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In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of claims brought by trustee, who was appointed pursuant to the Securities Investor Protection Act, on behalf of the debtor, Bernie Madoff...

Clodfelter v. Republic of Sudan

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a suit brought by the family members of the victims of the U.S.S. Cole bombing against defendant Sudan, the district court's judgment that a...

US v. Bonventre

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court's order denying defendant's motion for a Monsanto hearing in his civil action (to prevent forfeiture of monies allegedly needed to...

Grullon v. City of New Haven

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Judgment dismissing, without leave to amend, pro se plaintiff's civil rights complaint complaining of jail conditions is vacated in part and remanded,...

Jones v. Smith

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's civil rights complaint for failure to pay the filing fee after the court denied the plaintiff in forma pauperis status...

Cruz v. FXDirectDealer, LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's suit alleging that defendant engaged in dishonest and deceptive practices in managing its online foreign exchange...

Barnes v. Western Heritage Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer on plaintiff's claims for breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing...

Castillo Grand, LLC v. Sheraton Operating Corporation

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
The district court's order awarding defendant $200,000 in attorney's fees and $30,000 in costs, is vacated and remanded with directions to delete the...

Levi Strauss & Co. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Dismissal of plaintiff's challenge to defendant's registrations of a stitching design for use on a wide range of clothing, at the Patent and Trademark...

Cappiello v. ICD Publications, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law
Following judgment for plaintiff in a breach of contract/employment action, the district court correctly, and constitutionally, held that plaintiff...