelers Property Cas. Co. of America Travelers Property Casualty Company of America ("Travelers") filed suit against SRM Group, Inc.…
- Blair v. Coney In 2014, plaintiff George Blair filed a petition for damages in which he alleged that a 2011 Ford…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- Flexible Steel Lacing Co. v. Conveyor Accessories, Inc. Flexco sued for trade dress infringement and unfair competition, alleging that CAI infringed its…
- Safeway Transit LLC v. Discount Party Bus, Inc. Safeway and its proprietor filed suit against DPB and its owner, alleging federal trademark…
- Intellisoft, Ltd. v. Acer America Corp. Intellisoft sued Acer in California state court, asserting state law claims, including…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Babb v. Wilkie Babb, a VA pharmacist, filed suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. 633a(a).…
- Fraser v. Patrick O'Connor & Assoc. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment in favor of plaintiffs, property tax…
- EEOC v. Vantage Energy Services, Inc. After the EEOC brought an enforcement action against Vantage on behalf of an employee, Vantage moved…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Estate of Joyce R. Petersen v. Bitters The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's entry of a $356,619.30 judgment in favor of the…
- Leftwich v. Brewster Jimmy Leftwich, Jr., appealed a circuit court's denial of his motion for a new trial in his…
- Howlett v. Chiropractic Center, P.C. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court determining that Defendant, a…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- Ruiz v. County of San Diego Sonia and Hector Ruiz's (together Ruiz) home flooded because their privately owned underground storm…
- PHG Asheville, LLC v. City of Asheville The Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the court of appeals and the trial court holding that…
- Town of Pinebluff v. Moore County The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's summary…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Shareholders of Goldman filed a class action alleging that Goldman and several of its executives…
- Gonnella v. Securities and Exchange Commission The Second Circuit affirmed the SEC's finding that petitioner violated section 17(a)(1) of the…
- Campbell Family Trust v. J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. The plaintiffs are shareholders in mutual funds. JPMIM is paid a fee for managing the Funds'…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- United States v. Dominguez The Ninth Circuit held that the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction of…
- Aleman Gonzalez v. Barr Plaintiffs, representatives of a certified class of aliens who are subject to final orders of…
- Omar Flores v. Godfrey Plaintiffs, representatives of a certified class of aliens with final removal orders who are placed…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Babb v. Wilkie Babb, a VA pharmacist, filed suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. 633a(a).…
- Kansas v. Glover A deputy ran a license plate check and discovered that the truck belonged to Glover, whose driver's…
- Davis v. United States Davis, previously convicted of two state felonies, pleaded guilty as a felon in possession of a…
