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Business Law Case Summaries
- Land Holdings I, LLC d/b/a Scarlet Pearl, LLC v. GSI Services, LLC Land Holdings I, LLC, d/b/a Scarlet Pearl, LLC ("Casino"), sought to expunge a lien filed by GSI…
- Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings, Inc., et al. v. Crestview-Oxbow Acquisition, LLC, et al. Two of Oxbow Carbon LLC's minority Members, Crestview Partners, L.P. and Load Line Capital LLC,…
- Moss v. Princip The parties entered into an overlapping series of agreements regarding management and revenue of a…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- In re B.M. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Court of Appeal rejecting Defendant's argument that…
- People v. Johnson The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of two counts of…
- Sierra Club v. County of Fresno The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the Court of Appeal…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- Schumacher v. SC Data Center, Inc. The Eighth Circuit vacated the district court's approval of a settlement agreement in a purported…
- Reinig v. RBS Citizens NA The district court certified a class of Citizens Bank mortgage loan officers from 10 different…
- Calixto v. Coughlin The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the superior court's dismissal of employees' (Employees)…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Drulias v. 1st Century Bancshares, Inc. 1st Century was a Delaware corporation headquartered in Los Angeles; its shares were publicly traded…
- Compass Bank v. Calleja-Ahedo The Supreme Court held that Plaintiff, rather than his Bank, must suffer the financial consequences…
- Innovation Ventures, LLC v. Nutrition Science Laboratories, LLC Innovation sold 5-Hour Energy. In 2004, it contracted with CN to manufacture and package 5-Hour.…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Land Holdings I, LLC d/b/a Scarlet Pearl, LLC v. GSI Services, LLC Land Holdings I, LLC, d/b/a Scarlet Pearl, LLC ("Casino"), sought to expunge a lien filed by GSI…
- Hexagon Holdings, Inc. v. Carlisle Syntec Inc. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of…
- Berkeley Cement, Inc. v. Regents of the University of California Berkeley appealed the judgment against it in a construction dispute regarding a building on the…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Kernahan v. Home Warranty Administrator of Florida, Inc. Plaintiff Amanda Kernahan purchased a "home service agreement" from defendants Home Warranty…
- Federal Trade Commission v. Federal Check Processing, Inc. The FTC filed suit alleging that defendants' debt collection practices violated several provisions…
- Zabriskie v. Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae is not a consumer reporting agency within the meaning of the Fair Credit Reporting Act…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Land Holdings I, LLC d/b/a Scarlet Pearl, LLC v. GSI Services, LLC Land Holdings I, LLC, d/b/a Scarlet Pearl, LLC ("Casino"), sought to expunge a lien filed by GSI…
- Bombardier Transportation (Holdings) USA, Inc. v. Nevada Labor Commissioner The Supreme Court held that the Labor Commissioner properly determined that the "repair" portion of…
- Hexagon Holdings, Inc. v. Carlisle Syntec Inc. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Smith v. Hickman This appeal was one of many civil and criminal cases arising out of the attempted murder of Lee…
- J. M. v. Oregon Youth Authority Sixteen years after he had been sexually abused by an Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) employee,…
- Skjonsberg v. Menard, Inc. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit court affirming the decision of the South…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Erie Insurance Exchange v. EPC MD 15, LLC The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit court holding that EPC MD 15, LLC's ability…
- Santos v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Ins. Co. Defendant Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company (Metropolitan), appealed a superior…
- Scottsdale Insurance Co. v. Byrne The First Circuit affirmed the decision of the district court ruling that Scottsdale Insurance…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- Applied Underwriters, Inc. v. Lichtenegger The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a Lanham Act action brought by Applied…
- In re: Guild Mortgage Co. Guild makes mortgage loans and has used the mark "GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY" since 1960. Guild was…
- Amerigen Pharmaceuticals, Ltc. v. UCB Pharma GMBH UCB's 650 patent, which covers certain chemical derivatives of 3,3- diphenylpropylamines, including…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Rall v. Tribune 365 LLC Frederick Theodore Rall III, a political cartoonist and blogger, filed suit against the Los Angeles…
- Bombardier Transportation (Holdings) USA, Inc. v. Nevada Labor Commissioner The Supreme Court held that the Labor Commissioner properly determined that the "repair" portion of…
- Skjonsberg v. Menard, Inc. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit court affirming the decision of the South…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Ricasa v. Office of Admin. Hearings Southwestern Community College District (District) and its governing board (Board) (together…
- Stanphill v. Ortberg Keith's estate filed a wrongful death and survival action against Ortberg, a licensed clinical…
- Medical Protective Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. In 2002, in Texas, Dr. Phillips performed a laparoscopic hysterectomy on Bramlett, a 36-year-old…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- Church of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ v. Markham The church converted a single-family residence in a Markham residential district into its house of…
- Land Holdings I, LLC d/b/a Scarlet Pearl, LLC v. GSI Services, LLC Land Holdings I, LLC, d/b/a Scarlet Pearl, LLC ("Casino"), sought to expunge a lien filed by GSI…
- EnerVest v. Utah State Engineer The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal for lack of jurisdiction, holding that the district court's…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- SEC v. Arcturus Corp. The SEC alleged that defendants violated the Securities Exchange Act because they failed to register…
- Orgone Capital III, LLC v. Daubenspeck In 2008, Fisker, a manufacturer of luxury hybrid electric cars, became part of a trend in venture…
- Oetting v. Sosne The class representative of federal securities class actions appealed the dismissal of the unsecured…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- Yahoo! Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. The Ninth Circuit certified to the California Supreme Court the following question: Does a…
- Global Linguist Solutions, LLC v. Abdelmeged Petitions for review of compensation orders arising under the Defense Base Act should be filed in…
- Turner v. Baker The Ninth Circuit denied as unnecessary petitioner's application to file a second or successive…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Stokeling v. United States Stokeling pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition after having been convicted of a…
- New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira Oliveira is a driver for a trucking company, under an agreement that calls him an independent…
- Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc. Archer sued Schein, alleging violations of federal and state antitrust law and seeking both money…
