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Hinojos v. Kohl's Corporation

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
District court's dismissal of claims under California’s Unfair Competition Law, Fair Advertising Law, and Consumer Legal Remedies Act brought by a...

In re Tobacco Cases I

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Trial court orders which awarded the People of the State of California $2,943,920.63 in contractual attorney fees as the prevailing parties in an...

Sebelius v. Cloer

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
An untimely petition under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act may qualify for an award of attorney's fees if it is filed in good faith and...

Jenkins v. JP Morgan Chase

Banking Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's suit to avoid nonjudicial foreclosure and collect monetary damages after she defaulted on her home loan is...

Abraham v. St. Croix Renaissance Group

Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court's order remanding a civil action to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands is affirmed, where: 1) there is no error in the...

Greene v. Bank of America

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim of malicious prosecution entered after defendant's special motion to strike under California's anti-SLAPP...

US v. Citgo Asphalt Refining Company

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In action by parties to apportion monetary liability for damages caused when a tanker stuck an abandoned ship resulting in an oil spill, judgment that...

Dooley v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant insurer in insurance coverage dispute is affirmed, where: 1) although defendant's automobile insurance policy failed...

Forrester Environmental v. Wheelabrator Technologies

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's state law business tort claims is vacated and remanded, where the district court lacked subject matter...

Pedeferri v. Seidner Enterprises

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for plaintiff in personal injury suit is vacated and remanded, where: 1) a commercial vendor owes a duty of care to persons on or near the...