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MM COS., INC. v. LIQUID AUDIO, INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
A judgment permitting an incumbent board of directors to adopt defense measures which changed the size and composition of a board's membership is...

BRUGGER v. JOSEPH ACAD., INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
A private, not-for-profit corporation serving special education students pursuant to contracts with various local public school districts, was not...

PARADISE CREATIONS, INC. v. UV SALES, INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
A suit for patent infringement must be dismissed for lack of Article III standing, where the plaintiff corporation claimed its patent rights under a...

GLOBAL RELIEF FOUND., INC. v. O'NEILL

Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, authorizing an order seizing assets, can apply to corporations that hold charters within the U.S.,...

DE ANZA ENTERS. v. JOHNSON

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court did not err in setting the date of valuation to correspond to the time of appraisal, in ordering specific performance of a joint...

US v. PRESCRIPTION HOME HEALTH CARE, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
The bankruptcy court was without jurisdiction to enjoin the IRS from, under 26 U.S.C. section 6672, assessing and collecting taxes from a non-debtor...

DVI, INC. v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY (PAPWORTH)

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A parent company's ownership or control of a subsidiary corporation does not, without more, subject the parent corporation to the jurisdiction of the...

POWERINE OIL CO., INC. v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (CENTRAL NAT'L INS. CO.)

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Indemnification language in excess/umbrella liability policies obligated an insurer to indemnify its insured for expenses incurred in responding to...

CROW IRVINE # 2 v. WINTHROP CALIFORNIA INVESTORS LTD. P'SHIP

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In assessing whether termination of a partnership agreement was baseless, the trial court erred in concluding that a "good faith belief" must be...

HILLENBRAND v. INS. CO. OF N. AM.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
A jury's finding of an insurance company's malicious prosecution of two lawsuits is supported by substantial evidence. Civil Code section 2351 does...