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Ashland Inc. v. Morgan Stanley and Co.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance
In a Section 10(b) Securities and state law action arising from plaintiffs' purchase and retention of auction rate securities, Rule 12(b) (6)...

Wright-Ryan Construction, Inc. v. AIG Commercial Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute involving which of two commercial general liability insurance policies should be considered primary for coverage of a claim...

Cabrera v. Alam

Civil Procedure, Elections, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for defamation arising from the parties' electioneering for a position on a board of directors of a homeowner's association, judgment of...

Toyota Motor Corp. v. Superior Court (Stewart)

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a petition for a writ of mandate seeking to vacate an order of the trial court granting a motion to compel petitioner to produce five of its...

Cape Flattery Limited v. Titan Maritime, LLC

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action for gross negligence in defendant's salvage of plaintiff's vessel, judgment of the district court denying defendant's motion to compel...

Phifer v. Icelandair

Administrative Law, cs_80, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
In a dispute involving the scope of the Convention of the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air (Convention),...

Team Enterprises, LLC v. Western Investment Real Estate Trust

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action involving whether the manufacturer of a machine used in the dry cleaning process may be held liable for contribution to environmental...

Starr v. Baca

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a Section 1983 action involving a supervisory liability claim against defendant for deliberate indifference for a violent attack plaintiff...

Quantum Cooking Concepts, Inc. v. LV Associates, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for breach of contract, fraud, and a dozen other theories of contract and tort liability, judgment of the trial court in favor of...

Gonzalez v. Chen

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute concerning the award of attorney's fees under the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), Bus. and Prof. Code, section 6146(a),...