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Boschetto v. Hansing

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
The sale of one automobile via the eBay website, without more, does not provide sufficient "minimum contacts" to establish jurisdiction over a...

Theme Promotions, Inc. v. News Am. Mktg. FSI

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a case involving, inter alia, whether right of first refusal agreements between a publisher of advertising tools and packaged goods companies...

US v. Flaherty

Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought under the False Claims Act alleging that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided a reimbursement check to...

Joyce v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a suit by shareholders of a telecommunications company alleging that defendant, while advising the company during its acquisition by another...

King v. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a malicious prosecution suit alleging that defendant fired plaintiff without probable cause to believe that she had stolen train tickets, denial of...

Garcia v. Vanguard Car Rental USA, Inc.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In wrongful death claims brought by plaintiff-estates against defendant rental car companies, grant of summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Fellner v. Tri-Union Seafoods, L.L.C.

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class-action suit alleging injury caused by methylmercury and other harmful compounds in defendant's canned tuna products, grant of a motion to...

Oltman v. Holland Am. Line, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging that plaintiffs both contracted a serious gastrointestinal illness on a cruise ship operated by defendants, summary judgment for...

Grieveson v. Anderson

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit claiming that plaintiff was beaten by other inmates and that his safety and medical needs were neglected by jail...

Ibrahim v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving the claims of a Malaysian Muslim passenger detained at a U.S. airport because her name is on the federal government's No-Fly...