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Mundy v. Neal

Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In plaintiff's Civ. Code section 55 motion for attorney fees in connection with a suit to force a landowner to install a designated van-accessible...

Thompson v. RelationServe Media, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Securities Law
In an action claiming that defendants failed to disclose, before their company went public, that $2,000,000 in stock had been privately offered for...

Randall v. Scott

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 First Amendment retaliation claim by a terminated law enforcement officer, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part...

Younis v. Pinnacle Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit for employment discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, claiming that he was terminated from his position as a pilot with...

Blankenship v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a minor-plaintiff's petition to compel Uninsured Motorist Arbitration, trial court's denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) although an...

Robb Evans & Assoc., LLC. v. Holibaugh

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Evidence
In a court appointed receiver's suit against defendant seeking to recover receivership property, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor...

In re Tobacco Cases I

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Remedies, Sanctions
In People's action against defendant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, seeking to enforce a consent decree entered on a master settlement agreement...

Zamora v. Lehman

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a trustee's action against former officers of a defunct company, alleging breach of fiduciary duty, trial court's grant of defendants' motion to...

In re: Hyde

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action involving the intermediate accountings of two trusts, the appellate division's attorney fee order is modified where Surrogate's Court...

US v. Deloitte LLP

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Tax Law
In the U.S.'s appeal from the district court's order denying its motion to compel Dow Chemical Company's independent auditor, Deloitte & Touche USA,...