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Business Law Case Summaries
- Ex parte Valley National Bank. Valley National Bank ("VNB") petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to direct…
- Smithberg v. Smithberg, et al. Ronald Smithberg appealed a judgment ordering Smithberg Brothers, Inc., to purchase his interest in…
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Ballard The Court of Chancery granted in part and denied in part Defendants' motion to dismiss Plaintiff's…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- In re Rogers In this original habeas corpus action the Supreme Court granted Petitioner habeas corpus relief…
- Quigley v. Garden Valley Fire Protection District In this negligence case, the Supreme Court held that the immunity provision of the Government Claims…
- Monster Energy Co. v. Schechter The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeal reversing the ruling of the trial…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- McCleery v. Allstate Insurance Co. Inspectors filed a putative class action alleging that they were entitled to, but deprived of…
- Gale v. Chicago Title Insurance Co. The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment, holding that when…
- Coba v. Ford Motor Co. Beginning in 2001, Ford received complaints from F-Series vehicle purchasers, relating to the fuel…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Spartan Concrete Products LLC v. Argos USVI Corp. Spartan, which operated on St. Croix, sought to displace Heavy Materials as the sole provider of…
- Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc Oberdorf walked her dog with a retractable leash. Unexpectedly, the dog lunged. The D-ring on the…
- Louisiana-Pacific Corp. v. James Hardie Building Products, Inc. Louisiana-Pacific produces "engineered-wood" building siding—wood treated with zinc borate, a…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- HRC Two Rivers, LLC v. Aultco Construction, Inc. The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court dismissing the third-party complaint…
- Girolametti v. Michael Horton Associates, Inc. In this construction dispute between a property owner and a general contractor the Supreme Court…
- Pavlicek v. American Steel Systems, Inc., et al. JRC Construction, LLC, appealed a judgment entered after a jury awarded Larry Pavlicek $217,244.55…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Coba v. Ford Motor Co. Beginning in 2001, Ford received complaints from F-Series vehicle purchasers, relating to the fuel…
- Daniels v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. At issue in this case was whether a first-party insurer, after obtaining a partial recovery in a…
- Jeffries v. Volume Services America, Inc. The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003's truncation requirement imposes on the…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Universal Cable Productions, LLC v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. After Hamas fired rockets from Gaza into Israel, Universal moved the production of their…
- Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. v. Collens In May 2009 Jesse Collens, then 21 years old, was permanently injured in a bicycle accident that…
- Arnold v. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC This dispute centered on whether Keith Arnold had to reimburse his former employer, Hyundai Motor…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Nixon v. Clay In this tort suit arising out of a basketball game the Supreme Court affirmed as modified the…
- Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. v. Collens In May 2009 Jesse Collens, then 21 years old, was permanently injured in a bicycle accident that…
- Ayala v. Meyers Farms Mario Ayala was injured while driving a company truck in 2009, and was injured again in 2013 after…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Universal Cable Productions, LLC v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. After Hamas fired rockets from Gaza into Israel, Universal moved the production of their…
- Acuity v. Rex, LLC The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's orders requiring it to deposit $21 million in…
- Dye v. Esurance Property & Casualty Ins. Co. Matthew Dye brought an action against Esurance Property and Casualty Insurance Company and GEICO…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Infobridge PTE. Ltd. Infobridge's 772 Patent, titled "Method of Constructing Merge List," generally relates to encoding…
- Indivior Inc. v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, S.A. Indivior markets and holds the New Drug Application (NDA) for Suboxone® sublingual film, an…
- Quake v. Lo The Patent Trial and Appeal Board found four claims of Quake's patent and Claim 25 of its Patent…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- McCleery v. Allstate Insurance Co. Inspectors filed a putative class action alleging that they were entitled to, but deprived of…
- Shockley v. PrimeLending An arbitration agreement lacking a valid delegation clause leaves the remaining arbitration…
- Ayala v. Meyers Farms Mario Ayala was injured while driving a company truck in 2009, and was injured again in 2013 after…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Thomas v. Hillyard The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of…
- Boesiger v. Desert Appraisals, LLC The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of…
- Bias v. Louisiana Physical Therapy Board The Louisiana Physical Therapy Board ("Board") was established under the provisions of La. R.S.…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- Rocky Ford Irrigation Co. v. Kents Lake Reservoir Co. In this dispute between parties that both had water rights in the Beaver River the Supreme Court…
- Austill III v. Prescott In case no. 1170709, Jere Austill III appealed a circuit court judgment permitting Tyler Montana Jul…
- Foundation One Bank v. Svoboda The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court entering judgment according to a jury…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- Banks v. Northern Trust Corp. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of a putative class action against…
- Metzler Asset Management GMBH v. Kingsley The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing this federal securities…
- SEC v. Arcturus Corp. The Fifth Circuit withdrew its prior panel opinion and substituted the following opinion. The court…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- Universal Cable Productions, LLC v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. After Hamas fired rockets from Gaza into Israel, Universal moved the production of their televisions…
- City of Los Angeles v. Barr The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment for the City in an action…
- United States v. Phillips Defendant appealed his conviction for conspiracy to use interstate telephone calls in the commission…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Department of Commerce v. New York Under the Census Act, authorized by the Enumeration Clause, the Secretary of Commerce conducts the…
- Mitchell v. Wisconsin Mitchell was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated after a preliminary breath test…
- Rucho v. Common Cause North Carolina plaintiffs claimed that the state's congressional districting plan discriminated…
