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Villacres v. ABM Indus. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a former class member's suit against his employer, seeking civil penalties under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 for alleged...

Farina v. Nokia Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against various cell phone manufacturers and retailers of wireless handheld telephones, claiming that cell phones, as...

In re Marriage of Straczynski

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's petition for dissolution of marriage from her husband, trial court's sua sponte dismissal of the action after determining that, due to...

Ramos-Olivieri v. Attorney General

Immigration Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
A Uruguayan citizen's petition for review of a BIA's dismissal of an appeal of an IJ's denial of a motion to reopen is denied where: 1) an evidentiary...

Herzog Transit Serv. Inc. v. United States R.R. Ret. Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Petition for review of an order of the Railroad Retirement Board (Board), determining that a contract operator of commuter railroads is a covered...

Pawlowska v. Holder

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
A Polish citizen's petition for review a BIA's affirmance of an IJ's denial of her requests for a continuance and voluntary departure, on the ground...

Hyduke's Valley Motors v. Lobel Fin. Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a car wholesaler's suit against finance companies to recover purchase price of vehicles it sold to a used car dealer, trial court's postjudgment...

Antounian v. Malletier

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In plaintiffs' suit for malicious prosecution against defendant-manufacturers of luxury goods, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, the manufacturers'...

1-800-Got Junk? LLC v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In plaintiff's suit against a defendant franchisor, 1-800-Got Junk?, for wrongfully terminating a franchise, defendant's request for a writ of mandate...

Chiatello v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In a taxpayer's suit for declaratory relief that a city and county's amendment to the existing municipal payroll tax was invalid, trial court's...