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Business Law Case Summaries
- Tim Brundle v. Wilmington Trust, N.A. A participant in an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) filed suit after owners of a closely…
- Encompass Off Solutions, Inc. v. Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Co. Encompass filed suit against Blue Cross for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security…
- Jarvis v. Jarvis Jarvis Properties, a limited partnership, owns a parcel of land. Its general partners, Todd and…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Cal Fire Local 2881 v. California Public Employees' Retirement System The Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the trial court and court of appeal, which determined…
- McClain v. Sav-On Drugs The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court and court of appeal sustaining…
- People v. Amezcua The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting codefendants Oswaldo Amezcua…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- Pacheco v. Honeywell International Inc. Former employees of Honeywell, who retired before age 65 during the terms of Honeywell's 2007 and…
- Frank v. Gaos Plaintiffs brought class action claims against Google, claiming violations of the Stored…
- Myers v. Raley's Plaintiffs Roger Myers, Dave Billings, Greg Neyhart, and Jim Mestas were nonexempt maintenance…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Meyer Natural Foods v. Greater Omaha Packing Co. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of…
- Kreg Therapeutics, Inc. v. VitalGo, Inc. Kreg, a medical-supply company, contracted with VitalGo, maker of the Total Lift Bed®, for…
- Ron Miller Enterprises, Inc. v. Lobel Financial Corp. Plaintiff, a provider of short term loans to automobile dealers, who still retained the title…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Stempien v. Marnie Properties, LLC In this construction dispute, the Court of Chancery granted Defendant's motion to dismiss…
- Synergy Project Management, Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act governs public works projects, requires a…
- Henderson v. Copper Ridge Homes, LLC John and Cindy Henderson filed suit against Copper Ridge Homes ("Copper Ridge") and First Bank…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP The McCarthy law firm was hired to carry out a nonjudicial foreclosure on Obduskey's Colorado home.…
- Kolbasyuk v. Capital Management Services, LP A debt collection letter that informs the consumer of the total, present quantity of his or her debt…
- Kamal v. J. Crew Group, Inc. Kamal visited various J. Crew store, making credit card purchases. Each time, Kamal "received an…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust Co. v. Mako One Corp. After Mako acquired a historic building with intentions to restore it using state and federal…
- Ajdler v. Province of Mendoza The Court of Appeals accepted a question certified to it by the federal court of appeals and…
- Estate of Ella Mae Haire v. Webster The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources v. V.P. In this negligence case, the Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying the…
- Van Dorn v. Hunter Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, alleging that defendant was grossly negligent and that this…
- L.M. v. Hamilton L.M. suffered a severe injury during birth and subsequently sued Laura Hamilton, the midwife who…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Calandro v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court concluding that the actions of…
- Morris v. California Physicians' Service The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' claim that their insurer,…
- Greenwald v. Western Surety At the summary judgment stage, the district court found that an employee of Greenwald…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- Alliance for Good Government v. Coalition for Better Government In this trademark infringement action, the district court granted Alliance for Good Government…
- SRI International, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. While the interconnectivity of computer networks facilitates access for authorized users, it also…
- VHT, Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc. VHT filed a copyright infringement suit against Zillow, alleging that Zillow's use of photos on its…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Trustees of Operating Engineers Local 324 v. Bourdow Contracting, Inc. Trucking, owned by Bourdow, his wife, and their sons, sold and transported dirt, stone, and sand…
- Van Dorn v. Hunter Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, alleging that defendant was grossly negligent and that this…
- Pacheco v. Honeywell International Inc. Former employees of Honeywell, who retired before age 65 during the terms of Honeywell's 2007 and…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Greenwald v. Western Surety At the summary judgment stage, the district court found that an employee of Greenwald…
- Bistline v. Jeffs Plaintiffs were all former members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day…
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Loudermilk This case came to the Georgia Supreme Court by way of three certified questions from the United…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- Soup Creek LLC v. Gibson The Supreme Court reversed the order of the district court, which concluded that Soup Creek Road was…
- BAM Ventures, LLC v. Schifferman The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court granting a preliminary injunction in…
- Bruce McDonald Holding Co. v. Addington Inc. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court granting summary judgment against…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- COR Clearing, LLC v. Calissio Resources Group, Inc. COR, a securities clearing and settlement firm, filed suit against Calissio seeking to recover…
- Paradise Wire & Cable Defined Benefit Pension Plan v. Weil After the merger of RCA and AFIN, RCA shareholders filed suit alleging that the proxy statement was…
- SEC v. Rajaratnam The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's order requiring defendant to pay a civil penalty of…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- United States v. Cooley The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence…
- Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. Newsom The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's order granting summary judgment to the state in an…
- Herrera v. City of Palmdale Plaintiffs filed a federal civil rights action against defendants, alleging numerous federal…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Frank v. Gaos Plaintiffs brought class action claims against Google, claiming violations of the Stored…
- Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP The McCarthy law firm was hired to carry out a nonjudicial foreclosure on Obduskey's Colorado home.…
- Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries Manufacturers produced equipment for three Navy ships. The equipment required asbestos insulation or…
