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Sweetwater Union School Dist. v. Gilbane Building Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Contracts
In action against joint ventures, seeking to void management contracts with all three entities, and to require that they disgorge all sums that...

Torres v. Jones

Civil Procedure
In a false arrest case contending that police invented a false confession to aid in the prosecution of plaintiff, in violation of 42 U.S.C. section...

Stop Reckless Economic Instability Caused by Democrats v. FEC

Civil Procedure, Elections
In an action challenging the constitutionality of certain contribution limits established by the Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1971, the district...

Commonwealth of Pa. Pub. Sch. Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Morgan Stanley & Co.

Civil Procedure
In a class action, the district court’s denial of class certification and dismissal of claims for lack of standing is affirmed where: 1) The New York...

Kao v. Cal. Dept. of Corr. & Rehab.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
Dismissal of a petition for writ of mandate seeking to compel the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to process a disciplinary appeal...

Gallego v. Northland Group Inc.

Civil Procedure
In a putative class action contending that defendant’s debt collection tactics violated the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C....

Ernst v. Carrigan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law
In a defamation action, the court dismissed the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction where the district court’s passing on the merits of the...

Perdue Foods LLC v. BRF S.A.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a contracts case, the district court’s dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed where defendant did not purposefully avail itself of...

Brown v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an injury action following plaintiff's late father's exposure to asbestos and death from mesothelioma, the district court's dismissal for lack of...

Lismont v. Alexander Binzel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an inventorship dispute involving a patent directed to a method of manufacturing a contact tip for use in metal inert gas welding, the district...