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Retirement Bd. of the Policeman's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Securities Law
In this case involving residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) trusts, the district court's order dismissing plaintiffs' claims due to lack of...

Nasrawi v. Buck Consultants

Injury & Tort Law, Legal Malpractice, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In this case, plaintiffs allege that the actuarial negligence of defendants Buck Consultants and Loeb caused their pension trust to be dramatically...

Lawrence v. Miller

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Following a lengthy estate litigation in which defendant law firm represented plaintiffs and obtained a $111 million settlement worth nearly twice the...

Jenkins v. Teegarden

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In this case in which decedent Perry quitclaimed a house to defendant Teagarden, Teagarden drafted the quitclaim deed and testified that, pursuant to...

Thorpe v. Borough of Jim Thorpe

Indian Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In this action brought under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) by plaintiff to have his father's remains exhumed and...

Vance v. Bizek

Probate, Trusts & Estates
Application of the presumption created by section 16004 of the Probate Code was made in error, and is reversed and remanded, where: 1) the...

Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of Parker

Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action brought by petitioner-creditor seeking to collect an exemplary damages award from a tortfeasor who was placed under a conservatorship...

Guardianship of A.L.

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Family Law, Juvenile Law
The trial court's order granting a petition to terminate the guardianship of the minors' grandmother, which was filed by the minors' parents, is...

Conservatorship of G.H.

Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Sanctions
The trial court's order reappointing a conservator of defendant's person under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act is reversed and remanded, where:...

Asarco LLC v. Goodwin

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit brought pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) seeking...