all - Opinion Summaries

JAMESON v. FIVE FEET RESTAURANT, INC.

Commercial Law
A restaurant's tip pooling policy that required plaintiff and other servers to give the floor manager 10 percent of their nightly tips violated Labor...

WARD v. SHONEY'S INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The jury could properly find, based on its own understanding of human nature, that people sometimes "cut corners," thus no expert testimony was needed...

DESI-S PIZZA, INC. v. CITY OF WILKES-BARRE

Constitutional Law
In a suit by a restaurant that was shut down by the state court, the Rooker-Feldman doctrine does not bar the plaintiffs' equal protection claim,...

TYSON FOODS, INC. v. AETOS CORP.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In denying vacatur of previous rulings granting specific performance of a merger agreement, the Court of Chancery properly relied on both federal and...

IN RE JENNINGS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In order to violate Business and Professions Code section 25658(c), which prohibits furnishing alcohol those under 21 who thereafter cause injury or...

CONSUMER CAUSE, INC. v. ARKOPHARMA, INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Liquid products containing herbal, botanical, floral, and similar extracts are not fit for beverage purposes and they are not "alcoholic beverages,"...

AM. UNITED LOGISTICS, INC. v. CATELLUS DEV. CORP.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Negligence claims, brought after a leased warehouse allegedly caused food products to be contaminated, were barred by the economic loss doctrine, and...