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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston v. Seger-Thomschitz

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, International Law
In an art museum's action for a declaratory judgment to confirm its rightful ownership of a painting, which a sole surviving heir of the painting's...

Taylor v. Watkins

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against several officers and employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections, claiming that defendants...

Turley v. Gaetz

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a prisoner's pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983,claiming that a warden, guards and other employees at a correctional center retaliated...

In re: Adelphia Communications Corp. Sec. & Deriv. Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities and derivative litigation, a denial of non-lead class counsel's petition for increased attorneys' fees following a settlement is...

Dealer Computer Serv. Inc. v. Dub Herring Ford

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a breach of contract suit between some 2,470 car dealerships across the country and a provider of computer hardware and software support, district...

Shurick v. The Boeing Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against plaintiff's former employer, Boeing, under the Florida Whistleblower Act, which defendant removed from state court, summary...

Braintree Laboratories, Inc. v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Remedies, Securities Law
In plaintiffs' suit against defendant broker, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., claiming that defendant misrepresented the purchased auction-rate...

In re Jonah D.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
Trial court's order terminating petitioner's parental rights to her son pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 is affirmed as,...

Leonard Carder, LLP v. Patten, Faith & Sanford.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In plaintiff-law firm's suit seeking declaratory relief against defendant-law firm regarding distribution of attorney fees awarded in a stipulated...

Eurofins Pharma US Holdings v. BioAlliance Pharma SA

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, International Law
In a suit involving the acquisition of intellectual property that includes in vitro phenotyping technology that assists in the development and...