all - Opinion Summaries

Superior Beverage Co., Inc. v. Schieffelin & Co.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts
An order remanding and dismissing an action alleging violation of Ohio's Alcohol Beverage Franchise Act (ABFA) arising from defendant-alcohol...

DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a suit brought by taxpayers alleging that their local and state tax burdens were increased by certain taxbreaks for a car manufacturer, a judgment...

Old Town Canoe Co. v. Confluence Holdings Corp.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute between manufacturers of layered polyethylene canoes, judgment as a matter of law for plaintiff of no invalidity of a patent relating to...

Caradon Doors & Windows, Inc. v. Eagle-Picher Indus., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
A district court's reversal of a bankruptcy court's grant of a motion to stay a contract and patent action, involving artificial-wood door...

Hull v. Stoughton Trailers, LLC

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed where plaintiff did not meet his prima facie burden of showing that similarly situated employees...

Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Helliker

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Judgment in an agency action surrounding pesticide registration is affirmed where a declaratory judgment correctly construed the statute and where...

Burden v. Johnson & Johnson Med.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A question in a products liability action, brought by a dental hygienist and family members involving latex gloves manufactured and sold by...

Computervision Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
A decision holding that plaintiff was not entitled to a refund of deficiency interest assessed and paid with respect to a particular tax year is...

Conwed Corp. v. Union Carbide Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
A judgment applying comparative fault to reduce an employer's jury-awarded damages against a ceiling tile manufacturer in a subrogation action to...

ITV Direct, Inc. v. Healthy Solutions, LLC

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit surrounding a distribution agreement is affirmed where: 1) the court was not obliged to let plaintiff obtain...