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Rickley v. County of Los Angeles

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Remedies
In a Section 1983 action against defendant and individual County employees alleging violations of plaintiff's constitutional rights to free speech and...

In Re: Bluetooth Headset Products Liability Litigation

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, cs_82, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a challenge to the fairness and reasonableness of the settlement of a class-action products liability claim, judgment of the district court is...

Yakima Valley Memorial Hosp. v. Washington State Dept. of Health

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an antitrust preemption and dormant clause challenge to defendant's regulations requiring certification to perform elective percutaneous coronary...

Center for Environmental Law and Policy v. United States Bureau of Reclamation

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a challenge by plaintiff to a proposed incremental drawdown of water from a lake under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C....

Federal Trade Commission v. Bronson Partners, LLC

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, cs_82, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, cs_83, Health Law, Remedies
In an action for deceptive advertising arising from defendant's sale of two purported weight loss products, judgment of the district court enjoining...

Amador v. Superintendents of Dept. of Correctional Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an interlocutory appeal arising from a Section 1983 class-action brought by current and former female inmates of New York State prisons for...

Martin v. Inland Empire Utilities Agency

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute alleging several causes of action and deriving from purported racial and age discrimination and retaliation by defendants,...

Howell v. Hamilton Meats and Provisions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a dispute involving the scope of the collateral source rule, judgment of the appeals court is reversed where a plaintiff may not recover from a...

Cash v. County of Erie

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a Section 1983 disputing alleging a due process violation and arising from a sexual assault on plaintiff by a male sheriff deputy while she was in...

Roman-Oliveras v. PREPA

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment action for unlawful discrimination on the basis of a medical condition and hostile work environment, judgment of the district court...