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American Signature, Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
In proceedings involving an importer of furniture that is subject to a 2005 antidumping duty order on certain entries of wooden bedroom furniture from...

Anchor Sav. Bank, FSB v. US

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, M&A, Remedies
In one of the last Winstar cases arising out of the savings and loan crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s, involving a plaintiff's suit alleging...

Russian Media Group, LLC v. Cable Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's action against defendant-cable television company claiming that it pirated Russian-language satellite television programming to enable...

Fortis Corp. Ins. SA. v. Viken Ship Mgmt. AS

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
In a maritime shipping case involving a claim for rust damage to steel coils caused by exposure to seawater during a journey from Poland to Ohio,...

McGuan v. Endovascular Techs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' products liability action against the makers of a device for use by surgeons to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms, for injuries suffered...

San Francisco Hous. Auth. v. SEIU Local 790

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Superior court's order vacating an arbitration award in its entirety on the ground that the the award is contrary to layoff provisions of the...

Sadhvani v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review by a native of Togo of the BIA's denial of his motion to reopen asylum application is denied as the BIA did not abuse its...

Hoopa Valley Tribe v. US

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the United States for breach of fiduciary duty brought by the Hoopa Valley Tribe, arising from the distribution of the remainder...

Espinosa v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming excessive force by defendants-officers, denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed...

McBeth v. Himes

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of an investigation by the sheriff's office and the Colorado Department of Human Services that resulted...