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Chao v. Hotel Oasis, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a case arising from an investigation of defendant by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor for minimum wage and overtime...

Peru v. Sharpshooter Spectrum Venture LLC

Admiralty, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In determining whether the section 902(3)(B) exclusion to benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) applies, a court...

Blue & Gold, Fleet, L.P. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Transportation
In a dispute between ferry companies competing to be awarded the contract with the government for ferry and related services to Alcatraz Island in San...

Smith Int'l, Inc. v. Egle Group LLC

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a dispute arising from a sales-purchase agreement under which the purchaser sought indemnity from defendant-sellers for damages caused by allegedly...

Jordan v. US

Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In a case involving a pilot's claim for a refund of Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes withheld by appellant's employer, summary...

City of Chicago v. Driscoll

Administrative Law
An order upholding the determination that defendant did not violate the Chicago Municipal Code by failing to display a City of Chicago vehicle sticker...

Ill. Hotel and Lodging Ass'n v. Ludwig

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a declaratory judgment action seeking to have section 3.1 of the One Day Rest in Seven Act declared...

Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc. v. Kintetsu Enters. of Am.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Environmental Law
In case involving plaintiffs' serving of notice on defendant hotels and retail establishments alleging that defendants violated Proposition 65 by...

Holland Am. Line Inc. v. Wartsila N. Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law, Transportation
In a dispute brought by a cruise line seeking to hold defendants liable for the destruction of a cruise ship by fire while it sailed from one Tahitian...

Balboa Island Village Inn, Inc. v. Lemen

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Following a trial at which it is determined that the defendant defamed the plaintiff, the court may issue an injunction prohibiting the defendant from...