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City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit to recover from handgun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for the costs which those public entities have incurred as a result of...

Watson v. Philip Morris Cos., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Government Law
In the context of the federal officer removal statute, the fact that a federal regulatory agency directs, supervises, and monitors a company's...

Williams v. Excel Foundry & Mach., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a former employer alleging that plaintiff's termination violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, summary judgment for...

Seaford Golf & Country Club v. E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute concerning whether certain property that a country club purchased and leased from duPont remained subject to a deed restriction and a...

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...

SEC v. Nat'l Presto Indus., Inc.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Judgement Enforcement, Securities Law
In an agency action to force a company into compliance with the registration, organization and reporting provisions of the Investment Company Act, an...

Jakimas v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
When an employee is terminated in violation of section 510 of ERISA, the claim accrues for statute of limitations purposes when the decision to...

Henkel Corp. v. Procter & Gamble Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute between manufacturers of dishwashing detergent tablets, a judgment awarding priority in a patent interference to the Procter & Gamble...

Simpson v. Thomure

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
In an action brought by worker injured in an accident at work while operating a power press machine against defendants, out-of-state power press...

Equistar Chems., L.P. v. Dresser-Rand Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In an action arising out of the failure of certain gas compressors sold by respondent to petitioner, a court of appeals' judgment remanding the matter...