all - Opinion Summaries

Mee Indus. v. Dow Chem. Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a malicious prosecution suit based on an underlying, allegedly meritless patent infringement action, partial judgment for plaintiff is affirmed...

Siefert v. Alexander

Constitutional Law, Elections, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In a judge's action for declaratory and injunctive relief against members of the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, challenging under the First Amendment...

Florida Bar v. Hines

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In the Florida Bar's complaint against an attorney, arising from events in the course of acting as attorney and closing agent in a real estate...

Florida Bar v. Scott

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In Florida Bar's complaint against an attorney, arising from the attorney's representation of a client-firm against the Commodity Futures Trading...

People v. McLean

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a murder prosecution, the appellate division's order declining to consider defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim is affirmed where...

Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's court vacating an arbitral award on the ground of its excessive size and vacating a punitive damages...

Anaya-Burgos v. Lasalvia-Prisco

Drugs & Biotech, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against an oncologist and others, claiming that the death of his wife was the result of defendants' negligent acts and omissions...

Yost v. Stout

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elections, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 challenge to the "endorsement clause" of the Kansas Code of Judicial Conduct that generally prohibits a judge or judicial...

In re: Sherwin-Williams, Co.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A defendant's petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that a district judge be recused from presiding over four cases against manufacturers of...

Lahiri v. Universal Music & Video Dist. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, International Law, Sanctions
In plaintiff's counsel's appeal from an order by the district court sanctioning him for his five-year bad faith pursuit of a frivolous copyright...