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US v. People First of Tennessee

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
In a case arising from the district court's original 1993 ruling that the state was violating the substantive due process rights of mentally retarded...

Enovsys LLC. v. Nextel Communications, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Family Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit against Sprint Nextel Corporation and its various subsidiaries, claiming that Sprint Nextel's iDEN and CDMA wireless...

Advertise.com, Inc. v. AOL Advertising, Inc.

False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law
In Advertising.com's appeal from a preliminary injunction barring it from using a designation or trade name that was confusingly similar to AOL's...

Koretoff v. Vilsack

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure
In an Administrative Procedure Act challenge to a Department of Agriculture rule mandating that almonds produced in the U.S. be pasteurized or...

In re: Mirant Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a fraudulent transfer adversary proceeding initiated by some of a debtor's affiliates in connection with a bankruptcy petition, a denial of...

Haworth v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Judges & Judiciary, Professional Malpractice
In a female patient's suit against her physician for negligence in performing plastic surgery on her lip, court of appeal's affirmance of the superior...

Osmose, Inc. v. Viance, LLC

Civil Procedure, False Advertising
In a false advertising action based on defendant's release of several advertising statements expressing serious safety concerns regarding the use of...

US v. Rivera

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In receiver's appeal from an order that removed her as receiver of the forfeited assets of three convicted criminals, the appeal is dismissed for lack...

Braxton v. Zavaras

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action by Colorado prisoners proceeding pro se, alleging that defendants violated their civil rights during a public strip search at a...

Pit River Tribe v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action by an Indian tribe against various agencies alleging that they violated various federal environmental laws during the leasing and...