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BlackRock Financial Management Inc. v. The Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Securities Law
In a New York state Article 77 proceeding brought by a bank to confirm that it had the authority to enter into a settlement under governing trust...

Nazario-Lugo v. Caribevision Holdings, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for breach of an employment contract, the district court's dismissal of the complaint is reversed, where the district court exceeded its...

Okasaki v. City of Elk Grove

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute stemming from a city's approval of the building of a swimming pool close to a neighbor's property, judgment dismissing the complaint is...

Glen Oaks Estates Homeowners Ass'n v. Re/Max Premier Properties, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit by a homeowners association (HOA) against two realtor groups, the trial court's sustaining of demurrers is reversed insofar as it determined...

Pickett v. Superior Court (99 Cent Only Stores)

Civil Procedure, Judges & Judiciary
A petition for an extraordinary writ of mandate is granted, directing the superior court to vacate its order striking a peremptory challenge to a...

Building a Better Redondo, Inc. v. City of Redondo Beach

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Elections, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal of a writ of mandate compelling the City of Redondo Beach to submit a local coastal program amendment to public vote in compliance with a...

Mardesich v. Cate

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
On a petition for habeas corpus that included three claims challenging a state administrative agency’s order that she return to superior court for...

In re Parmalat Securities Litigation

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In bankruptcy proceedings in which state-law claims were asserted, the district court's decision not to abstain from hearing the claims is reversed...

Melcher v. Apollo Medical fund Management, L.L.C.

Civil Procedure
By memorandum, the Appellate Division's sua sponte dismissal of the plaintiff's appeals is reversed, where the appeals could not have been properly...

US v. $133,420.00 in United States Currency

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In a civil forfeiture action instituted by the government after it seized $133,420 found in the car of a person stopped by the police, the district...