all - Opinion Summaries

AM. NAT'L FIRE INS. CO. v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYS., INC.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Remedies, Transportation
A shipper made a prima facie case for freight damages under the Carmack Amendment, 49 U.S.C. section 14706, which the transporter failed to rebut....

US v. PRITCHETT

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
18 U.S.C. section 922(j), receiving and possessing a stolen firearm, is constitutional under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.

CERASO v. MOTIVA ENTERPRISES, LLC

Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
District court's order enjoining defendants, under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. section 2801 et seq., from terminating or failing...

SPRUNG v. MTR RAVENSBURG, INC.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A custom fabricator was not a "casual manufacturer" of a defective retractable floor, and so is not entitled to insulation from strict products...

IN RE VITAMIN CASES

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech
Code of Civil Procedure section 384 does not bar settlement of a class claim alleging price-fixing by vitamin product manufacturers, as neither that...

METALLGESELLSCHAFT AG v. SUMITOMO CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, International Trade
Claims alleging injury from a conspiracy to manipulate the London Metals Exchange were improperly dismissed, as requirements of the Foreign Trade...

GRAVQUICK A/S V TRIMBLE NAVIGATION INT'L LTD.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, International Trade
The California Equipment Dealers Act (CEDA) does not contain unstated geographical limitations which would prevent application to a Danish...

METRONET SERVS. CORP. v. US WEST COMMUNICATIONS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Communications Law
Resellers of a product offering volume discounted phone line access and calling features presented sufficient evidence of monopoly power, exclusionary...

BROZO v. ORACLE CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts
A plan governing a sales representative's commissions was not ambiguous, as it clearly reserved to the company the discretion to cap plaintiff's...

IN RE: ABBOTT LABS. DERIVATIVE S'HOLDERS LITIG.

Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Securities Law
A shareholder derivative suit alleged that a diversified health care company's board of directors' actions fell outside the protection of the business...