all - Opinion Summaries

JOHNSON v. US

Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A shareholder in a corporation had no standing to bring a Fifth Amendment takings claim before the Court of Federal Claims, where he did not maintain...

LUIGINO'S, INC. v. PETERSON

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff failed to assert facts sufficient to show a causal link between any of defendant's alleged misdeeds and its claim for damages, thus summary...

COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. BROOKSHIRE BROS. HOLDING, INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
Corporation's change in an accounting method was equivalent to a change in useful life, which did not require the consent of the Commissioner of...

DEMARIA v. ANDERSEN

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Cyberspace Law, Securities Law
An electronically filed prospectus' inaccurate summary of material contained in printed prospectus could not form the basis for a claim under section...

MEYER v. HOLLEY

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 3604(b), 3605(a), imposes liability without fault upon an employer in accordance with traditional agency...

ELEC. INSPECTORS, INC. v. VILLAGE OF E. HILLS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
The state-action immunity doctrine does not shield a municipality and a private corporation from alleged federal antitrust-law violations, resulting...

DEUTSCH v. TURNER CORP.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law
California Code of Civil Procedure section 354.6, creating a cause of action against German and Japanese corporations for claims involving World War...

HERSHEY v. DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE SECS. CORP.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Claims of breach of fiduciary duty under Ohio law arising from the sale of a corporation are rejected where 1) facts cannot support an assertion of...

AGUON v. COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTH.

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law
A public corporation created by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to operate and manage its ports, is not a person for purposes of 42...

BOCA INVESTERINGS P'SHIP v. US

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In an action contesting the Commissioner of Internal Revenue's proposed adjustments to partnership returns, judgment for the partnership is reversed...