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Crown Imports v. Superior Court

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for intentional and negligent interference with prospective economic advantage arising out of defendant-beer importer's disapproval of...

Link Snacks, Inc. v. US

Commercial Law, International Trade
Summary judgment decision of the U.S. Court of International Trade affirming Customs' decision classifying plaintiff's beef jerky products as "cured...

Apex LLC v. Korusfood.com

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
The trial court's order granting plaintiff's motion for attorney fees incurred in a prior appeal is affirmed, where: 1) the order granting plaintiff's...

Hokto Kinoko Co. v. Concord Farms, Inc.

Agriculture, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Summary judgment and permanent injunction against defendant in a trademark infringement action brought by plaintiff, a marketer of organic mushrooms,...

Quesada v. Herb Thyme Farms

Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
The trial court's judgment dismissing this class action is affirmed, where the federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, which governs the...

Starbucks Corp. v. Wolfe's Borough Coffee, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
The district court's judgment denying plaintiffs' request for an injunction pursuant to the Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 (FTDA), prohibiting...

Simpson v. The Kroger Corporation

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
Dismissal of plaintiff's action alleging that products sold in defendant's supermarkets, which combine butter with canola oil or olive oil, are...

California Grocers Association v. Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Administrative Law, Commercial Law
In a challenge to an administrative advisory issued by defendant that interprets Business and Professions Code section 23394.7 as providing that "no...

Wawrzynski v. H.J. Heinz Company

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Civil Procedure
An appeal from a judgment for defendants finding that plaintiff's state law claims were preempted by federal patent law, and that defendants did not...

Drakes Bay Oyster Company v. Jewell

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Environmental Law
The district court's order denying plaintiff a preliminary injunction challenging the Secretary of the Interior’s discretionary decision to let...