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Cyr v. McGovran

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case that included a cause of action for negligence claiming that a real estate brokerage and agent had negligently failed to assure that their...

Ordonez v. US

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In a case construed as a prisoner's request for equitable money damages from the government for unreturned personal items seized by the government...

Pope v. County of Albany

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law
In a case in which minority voters sought a preliminary injunction of the 2011 elections for the Albany County Legislature for alleged redistricting...

Wilhelm v. Rotman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 against two prison doctors, alleging that their delay in treating the plaintiff's hernia amounted to deliberate...

USAA Casualty Insurance Co. v. Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a tort suit against an instrumentality of the Republic of Namibia stemming from construction work on its New York chancery building, a district...

Panther Partners Inc. v. Ikanos Communications, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case alleging violations of sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, an order denying leave to amend the complaint is...

Shifren v. Spiro

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Family Law, Legal Malpractice, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In a legal malpractice action against brought after a court determined in the plaintiff's marriage dissolution action that trust documents prepared by...

American Property Management Corp. v. Superior Court (U.S. Grant Hotel Ventures, LLC)

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between a limited liability company (LLC) formed for the purpose of buying a hotel and the hotel property manager, a writ of mandate is...

Boy Scouts of America National Foundation v. Superior Court (Doe)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Although a petition for writ of mandate is denied as moot, the Court of Appeals holds that the trial court erred in overruling the Boy Scouts'...

Perez v. Torres

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a case in which the plaintiff refused the defendant's offer of settlement and then failed to obtain a more favorable judgment, a trial court order...