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Roberts v. Ferman

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a former employee's suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging continual retaliation, discrimination and humiliation at work in violation of Title...

569 East County LLC v. Backcountry Against the Dump, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Attorney's Fees
In an anti-SLAPP motion in an underlying suit alleging unlawful interference with prospective economic advantage, the court's order awarding defendant...

Innes v. Diablo Controls, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a petition to compel inspection of certain records of defendant pursuant to Corporations Code section 1601, the trial court's denial of plaintiff's...

Hyan v. Hummer

Legal Malpractice, Civil Procedure
In an underlying California state court legal malpractice action, the district court's order granting a motion to strike claims under California's...

Ruiz v. Snohomish County County Pub. Utility No. 1

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law, alleging sex discrimination, the District Court's dismissal, on res judicata grounds,...

Stacy v. Colvin

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Administrative Law
In an action for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, the district court's decision affirming the Commissioner of...

McGowan v. US

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law, Media Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit arising out of the publication of an article authored by a prisoner, asserting claims for violation of his First Amendment rights under...

Baskin-Robbins Franchising LLC v. Alpenrose Dairy, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law
In a bi-coastal commercial dispute requires us to test the outer limits of a court's in personam jurisdiction, consistent with the constraints of the...

State of New York ex rel. Jacobson v. Wells Fargo National Bank, N.A.

Civil Procedure, Tax Law, Banking Law
In a quit tam complaint asserting two claims under the New York False Claims Act (NYFCA), N.Y. State Fin. Law section 187 et seq., against bank...

In Re Petition of Bruce Germain

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Admiralty
In a petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability under the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851, 46 U.S.C. sections 30501-12, the District...