all - Opinion Summaries

Preferred Capital, Inc. v. Sarasota Kennel Club, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts
State law, as opposed to federal law, controls the interpretation of a forum selection clause when the clause is raised as the sole basis for personal...

Matthau v. Superior Ct. (William Morris Agency, LLC)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law
In dispute over commissions on profit participation payments between the William Morris Agency and the son of late-actor Walter Matthau, grant of...

Grace v. Corbis-Sygma

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In case involving dispute between distinguished photographer and his agents over lost photographic images, money judgment for plaintiff after bench...

Bowers v. Federation Internationale de l'Automobile

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In a suit by auto race fans seeking to recoup their expenses in attending and viewing an auto race where most of the field dropped out beforehand,...

Monsanto Co. v. McFarling

Agriculture, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent dispute involving the Roundup system for weed control that uses genetically modified crops, a judgment awarding damages to plaintiff for...

Santana v. City & County of Denver

Civil Rights, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a sheriff sergeant's action raising gender discrimination claims against the city and county of Denver, summary judgment for the city is reversed...

Incase Inc. v. Timex Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In a suit by a manufacturer of plastic packaging products against a watch and electronics manufacturer involving claims of misappropriation of trade...

Delgado v. Interinsurance Exch. of the Auto. Club of S. Cal.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In suit brought after plaintiff settled underlying personal injury action with insured and insured assigned his rights against insurer to plaintiff,...

Ford Motor Co. v. Mustangs Unlimited, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In an appeal arising from the parties' voluntary settlement of a federal action in which Ford Motor Company alleged that defendant-Mustangs Unlimited...

Sobczak v. Gen. Motors Corp.

Contracts, Product Liability
Directed verdict on various counts and a jury verdict on one count in favor of the defendant in a products liability action arising out of injuries...