all - Opinion Summaries

Am. Honda Motor Co., Inc. v. Cerasani

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
A long-term lessee of an automobile who is entitled to enforce a warranty under Florida's Lemon Law also has a cause of action under the Magnuson-Moss...

Evans v. Ford Motor Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In an action against Ford under the Louisiana Products Liability Act claiming that a defective Ford Explorer injured plaintiff, a judgment denying...

Alan v. Am. Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In an action brought against Honda involving timing belts which allegedly required costly periodic repairs, dismissal of an appeal from an order...

Alston v. Fleetwood Motor Homes of Indiana Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Remedies
In a redhibitory action involving a recreational vehicle (RV) with a leaky roof, judgment for plaintiffs-buyers against seller is affirmed in part,...

Keweenaw Bay Indian Cmty. v. Rising

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Tax Law
In an action brought by an Indian tribe against against a state treasurer and two police officers challenging Michigan's efforts to tax tobacco...

Dahl v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law
In an action alleging that tobacco company's practice of marketing and selling "light" cigarettes violated state consumer protection statutes and...

Smith Wholesale Co., Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
In a case brought by wholesalers, who are also direct distributors for defendant-tobacco company, alleging illegal price discrimination in violation...

Brown v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case arising from tobacco manufacturers' allegedly deceitful marketing of -Lights- cigarettes, partial denial of manufacturers' motion for...

Philip Morris USA v. Williams

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
A punitive damages award, based in part on a jury's desire to punish a defendant for harming nonparties, amounts to a taking of property from the...

Lopez v. Ernie Haire Ford, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
An order compelling plaintiffs to arbitrate their dispute involving excess mileage charges under an automobile lease agreement is affirmed where the...