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Parlour Enter., Inc. v. Kirin Group

Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In case involving agreements to develop subfranchises of ice cream parlour restaurants, jury verdict for plaintiffs is reduced as to award of lost...

Thompson v. Aramark Sch. Support Servs., Inc.

Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former food service worker against her employer alleging that she was terminated in violation of the Michigan...

Bowen Invs., v. Carneiro Donuts, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a suit for breach of a franchise agreement and trademark infringement involving a donut shop, denial of plaintiff's Rule 60 motion to correct the...

Rondon v. Alcoholic Beverage Control App. Bd.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
Administrative decision revoking petitioner's liquor license is reversed based on the violation of statutory protections designed to ensure due...

Paramount Land Co. LP v. California Pistachio Comm'n

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a dispute over whether a statutory scheme compelling California pistachio growers to fund generic advertising through the California Pistachio...

Angelucci v. Century Supper Club

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law
In order to state a claim under Civil Code section 52(a), the relevant remedial provision of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, plaintiffs are not required...

Gen. Mills, Inc. v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving rolled food items, dismissal of General Mills' claim for patent infringement against Kraft Foods and a judgment finding...

El Dorado Meat Co. v. Yosemite Meat & Locker Serv., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a complex suit involving alleged business torts, a costs award of over $190,00 following a defense judgment on all claims is affirmed where,...

Adams v. State of California Dep't of Health Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging civil rights, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and related claims brought against a state health agency and other defendants arising...

Earth Island Inst. v. Hogarth

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence
No judicial deference to agency discretion as to methodology is appropriate when the agency ignores its own statistical methodology in its studies. In...