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Sierra Club v. Otter Tail Power Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a Clean Air Act (CAA) citizen suit alleging that defendants violated the CAA by failing to obtain permits for a series of modifications to a power...

Avritt v. ReliaStar Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
In plaintiffs' appeal from the district court’s order denying class certification for a group of California residents who purchased fixed deferred...

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Gottstein

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Product Liability
In a nonparty's appeal from a permanent injunction entered by the district court prohibiting him from disseminating certain documents produced by Eli...

Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Lodge 1943 v. AK Steel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a union's action against a steel company, pursuant to section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, seeking an order to compel the company to...

Wetherill v. Geren

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a Title VII action brought against National Guard officials, dismissal of the action is affirmed where the Feres doctrine, which generally bars...

Robinson v. McNeil Consumer Healthcare

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
In plaintiff's products liability suit against defendant for developing a life threatening disease after taking doses of Children's Motrin, district...

White v. Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's sexual harassment suit against her former employers seeking $250,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages,...

Estate of Manuel

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Sanctions
In an executor's suit against a will contestant, seeking an award of costs of proof in the amount of all of her legal fees incurred after the date of...

Underwriter's at Lloyd's v. Osting-Schwinn

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a negligence action by Lloyd's syndicates against a policyholder, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where the syndicates, as...

In re: Baycol Prods. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action, the district court's denial of appellants' motion to substitute as plaintiffs for their deceased mother is reversed...