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Mulyani v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision denying petitioner's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief...

Foley v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In this case, plaintiff sued defendant for failing to consider him for a mortgage loan modification, which a class action settlement required the bank...

Overstock.com, Inc. v. Goldman Sachs Group

Civil Procedure, Evidence
Sealing order denying motions by defendants to seal documents submitted in connection with defense motions for summary judgment is affirmed as to most...

Cuomo v. Crane Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Order of the district court remanding plaintiff's failure-to-warn action to state court after defendant removed the case under the federal officer...

Earl v. State Personnel Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code
In this case, plaintiff parole agent was disciplined by his employer, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, for conducting a...

Garcia v. Lacey

Civil Procedure
In this pro se civil lawsuit brought by appellant-prisoner against a prison warden and other correctional staff, dismissal of the action on grounds...

C.W. Downer & Company v. Bioriginal Food & Science Corporation

Contracts, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In this contracts case in which the parties, a Canadian defendant and a Massachusetts plaintiff, did not have first-hand contacts and in which the...

Shell Gulf of Mexico v. Center for Biological Diversity

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In this Declaratory Judgment Act suit seeking a declaration that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's approval of two oil spill...

Marriage of Schu

Civil Procedure, Family Law
In this spousal support action in which a marital settlement agreement provided that the trial court would reserve jurisdiction to award long-term...

Mujica v. AirScan

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Dismissal, on remand, of an action brought under the Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA), the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), and California state law,...