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In re Hot-Hed Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A petition for a writ of mandamus in a trademark case challenging denial of a motion to remand and requesting such remand is granted in part to the...

Hall v. N. Am. Van Lines, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
The Carmack Amendment is the exclusive cause of action for contract claims alleging delay, loss, failure to deliver or damage to property. Denial of...

State of Florida v. Commerce Commercial Leasing, LLC

Commercial Law, Communications Law
In a case arising from an alleged "Ponzi scheme" perpetrated upon small businesses in Florida involving telecommunications services and rented...

Brilliance Audio, Inc. v. Haights Cross Communications, Inc.

Commercial Law, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Trademark
In the context of the "first sale" exception in trademark law that provides a defense to claims of infringement, resale of a product does not fall...

Stone v. Ctr. Trust Retail Props., Inc.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A six-figure damage award to plaintiff for physical injuries she suffered at a restaurant in defendant-commercial landlord's mall is reversed and...

Cormack v. Settle-Beshears

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated when defendant-city annexed his land and applied a...

Forest Labs., Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, International Trade, Tax Law
The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (Customs) has no authority to change the statutorily mandated tariff rates for merchandise that is...

Empacadora de Carnes de Fresnillo, S.A. v. Curry

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, International Trade
A permanent injunction barring the prosecution of slaughterhouses for processing, selling and transporting horsemeat for human consumption is vacated...

Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies, Tax Law
A decision denying coal producers and exporters interest on the government's repayment of the export taxes they had paid in an unconstitutional levy...

Prime Media, Inc. v. City of Brentwood

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
For purposes of the standing requirements for suit in federal court, a plaintiff is required to establish injury in fact as to each provision of a...