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NLRB v. Starbucks Corp.

Labor & Employment Law
In a case alleging various unfair labor practices on the part of an employer, its cross-petition for review of the NLRB's affirmance of an ALJ...

Diageo-Guinness USA, Inc. v. State Board of Equalization

Administrative Law, Tax Law
In a suit for declaratory relief as to the classification of flavored malt beverages for purposes of excise taxation, judgment in favor of the State...

Husain v. McDonald's Corp.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In a case in which franchisees sought a preliminary injunction permitting them to continue operating three McDonald's restaurants pending completion...

Coors Brewing Co. v. Mendez-Torres

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Tax Law
In a dormant Commerce Clause challenge to Puerto Rico's differential tax treatment of large and small brewers, the district court's dismissal on...

Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action by a restaurant's hourly nonexempt employees claiming that the restaurant failed to provide them required rest and meal...

US v. Wilbur

Commercial Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law, Tax Law
In a prosecution that resulted in convictions of four members of an Indian tribe for crimes arising from an eight-year period of trafficking...

State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case in which an employee who had been employed less than six months sought workers' compensation benefits for psychiatric injury in addition to...

US v. Oceanpro Industries, Ltd.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Sanctions
In a prosecution of a seafood wholesaler and two of its employees for purchasing untagged and oversized striped bass in violation of the Lacey Act,...

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. v. Monsanto Technology LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an interference proceeding involving claims of a patent and a patent application on genetically modified corn, judgment in favor of the applicant...

Holloway v. Pagan River Dockside Seafood, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Admiralty, Civil Procedure
In an action by a seaman under the Jones Act alleging negligence by his employers, the district court's grant of a motion to dismiss for lack of...