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Harris v. Kellogg Brown & Root Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In plaintiffs' wrongful death and survival action against a government contractor for the death of their son, an active duty Army Ranger and Green...

Wolin v. Jaguar Land Rover N. Am. LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Transportation
In a class action alleging that Land Rover's LR3 vehicles suffer from an alignment geometry defect that caused tires to wear prematurely, the denial...

Whittlestone, Inc. v. Handi-Craft Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Remedies
In a breach of contract action, the district court's order striking plaintiff's claim for lost profits is reversed where Rule 12(f) of the Federal...

Shannon v. Koehler

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action alleging that defendant-officer violated the Fourth Amendment by using excessive force in arresting plaintiff, a denial of qualified...

Marshall v. Baggett

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action to recover delinquent contributions to an ERISA plan, judgment for plaintiff is vacated where the district court erred in granting the...

Camishi v. Holder

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision dismissing petitioner's appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) order...

M.M. Silta, Inc. v. Cleveland Cliffs, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a breach of contract action, the dismissal of the action based on res judicata is affirmed where: 1) a jury in a previous action found that...

US v. Billingsley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for violation of the Fair Housing Act claiming the wrongful enforcement of restrictive covenants, a preliminary injunction in favor of...

City of N.Y. v. Permanent Mission of India to the U.N.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action by New York City against certain foreign missions for unpaid property taxes, a denial of defendants' motion to dismiss is reversed where...

Chavis v. Chappius

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
A denial of plaintiff-inmate's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is vacated where: 1) a complaint and a subsequent appeal therefrom qualified as...