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Schwartz v. Poizner

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate seeking to compel the Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance to pursue additional...

Alvarez v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Government Law, Workers' Compensation
In a claimant's objection to a panel qualified medical evaluator's ex parte communication with defense counsel, and a request for a new panel...

Physicians Comm. for Responsible Med. v. McDonald's Corp.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a nonprofit organization's suit against several chain restaurant corporations, seeking an injunction, civil penalties, and declaratory judgment...

Gastronomical Workers Union Local 610 v. Dorado Beach Hotel Corp.

Contracts, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by the trustees of a multi-employer pension fund against employers under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(a)(3), which supplies a cause of...

Griswold v. Driscoll

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against a Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education of Massachusetts, claiming that the Commissioner's revision of an...

Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Government Law, International Law
In an action by an American citizen whose grandmother's Pissarro painting was allegedly confiscated in 1939 by an agent of the Nazi government in...

Great Rivers Habitat Alliance v. FEMA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action against FEMA claiming that a levee did not meet FEMA's requirements and FEMA erred by granting approval for it, dismissal of the...

Baran v. Med. Device Technologies, Inc.

Government Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a doctor's patent infringement suit alleging infringement of certain '797 and '798 patents, directed to automated biopsy instruments, district...

Thai I-Mei Frozen Foods Co., Ltd. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
In an anti-dumping duty case, involving frozen and canned warmwater shrimp from Thailand, the Court of International Trade's decision reversing and...

Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Lodge 1943 v. AK Steel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a union's action against a steel company, pursuant to section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, seeking an order to compel the company to...