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Hayes v. County of San Diego

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit arising out of the shooting death of a suicidal person who was threatening sheriff's deputies with a knife, the response to the Ninth...

University of Utah v. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In suit to correct inventorship of the "Tuschl Patents," the district court's denial of defendants' motion to dismiss is affirmed, where: 1) the...

Ashley Furniture Industries v. US

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, International Law
The decisions of the Court of International Trade dismissing plaintiffs' complaints seeking compensation pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy...

CA Science Center v. State Personnel Board

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court properly reversed the decision of the State Personnel Board (SPB) overturning petitioner's employee's termination and denied the...

Garcia-Rubiera v. Fortuno

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Insurance Law
Where Puerto Rico law causes motor vehicle owners to pay twice for liability insurance, and this Court held that the failure to notify affected...

Stapley v. Pestalozi

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, alleging defendants initiated a frivolous RICO suit against plaintiff to harass him as part of an ongoing...

Dongguk University v. Yale University

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging defamation, negligence, and reckless conduct concerning a bogus Ph.D. hired by a South Korean university after Yale mistakenly...

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC v. Shumlin

Contracts, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities
In a suit brought by the owner/operator of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station against the state and its officials seeking declaratory and...

Abuzaid v. Woodward

Constitutional Law, Tax Law
In an action appealing a decision enjoining the N.Y. State Department of Taxation from imposing penalties under N.Y. Tax Law section 481(1)(b)(i) on...

Ball v. Famiglio

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Plaintiff-inmate's request to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the grant of summary judgment to defendants in her pro se action pursuant...