all - Opinion Summaries

HONEYWELL INT'L, INC. v. INT'L TRADE COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Patent
Claims of a patent disclosing a process for production of a polyester product were insolubly ambiguous, thus the U.S. International Trade Commission...

PEOPLE v. GARCIA

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
When a search warrant for a business establishment is based on sale of controlled substances by a non-owner/non-employee, the affidavit in support...

MERCER TRANSP. CO. v. GREENTREE TRANSP. CO.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an action for damages to a tractor-trailer truck in interstate commerce, the district court erred when it determined that a transportation company...

FREEMAN v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
The trial court appropriately concluded that a shopping card service fee was not an unconscionable term and thus did not abuse its discretion in...

COBURN SUPPLY CO.INC. v. KOHLER CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
An at-will, non-exclusive wholesale product distributor's breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation claims are not actionable under Texas...

YOUNG v. COLOMA-AGARAN

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Transportation
A Hawaii regulation prohibiting the operation of tour boats on a bay, in conjunction with relevant federal shipping laws, violates the Supremacy...

OWNER-OPERATOR INDEP. DRIVERS ASS'N, INC. v. NEW PRIME, INC.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 is not retroactive, and does not grant a private right of action to parties to leases...

S. DAKOTA FARM BUREAU, INC. v. HAZELTINE

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Section 21 of Article XVII of the South Dakota Constitution, prohibiting corporations or syndicates from acquiring or obtaining an interest in land...

MED. BD. OF CALIFORNIA v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (LISKEY)

Commercial Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
Business and Professions Code section 2354 does not permit disciplinary action against a physician's license to practice medicine based solely on the...

IN RE MBNA AMERICA BANK, N.A.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's refusal to register the word marks MONTANA SERIES and PHILADELPHIA CARD because Section 2(e)(1) of the Lanham...