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General Development Co., L.P. v. City of Santa Maria

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered in favor of the City of Santa Maria after the trial court ruled that a developer's petition for writ of...

Klein v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a class action complaint predicated on the defendant's practice of purchasing wholesale motor fuel in gallon units at a standardized temperature of...

Vitkievicz v. Valverde

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Transportation
In a challenge to the temporary revocation of a driver's license, the trial court's dismissal of a petition for writ of mandate after the sustaining...

Pearson v. Superior Court (Nicholson)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit by a minor through his guardian ad litem to recover damages for personal injuries, which was settled by the defendants' insurance carrier...

Marken v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a public school teacher who had been investigated for sexually harassing a student, requesting a preliminary injunction against...

In the Matter of Thorpe Insulation Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts
In a bankruptcy case in which several insurance companies that did not reach settlements with the debtors were not allowed to challenge the Chapter 11...

Leeson v. Transamerica Disability Income Plan

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA
In an action under ERISA challenging the termination of the plaintiff's long-term disability benefits that was dismissed by the district court for...

Rossa v. D.L. Falk Construction, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Judgement Enforcement
In a suit in which a defendant sought to recover the interest it paid on the sums it borrowed to secure a bank’s letter of credit on an appeal bond,...

Bullock v. Napolitano

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In racial discrimination action against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...

Massachusetts Delivery Ass'n v. Coakley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a civil rights suit brought in federal court against the Massachusetts Attorney General by a business trade association asserting that a state law...