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Gerlinger v. Amazon.com Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law
In an antitrust action challenging a marketing agreement between the booksellers Amazon.com and Borders, dismissal of the action is affirmed where...

Weaver v. CCA Indus., Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
A ruling, which found that a policy issued by third-party insurer to its insured provided no coverage to third-party plaintiff and that the insurer...

Hancock v. HomEq Servicing Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection
In an action alleging fraud in connection with a loan, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the claim was time barred since plaintiffs...

McCarther v. Pac. Telesis Group

Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action wherein plaintiff alleged that employer-defendants violated Labor Code section 233 by failing to make "sickness absence" payments...

People v. Soria

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Penal Code sections 1202.4 and 1202.45 limit fines to $10,000 not only where there is one case number or where multiple cases are jointly tried, but...

Advance Am. Servicing of Arkansas, Inc. v. McGinnis

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action wherein plaintiff sought to compel arbitration of a dispute over a series of loan agreements, grant of motion to dismiss for lack of...

St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. v. Bldg. Constr. Enter., Inc

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute, a district court's choice-of-law determination is affirmed where the district court correctly determined that: 1)...

Nance v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action alleging violations of, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Tennessee Handicap Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act...

US v. Ellis

Sentencing, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a case wherein a prisoner attempted to abate his incarceration term by filing a Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(b) motion claiming that warden's alleged...

Sourcing Unlimited, Inc. v. Asimco Int'l, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
A corporate signatory to a written partnership agreement that requires international arbitration of their commercial disputes may not escape...