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Daimler AG v. Bauman

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Defendant, a German public stock company, is not amenable to suit in California for injuries allegedly caused by conduct of its Argentinean subsidiary...

Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
A suit filed by a State as the sole plaintiff does not constitutes a "mass action" under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) where it includes a...

In Re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
The bankruptcy court's permanent injunction, enjoining state law tort actions brought by plaintiffs, two of Madoff's defrauded "investors," against...

Taylor v. Nabors Drilling USA, LP

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff-employee in an action alleging hostile work environment sexual harassment is affirmed but modified, where: 1) substantial...

Law School Admission Council v. California

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In an action challenging the constitutionality of Education Code section 99161.5, which requires plaintiff, the test sponsor of the Law School...

Aircraft Service International, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action brought under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) against "carrier employees" of an aircraft service provider, the district court's issuance of a...

Eid v. Thompson

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
The district court properly found for the government on petitioners' challenge to the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of the Petition for...

Quezada v. City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-city and defendant-chief of police in an action in which plaintiff-police officers alleged mistreatment during a...

Snider International Corporation v. Town of Forest Heights

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Evidence
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-towns in a putative class action challenging the constitutionality of the issuance and form of automated...

Matusick v. Erie County Water Authority

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff in an action alleging employment discrimination and harassment is: 1) affirmed in part, where plaintiff presented sufficient...