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Novell, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law
On cross appeals from interlocutory orders in an antitrust action, denial of Microsoft's motion to dismiss claims alleging injury to competition in...

Smith v. Nationwide Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action brought against defendant-insurer arising from an agreement to repair plaintiff's automobile, which was damaged in an...

Sanders v. Brown

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Law
Noerr-Pennington immunity protects a private party from liability for the act of negotiating a settlement with a state entity. In an indirect legal...

Buckland v. Threshold Enter., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In action to prevent defendant from selling plaintiff's skin cream, sustaining of demurrer to complaint is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial...

Weiss v. MI Home Products

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a complaint alleging various theories of breach of warranty arising from allegations that numerous windows manufactured by defendant and installed...

Shersher v. Superior Ct. (Microsoft Corp.)

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, False Advertising
In consumer action against defendant Microsoft, petition for writ of mandate challenging order granting motion to strike plaintiff's claim for...

In re Southwestern Bell Tele. Co., L.P.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has exclusive jurisdiction over claims that Southwestern Bell Telephone (SWBT) improperly collected the Texas...

White v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In a product liability case arising from the death of a three year-old who was killed when plaintiffs-parents' parked Ford pickup truck rolled over...

Azizian v. Federated Dep't Stores, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
A district court may require an appellant to secure appellate attorney's fees in a Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 7 bond, but only if an...

Optimum Techs., Inc. v. Henkel Consumer Adhesives, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In dispute arising out of distributorship agreement and competing adhesive products for floor coverings, judgment for defendants is affirmed over...