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Terranova v. New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 for violation of the appellants' Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizure through the use of...

William L. Lyon & Associates, Inc. v. Superior Court (Henley)

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure
In a case in which real estate purchasers sued their broker and the sellers, the trial court's denial of a motion for summary judgment is affirmed,...

Castaneda-Castillo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
A final judgment closing an asylum case is issued, where the First Circuit, when it remanded the case to the BIA, explicitly retained jurisdiction for...

Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action by a restaurant's hourly nonexempt employees claiming that the restaurant failed to provide them required rest and meal...

Birdman v. Office of the Governor

Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In a suit by two married couples and their affiliated entities against the Virgin Islands and its tax agency seeking a determination of the source of...

Connolly v. Trabue

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action involving a claim for prescriptive title to an easement and counterclaims for trespass, emotional distress, and other alleged torts: 1)...

In re Quigley Company, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
On appeal of a bankruptcy court order holding that an injunction issued in a corporation's bankruptcy proceedings applied to stay certain suits...

Stevens v. Miller

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A district court's denial of the state's Rule 60(b)(6) motion to vacate a grant of habeas relief is affirmed, where the motion was nothing more than...

Amicas, Inc. v. GMG Health Systems, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law
In a dispute over a contract to develop and license two computer programs related to the defendant's radiology services, the district court's grant of...

Quail Lakes Owners Association v. Kozina

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a petition action by a homeowners association seeking an order modifying its governing laws to reduce a supermajority voting restriction, the trial...