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Gilbane Building Co. v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Contracts, Government Law, Tax Law
The trial court properly denied defendant's demurrer to plaintiff's complaint which asserts claims seeking to disgorge all monies...

Stevenson v. City of Seat Pleasant

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that defendant-officers assaulted plaintiffs, the district court's orders are: 1) reversed in part as to the grant...

Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Electronics North America

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
The rule set forth in Cybor Corp. v. FAS Technologies, Inc., 138 F.3d 1448 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (en banc) establishing the standard of appellate review...

Gilmore Bank v. AsiaTrust New Zealand Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement
In an action to collect a $3.2 million judgment from a judgment debtor, alleging that the judgment debtor and other defendants fraudulently...

KB Home Greater LA v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Right to Repair Act requires that notice be given to a builder before repairs are made to a home subject to the Act, and therefore...

Hataishi v. First American Home Buyers

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
The trial court's order denying plaintiff's motion for certification of a California class of defendant's customers whose telephone conversations were...

Ramos v. Homeward Residential, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court properly granted defendant-corporation's motion to set aside the default and default judgment obtained by plaintiff, where the service...

Maher v. County of Alameda

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging professional negligence in not timely removing a stent that was placed in 1996, or informing him of its...

Rea v. Michaels Stores

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In an action which alleged that defendant had improperly classified its managers as exempt from overtime, the district court's order remanding the...

USACM Liquidating Trust v. Deloitte & Touche

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, the debtor's former outside auditor, on claims brought by plaintiff, a bankruptcy litigation trust, alleging...