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City of Arcadia v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Water Law
Trial court's judgment issuing a writ of mandate that vacated a resolution by defendant California Regional Water Quality Control Board after it...

Consolidation Coal Co. v. Benefits Review Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The Benefit Review Board's (Board) affirmance of an ALJ's decision and order that petitioner must pay an employee benefits under the Longshore and...

Godin v. Schencks

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former elementary school principal's suit against a school board and a union, claiming violation of her due process rights under 42 U.S.C....

US v. S. Union Co.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Environmental Law, Government Law, Sanctions
A natural gas company's conviction for storing hazardous waste without a permit, is affirmed where: 1) defendant is precluded by 42 U.S.C. section...

Tamas v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In an action against the Department of Social and Health Services and nine of its employees alleging negligence and civil rights violations, a denial...

Shum v. Intel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's suit for correction of inventorship of patents that lists his former business partner as the sole inventor, and various claims under...

Shum v. Intel Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's suit seeking correction of inventorship for patents originally issued to his former business partner, district court's award of costs...

WiAV Solutions, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit related to signal transmission, as well as encoding and decoding of data, district court's decision that plaintiff...

Lazare Kaplan Int'l, Inc. v. Photoscribe Technologies, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's suit for infringement of its patents, related to a system that uses a fixed laser to create a series of microscopic spots on the...

City of Santa Rosa v. Patel

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law
In a red light abatement action, trial court's order awarding attorney fees for the City of Santa Rosa and the People of the State of California is...