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Salomaa V. Honda Long Term Disability Plan

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful denial of benefits claim under ERISA, judgment by district court upholding denial of benefits is reversed because plan administrator...

Diouf v. Napolitano

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
In a removal proceeding, denial of motion for preliminary injunction for immediate release by district court is reversed because an individual facing...

US v. Williams

Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction and sentencing of defendant, 18 U.S.C. section 2252A(a)(2), is affirmed because district court did not err in sentencing defendant to a...

Wall v. Kholi

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a case involving the scope of 28 U.S.C. section 2244(d)(2), the phrase "collateral review" as used in section 2244(d)(2) means judicial review of a...

Skinner v. Switzer

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
Post-conviction requests for DNA evidence are cognizable not only in habeas corpus, but such requests are also cognizable under 42 U.S.C. section...

Capon v. Monopoly Game LLC

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Home Equity Sales Contract Act dispute (HESCA), Civ. Code section 1695 et seq., the trial court erred in rejecting HESCA claim by plaintiff where...

Kanai v. McHugh

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Military Law, Remedies
In a dispute challenging the discharge of petitioner from active duty as a West Point Cadet after his application as a conscientious objector was...

Augusta v. Keehn and Associates

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice
In a civil action alleging legal malpractice, order denying petition by plaintiff to compel arbitration of action is affirmed, as it is supported by...

McCollough v. Johnson, Rondenburg and Lauinger, LLC

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute involving the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), entry of summary judgment against defendant-law firm is affirmed where: 1)...

Lamont v. New Jersey

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a Section 1983 litigation, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed in part and vacated in part where:1 ) district court held that police...