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Robol Law Office v. Recovery Limited Partnership

Admiralty, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an in rem admiralty action to obtain a salvage award, brought by an attorney who served for decades as counsel and landlord for a business entity...

Hansler v. Lehigh Valley Hospital Network

Labor & Employment Law
In a case brought by a former employee who took leave under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. section 2601, and was terminated...

US v. Rutigliano

Criminal Law & Procedure
Convictions of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and health care fraud, as well as substantive counts of these offenses, and one count of...

Lewis v. Connecticut Commissioner of Correction

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Grant of petition for habeas relief from murder conviction is affirmed where the State of Connecticut denied petitioner's constitutional right to a...

Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a licensing dispute arising out of an agreement to purchase a patent for a Spider-Man toy in exchange for a lump sum plus a 3% royalty on future...

City of Los Angeles v. Patel

Constitutional Law
In a case brought by motel operators and a lodging association challenging Los Angeles Municipal Code section 41.49, which requires hotel operators to...

Kingsley v. Hendrickson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by a pretrial detainee, alleging that two officers used excessive force against him in violation of the...

Horne v. Dep't of Agriculture

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by raisin growers against the Department of Agriculture, alleging that the Raisin Administrative Committee's imposition of a reserve...

Valbuena v. Ocwen Loan Servicing

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case brought by homeowners against their lender, following the lender's purchase of their residence at a non-judicial foreclosure sale, alleging...

Schafer v. City of LA

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving a dispute over a building permit allowing the restriping of a parking lot, the trial court's grant of a peremptory writ of mandate...