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Marriage of Thorne

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Military Law
In marital dissolution proceedings involving the division of property interests in the husband's military pension, the trial court's modification of...

Peoples Federal Savings Bank v. People's United Bank

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In trademark litigation between two banks using the word "People" in their name, the district court's denial of a motion for preliminary injunction...

SPCA of Upstate New York, Inc. v. American Working Collie Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation action brought by a New York SPCA against a Vermont resident, the appellate division's dismissal of the complaint for lack of personal...

Matter of Cappellino

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Workers' Compensation
On a claim for death benefits under the Workers' Compensation Law, the decision of the appellate division in favor of the defendant is reversed and...

Metabolic Research, Inc. v. Ferrell

Civil Procedure, False Advertising
In a case alleging false advertising claims by a maker of a fitness supplement, in which the district court denied a pretrial special motion to...

The Save the Peaks Coalition v. US Forest Service

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a suit alleging that the United States Forest Service (USFS) violated the National Environmental Protection Act by permitting a ski resort operator...

Arditi v. Lighthouse Int'l

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a lawsuit against an employer seeking retirement benefits, originally brought in state court and removed to federal court, the district court's...

Delgado v. Pawtucket Police Dep't

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a state law tort action over which the federal district court retained supplemental jurisdiction after dismissing the plaintiffs' federal claims,...

Pesa v. Yoma Development Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit for damages alleging that the seller had repudiated a contract to sell real property, summary judgment in favor of the buyers on the issue...

Skilstaf, Inc. v. CVS Caremark Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech
In a putative class action against retail drug stores filed by a plaintiff who had been part of a previously settled class action against a wholesale...