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Scibelli v. Prudential Insurance Company

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing, on summary judgment, plaintiff's ERISA claim, 29 U.S.C. section 1132, order is vacated...

Toledo v. Iglesia Ni Christo

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an appeal from an order of the appellate division affirming the trial court's award of judgment, order is affirmed where the trial court, in...

CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal from the judgment of the appeals court upholding the trial court's denial of petitioner's motion to compel arbitration of respondents'...

Streck, Inc. v. Research & Diagnostic Systems, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
In a patent infringement case brought by a manufacturer of hematology control technology, the district court’s judgment and its decision entering a...

Moody v. Bedford

Insurance Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing plaintiffs' wrongful death action on the basis of the "one-action rule," Code Civ. Pro....

Cibula v. US

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court finding that it could not provide the Government with a reversionary interest in future care award...

Sierra Club v. Cal. Parks & Recreation

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing plaintiff's petition to compel the defendant to amend its General Development Plan for the...

Samaan v. St. Joseph Hospital

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing, on summary judgment, plaintiff's complaint for medical malpractice, judgment is...

Celsis In Vitro, Inc. v. Cellzdirect, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Patent
In a patent infringement suit by an assignee of a patent of methods for preparing multi-cryopreserved liver cells, the grant of a preliminary...

The Shoshone Indian Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming v. US

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a consolidated suit by Indian tribes including a claim that the government unlawfully converted oil and gas leases on a reservation from one type...