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Smith v. Nationwide Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action brought against defendant-insurer arising from an agreement to repair plaintiff's automobile, which was damaged in an...

Cohen v. Blockbuster Entertainment, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a suit seeking class relief for certain customers who were charged improper and excessive fees resulting in a certified question regarding whether...

Sanders v. Brown

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Law
Noerr-Pennington immunity protects a private party from liability for the act of negotiating a settlement with a state entity. In an indirect legal...

Capitol People First v. Dep't of Developmental Servs.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Health Law
In suit brought by group of persons with developmental disabilities against defendants to secure their entitlement to community living arrangements...

Cornejo v. County of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law
Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations does not create judicially enforceable rights that may be vindicated by an individual in an...

Winer Family Trust v. Queen

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In securities class litigation involving a stock purchase agreement between a company that provides case-ready meat to customers and a company that...

Sanchez & Daniels v. Koresko & Assocs.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an action seeking a declaration that plaintiff was not obligated to pay for certain legal services, the panel adopts the district court's decision...

John v. Nat'l Sec. Fire & Cas. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by plaintiffs whose house was damaged by Hurricane Rita against an insurer challenging its damages adjustment practices,...

Lozano v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action brought against AT&T Wireless based on its disclosures relating to its billing practices for cellular services, an order denying...

Batt v. San Francisco

Class Actions, Government Law, Tax Law
In case involving claims for refund of a tax plaintiff alleged was erroneously collected from a class she proposed to represent, sustaining of...