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Grayson v. Anderson

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a fraud action arising from a Ponzi scheme, involving fraudulent loans secured by publicly traded stock, the district court’s grant of defendant...

Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Contracts
In a state-law contract action against a non-corporate real estate investment trust defendant, which defendant removed from state to federal court...

Medina-Padilla v. US Aviation Underwriters, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Injury & Tort Law, Contracts
In a suit bringing tort-based claims arising out of the same set of underlying facts alleged in an earlier contract action, which was dismissed the on...

Shell Offshore Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an environmental action, the court dismissed an appeal of the district court’s preliminary injunction against Greenpeace, meant to protect...

Astorga v. Retirement Board

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In a case involving a government employee's application for retirement disability, the trial court's denial of petition for a writ of mandate, under...

Toste v. CalPortland Construction

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action involving a construction truck accident during a road paving project, the jury's special verdict that the driver was...

Stahle v. CTS Corp.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Environmental Law, Civil Procedure
In an injury and tort action, brought by plaintiff alleging that defendant’s dumping toxic solvents into a local stream caused him to develop leukemia...

CA Dept. Consumer Affairs v. Super. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Administrative Law, Government Law
In an action seeking to declare an expression of policy of the Arbitration Certification Program of the California Department of Consumer Affairs,...

Bae v. T.D. Service Co.

Civil Procedure
In an appeal of the setting aside of a default judgment in an underlying action that asserted claims arising from a foreclosure sale against several...

Gaines v. Fidelity National Title Ins.

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a lawsuit arising out of a real property transaction designed to avoid foreclosure, alleging the defendants involved in the transaction deceived...