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Nygard, Inc. v. Uusi-Kerttula

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In suit for variety of tort and contract claims, including breach of employment contract and defamation, order striking entire complaint under...

Northwest Energetic Servs., LLC v. Cal. Franchise Tax Bd.

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Tax Law
Judgment awarding plaintiff a refund of amounts paid under Revenue and Taxation Code section 17942 is affirmed as former section 17942, as applied to...

Diaz-Romero v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought under Bivens and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging that the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to violate his...

Parker v. Hurley

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit brought by parents, whose religious beliefs are offended by gay marriage and homosexuality, against their children's school district...

State of NC v. Tennessee Valley Auth.

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In common-law nuisance action contending coal plants emit various pollutants which travel through the atmosphere into North Carolina, adversely...

Walden v. Walker

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Bankruptcy court's removal orders, removing plaintiff as trustee in debtor's Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding is affirmed over claims that: 1) the...

Coalition for Equal Rights, Inc. v. Ritter

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's Clean Indoor Air Act (CCIA), summary judgment for the Colorado's governor and other state...

White v. McKinley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action brought following plaintiff's prosecution, conviction, re-prosecution, and eventual acquittal for the alleged molestation of his adopted...

People v. Batman

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction, probation, and fines based on guilty plea to forgery and identity theft is modified to the extent that the imposition of DNA penalty...

Fourth La Costa Condo. Owners Ass'n v. Seith

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Order reducing the percentage of votes necessary to amend petitioner's Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Bylaws is affirmed...