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Snyder v. Phelps

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a state tort lawsuit brought by plaintiffs arising from defendants' protest against gays in the military near plaintiffs' son's funeral who had...

Caiozzo v. Koreman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action for deliberate indifference to a prisoner's medical needs, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the...

Moulton v. US Steel Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action lawsuit by the neighbors of a steel mill owned by United States Steel Corporation, district court's approval of a settlement is...

Tichinin v. City of Morgan Hill

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city for adopting a resolution condemning him for hiring a private investigator to conduct...

O'Neil v. Crane Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' action against the defendants on behalf of a decedent who died of mesothelioma, trial court's grant of defendants' motion for nonsuit...

Jones v. Halliburton Co.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In an interlocutory appeal from the district court's partial refusal to compel arbitration of a personal injury action, the order is affirmed where:...

Cooper v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's suit against his insurance company for disposing of evidence that was to be used against a tire manufacturer in a product liability...

Donaldson Co. v. Burroughs Diesel, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action based on defective truck engines, the district court's order compelling arbitration is reversed where defendant was a...

Glorvigen v. Cirrus Design Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a tort action arising from an airplane crash, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant federally employed flight service station...

Vasquez v. GMD Shipyard Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a personal injury action based on a fall aboard a ship, judgment for defendant is affirmed primarily as the district court had admiralty...