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Harris v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by claims adjustors against their employers, insurance companies, seeking damages based on overtime work for which they allege they...

Haynes v. City and County of San Francisco

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
District court's imposition of sanctions on the plaintiff's counsel of over $360,000, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1927, after determining that the...

Gould v. BIM Intermobiliare SGR

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities action, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants is vacated and remanded as triable questions of fact...

Croucier v. Chavos

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Legal Malpractice
In a legal malpractice suit arising from an underlying business lawsuit, trial court's decision sustaining defendant's demurrer to the first amended...

Hester v. Vision Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Government Contracts, Military Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer on behalf of a class of pilots and flight crew employees to recover "hazard pay" which was established...

Natural Resources Defense Council v. Salazar

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a suit brought by several conservation groups claiming that the renewal of forty-one water supply contracts by the United States Bureau of...

Terenkian v. Republic of Iraq

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a suit brought by oil brokerage companies against the Republic of Iraq for unilaterally terminating contracts for the purchase and sale of Iraqi...

Moe v. Anderson

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit involving separate alleged sexual assaults by a doctor against two patients, for medical malpractice, battery, sexual battery, intentional...

Pietrangelo v. Alvas Corp.

Civil Procedure
In a suit filed in state court and removed to federal court, the District Court's dismissal of all state and federal claims is affirmed over...

Greenpack of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. American President Lines

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a suit for damages resulting from a delayed delivery of perishable food items from Costa Rica to Puerto Rico, the district court's dismissal if the...