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Hafed v. Fed'l. Bureau of Prisons

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner's appeal from the dismissal of his action for failure to appear for a deposition, plaintiff's motion to appear in forma pauperis is...

Bd. of Regents of Univ. of Wisconsin Sys. v. Phoenix Int'l Software, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System's (Wisconsin) action challenging the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's (TTAB) grant of...

Greensprings Baptist Christian Fellowship Trust v. Cilley

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for malicious prosecution, plaintiffs' appeal from the dismissal of their suit under the California anti-SLAPP statute is dismissed where...

Patton v. Target Corp.

Civil Procedure
The district court's dismissal of an action with prejudice following a settlement is affirmed where the district court correctly concluded that Or....

Rogers Group, Inc. v. Fayetteville

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In an action seeking to prevent the enforcement of a city's ordinance regulating rock quarries in or near the city's corporate limits, a preliminary...

Blockowicz v. Williams

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
Following the district court's entry of default judgment and a permanent injunction against defendants for posting defamatory comments about...

Schuman v. Ignatin

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' suit against their neighbors seeking to block proposed construction, the trial court's entry of judgment in favor of the defendant is...

Bausch v. Stryker Corp.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of the Trident-brand ceramic-on-ceramic hip replacement system, claiming that she...

Dresser v. MEBA Med. & Benefits Plan

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
In an action challenging the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) suspension of plaintiff as a licensed marine engineer based on his...

In re V.M.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Family Law
Trial court's exercise of dependency jurisdiction over a minor, in finding that the minor's father had "abdicated his role of father for his daughter...