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Party City Corp. v. Superior Court of San Diego County

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a writ proceeding arising from an order denying petitioner's motion for summary judgment in a prospective class action suit brought under the...

Morgan v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action, store managers were reasonably found to have been willfully denied overtime pay. Where store managers were shown to spend 80 to 90%...

JGR, Inc. v. Thomasville Furniture Indus., Inc.

Contracts, Remedies
In a contract dispute between the operator of a furniture store and a furniture manufacturer, judgment pursuant to a 2006 jury award in favor of store...

AA Sales & Assocs., Inc. v. Coni-Seal, Inc.

Contracts
In a suit by a manufacturers' sales representative, alleging that defendant failed to pay it commissions on a sales agreement with a third party...

Ford Motor Co. v. Director of Revenue

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law, Transportation
State Director of Revenue's determination that it could lawfully impose an unapportioned tax on petitioner's receipts from sales of motor vehicles...

AutoZone, Inc. v. Reyes

Civil Rights, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an age-discrimination suit, jury verdict for plaintiff is reversed where: 1) the statements of a store manager were not evidence that age was a...

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
Denial of the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the merger of the Whole Foods and Wild Oats supermarket chains is reversed and...

Kullar v. Foot Locker Retail, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a class action against defendant arising out of its uniform, wage, and break policies, judgment approving the terms of a settlement agreement is...

Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Product Liability
In a class-action suit claiming deceptive advertising by defendant of clothes dryers with stainless-steel drums, certification of a class under the...

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. v. Oleas Enter., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a breach of warranty lawsuit brought by plaintiff-clothing retailer, grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where: 1) the...