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Business Law Case Summaries
- Muskegan Hotels, LLC v. Patel In 2005-2007, Merchant purchased Michigan hotel properties from NRB and financed the purchases…
- Backer v. Palisades Growth Capital Appellant Alex Bäcker was the co-founder and majority common stockholder of QLess, Inc. In…
- Shah v. VHS San Antonio Partners, LLC Shah, a board-certified pediatric anesthesiology specialist, joined STAR, which became the…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Vasquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising International, Inc. The Supreme Court responded to a question posed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth…
- People v. Moses The Supreme Court held that Defendant could be convicted of an attempt to commit trafficking of a…
- In re Gadlin The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeal granting Petitioner's petition for…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- Prantil v. Arkema Inc. Plaintiffs filed a class action against Arkema, a chemicals facility that combusted during…
- Morris v. Spectra Energy Partners After a $3.3 billion "roll up" of minority-held units involving a merger between Enbridge, Inc. and…
- The Health Care Authority for Baptist Health v. Dickson The Health Care Authority for Baptist Health, an affiliate of UAB Health System ("HCA"), and The…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- EPLET, LLC v. DTE Pontiac North, LLC In 2007, GM sold a power plant to DTEPN, which leased the land under the plant for 10 years. DTEPN…
- Crescent University City Venture, LLC v. Trussway Manufacturing, Inc. The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the Business Court granting summary judgment in favor of…
- Bell v. Albertson Companies, Inc. The defendants sell shaker tubes in grocery stores across the country, with labels advertising "100%…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission v. Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry A Compact between Pennsylvania and New Jersey created the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge…
- Wayne Farms LLC v. Primus Builders, Inc. Wayne Farms LLC appealed a circuit court order compelling it to arbitrate its claims asserted…
- State Farm General Insurance Co. v. Oetiker, Inc. The Right To Repair Act codifies a comprehensive reform to construction defect litigation…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Smith v. GC Services Limited Partnership Smith sued under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.1692g(a)(3). GC's debt-collection…
- Greenberg v. Target Corp. To fight his hair loss, Greenberg bought an $8 bottle of biotin. The product label states that…
- Ham v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC The Supreme Court held that a unilateral attorney's fee provision in a credit card contract was made…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Murphy v. Twitter, Inc. Murphy, a journalist with approximately Twitter 25,000 followers, had a Twitter "verification…
- Citizens Property Insurance Corp. v. Manor House, LLC The Supreme Court answered in the negative a question certified by the Fifth District Court of…
- QBE Seguros v. Morales-Vazquez In this dispute between a boat owner and his insurance company, the First Circuit affirmed the…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Ex parte McCoy, Scott, and Henderson. James Olvey was killed when his vehicle was struck head on by a vehicle driven by Donald Wright II,…
- Ex parte Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. ("Harbor Freight"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ…
- Nix v. Myers Anthony Nix, a police officer for the City of Haleyville ("the City"), and the City appealed a…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- QBE Seguros v. Morales-Vazquez In this dispute between a boat owner and his insurance company, the First Circuit affirmed the…
- The Health Care Authority for Baptist Health v. Dickson The Health Care Authority for Baptist Health, an affiliate of UAB Health System ("HCA"), and The…
- IDS Property Casualty Insurance Co. v. Government Employees Insurance Co. In this insurance dispute, the First Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- RXD Media, LLC v. IP Application Development LLC This appeal arose out of trademark litigation initiated by RXD against Apple over rights to use the…
- QuikTrip West, Inc. v. Weigel Stores, Inc. QuikTrip and Weigel operate gasoline-convenience stores. QuikTrip has sold food and beverages in…
- ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC. In separate district court proceedings, several plaintiffs sued ABS and others for infringement of…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Marnocha v. St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Inc. Marnocha, a board-certified doctor in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine, received her…
- Khungar v. Access Community Health Network Dr. Khungar, a pediatrician, worked for Access. A year into her employment, in August 2015, she…
- Hickman v. Spirit of Athens, Alabama, Inc. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' False Claims Act (FCA)…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Board of Registered Nursing v. Super. Ct. The People of the State of California, by and through the Santa Clara County Counsel, the Orange…
- Wallace v. Heath Janet Heath appealed a district court order and judgment that granted Angela Palmer and Taylor Real…
- Dat v. United States Dat was born in a Kenyan refugee camp in 1993. Admitted to the U.S. around 1994, he became a lawful…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- DiTucci v. Bowser Defendant William Bowser appealed to challenge an interlocutory order forbidding him from…
- In Re: Appeal of Coatesville Area Sch Dist Two taxing districts undertook parallel challenges to a property's partial tax exemption. Appellee…
- Bohnett v. County of Santa Barbara Bernard and Sheila created the Family Trust and transferred their home to themselves as trustees.…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- Porsche Automobile Holding SE v. John Hancock Life Insurance Co. The First Circuit affirmed the decisions of the district court in these appeals challenging the…
- Ahmasuk v. Division of Banking and Securities The Alaska Division of Banking and Securities civilly fined Sitnasuak Native Corporation shareholder…
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Marin The Eleventh Circuit affirmed separate district court orders directing defendant and MinTrade to…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- United States v. Mora-Alcaraz The United States sought an interlocutory appeal of the district court's order suppressing evidence…
- Bean v. Matteucci The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of a 28 U.S.C. 2241 habeas corpus petition…
- Setty v. Shrinivas Sugandhalaya LLP On remand from the Supreme Court in light of GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Chicago v. Fulton The debtors each filed a bankruptcy petition and requested that the city return his vehicle, which…
- Trump v. New York Every 10 years, the U.S. undertakes an "Enumeration" of its population "in such Manner" as Congress…
- Shinn v. Kayer Kayer murdered Haas in 1994. Kayer was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder, refused to…
