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Koch v. Cristie's Int'l PLC

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil RICO conspiracy and common law fraud action alleging defendants falsely attributed bottles of wine to Thomas Jefferson's collection,...

Payne v. Jones

Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In excessive force and battery action against defendant police officer and defendant-city, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part and vacated and...

U.S. Aviation Underwriters, Inc. v. Nabtesco Corp.

Insurance Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a subrogation claim against an aircraft parts manufacturer, district court's judgment in favor of the manufacturer is affirmed where the statute of...

Garanti Finansal Kiralama A.S. v. Aqua Marine and Trading, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In action for declaratory judgment where plaintiff, a shipowner, sought a determination that it was not contractually bound to arbitrate a fuel...

Don Johnson Productions, Inc. v. Rysher Entertainment

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law
In a breach of contract dispute between a Hollywood actor and an entertainment production company over the actor's interest in the copyright of the...

Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc.

Judgement Enforcement, Patent, International Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
In an ongoing contract and patent litigation between Microsoft and Motorola, district court's grant of a preliminary injunction enjoining Motorola...

ZF Meritor, LLC. v. Eaton Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Remedies
In an antitrust action for allegedly anticompetitive practices in the heavy-duty truck transmissions market, the judgment of the district court is: 1)...

Batarse v. Serv. Employees Int'l Union Local 1000

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his employer for various causes of action, including racial and gender discrimination and wrongful termination in...

Sachs v. Republic of Austria

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In plaintiff's suit against the Republic of Austria, the Austrian national railway, and others, for personal injuries she sustained while attempting...

Mathews Int'l Corp. v. Biosafe Eng'g, LLC

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's suit for declaratory and injunctive relief of noninfringement and invalidity of defendant's patents directed to the application of...