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Center for Fam. Med. v. US

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Tax Law
In an action against the U.S., seeking a refund for Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assessed and...

Mahamed v. Anderson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action alleging various civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, defendant's appeal from a denial of defendant's summary judgment...

Parish v. Elkhart

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's civil rights case against a city and several officers for serving eight years of a thirty-year prison sentence for attempted murder, of...

Baker v. Simpson

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In plaintiff's appeal from the denial of his motion to remand his legal malpractice action from a bankruptcy court to state court, the order is...

Tucker v. Pacific Bell Mobile Serv.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In plaintiffs' proposed class action, claiming that defendant cell phone providers violated the Unfair Competition Law by selling "bucket plans"...

In re the Marriage of Nicholas

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law
In a highly contested marital dissolution proceeding, involving the co-founder of Broadcom Corporation and his spouse, a contention that the family...

Chapala Mgmt. Corp. v. Stanton

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Attorney's Fees
In a condominium association's suit against homeowners for replacing two windows in their condominium with "sandtone" colored windows after the...

US v. Afremov

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a criminal defendant's appeal from a district court's order finding that it had ancillary jurisdiction to decide a breach of contract claim against...

Kovacs v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In a taxpayer's suit against the United States seeking to recover damages resulting from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), claiming violation of the...