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Estate of Petter v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a dispute involving the scope of Treasury Regulation section 25.2522(c)-3(b)(1) and arising from the transfer of membership units in an LLC partly...

Walls v. Central Contra Costa Transit Authority

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor and employment action alleging unlawful discharge in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and plaintiff's due process rights to...

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Google, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
In a copyright infringement dispute involving Google's search and related caching feature, judgment of the district court denying plaintiff's request...

New Jersey Physicians, Inc. v. President of the US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a constitutional challenge to the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, judgment of the district court...

Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. US

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a dispute concerning the jurisdiction of the United States Court of Federal Claims in actions brought by Miller Act sureties against the United...

Mansur v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, cs_82, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In a tort action arising from a fatal car accident and alleging strict product liability, negligence, and breach of implied and express warranties,...

Ames v. Public Utilities Commission (S. California Edison Co.)

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of decisions concerning aspects of a utility rate approval process on the ground that the defendant erred by approving...

Espinal v. Attorney Gen. of the US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a decision of the BIA denying petitioner, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, relief from an order of removal...

Illinois Natl. Ins. Co. v. Wyndham Worldwide Operations, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an action concerning a contract dispute over insurance coverage and arising from a 2008 plane crash, judgment of the district court dismissing...

Department of Fish & Game v. Superior Court (Adams)

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to overturn a decision of the Superior Court certifying an underlying dispute as a class action, petition...