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Bleavins v. Demarest

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for multiple causes of action arising out of defendant-law firm's counsel in a property dispute, judgment of the trial court partially...

Van Sickle v. Gilbert

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for accounting and breach of fiduciary duty, judgment of the trial court is reversed because although the court did not abuse its...

Behnke v. State Farm Ins. Company

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against a residential property insurer for breach of contract, insurance bad faith, and fraud, judgment of the trial court is affirmed...

Diaz-Bigio v. Santini

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a Section 1983 dispute alleging retaliatory termination of plaintiff's employment following statements by her on matters of public concern,...

Leavitt v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a Section 1983 complaint alleging deliberate indifference to plaintiff-inmate's medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment, judgment of the...

Hernandez-Miranda v. Empresas Diaz Masso, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a Title VII dispute involving the proper interpretation of the caps on compensatory and punitive damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1981a(b)(3),...

Semler v. General Electric Capital Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law
In a dispute involving the scope of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, Civ. Code section 51, judgment of the trial court dismissing action is affirmed...

National Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
In a Clean Air Act dispute, 42 U.S.C. section 7409(a), arising from a charge that defendant, pursuant to Sections 7503(a)(1)(A) and 7503(c), deposited...

Reese v. BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In a private securities fraud action, judgment of the district court is reversed where the court improperly denied Rule 12(b)(6) relief because a...

Tristani v. Richman

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Remedies
In a dispute invovling whether state-imposed liens against future settlements or judgments to recoup Medicaid costs constitutes an exception to the...