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Ellis v. U.S. Security Associates

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's employment discrimination action alleging three claims under the Fair Employment and Housing Act and two nonstatutory claims...

Oliner v. Kontrabecki

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
The district court's order denying the parties' joint request to seal the record of the bankruptcy proceedings is affirmed, where: 1) the district...

Johnson v. Consumerinfo.com

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In putative class actions alleging defendant violated various California consumer protection laws, the consolidated appeals of putative class action...

Redondo Construction Corp. v. Izquierdo

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Transportation
Summary judgment for defendants in an action in which plaintiff alleges that defendants were in breach of certain settlement agreements with it, which...

Narayanan v. British Airways

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
The district court's dismissal of an action for damages under the Montreal Convention, alleging that the denial of oxygen aboard an international...

Family PAC v. Ferguson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections
The district court properly awarded attorneys' fees to plaintiff for the previous appeal in which plaintiff had prevailed in part, in a lawsuit...

Noceti v. Whorton

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action where properly noticed plaintiffs failed to appear for trial because their attorney miscalendared the date, where the court granted...

Alamo-Hornedo v. Puig

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that defendants deprived plaintiff due process of law in terminating her position at the...

Purcell v. Schweitzer

Civil Procedure, Contracts
The trial court's decision to set aside a default judgment obtained by plaintiff following defendant's breach of a settlement agreement for failure to...

Carter v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law
In a class action alleging defendant-city violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the...