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Velazquez-Fernandez v. NCE Foods, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on age discrimination and overtime claims is affirmed where: 1) one defendant could not show that the reasons...

Empacadora de Carnes de Fresnillo, S.A. v. Curry

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, International Trade
A permanent injunction barring the prosecution of slaughterhouses for processing, selling and transporting horsemeat for human consumption is vacated...

Giovani Carandola, Ltd. v. Fox

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law
Order enjoining enforcement of a state statute prohibiting simulated sexual acts and fondling of sexual organs on premises licensed to serve alcohol...

Nebraska Beef, Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Bus. Credit, Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts
In a suit claiming that Wells Fargo wrongly assessed certain overadvance fees stemming from a 1997 loan, summary judgment for Wells Fargo is affirmed...

Vars v. Citrin

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law
Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit for due process violations in connection with the termination of a liquor license in which plaintiffs held...

United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1776 v. Excel Corp.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment grievance arising from the termination of employees for theft and alleged subsequent post-termination misconduct, an order allowing...

Brookshire Grocery Co. v. Taylor

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A judgment for plaintiff on premises liability in a slip and fall case against a grocery store is reversed where the only unreasonably dangerous...

Steen v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, Government Benefits, International Law, International Trade
A ruling by the Court of International Trade upholding an agency decision denying a commercial fisherman's application for a "trade adjustment...

Fonten Corp. v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, False Advertising, Judgement Enforcement
Judgment for defendants and denial of motion for a new trial are affirmed in a suit to enforce a settlement agreement from a false advertising claim...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Dial Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
A judgment for the EEOC in its sex discrimination action against a producer of canned meats under Title VII brought on behalf of women who had applied...