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Fox v. JAMDAT Mobile, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a stockholder's suit against a company and individual directors, claiming that both the acquisition process, and the common stock arising from the...

Real Estate Bar Ass'n for Massachusetts, Inc. v. Nat'l Real Estate Info. Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In the Real Estate Bar Association's suit against defendant for unauthorized practice of law, judgment of the district court is vacated in part,...

In re: Wilborn

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In an interlocutory appeal from a bankruptcy court's certification of a class action in an adversary proceeding, the order is vacated where a...

Med. Assurance Co., Inc. v. Hellman

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
District court's order issuing a stay of federal proceedings in an insurer's request for declaratory judgment, claiming that it no longer has a duty...

Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) decision to approve the unconditional deregulation of Roundup Ready...

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts
In an action based on the destruction of goods being shipped, the Ninth Circuit's reversal of the district court's dismissal of the action based on...

Elliot v. Carcieri

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a class action lawsuit on behalf of foster care children who are under the legal custody of Rhode Island's Department of Children, Youth and...

Guevara v. Repub. of Peru

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law
In an action claiming that the Republic of Peru owed plaintiff $5 million in reward money for information that lead to the arrest of Peru's former spy...

Kern County Water Agency v. Watershed Enforcers

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a nonprofit organization's petition for writ of mandate to compel the California Department of Water Resources to stop taking endangered or...

Estate of Charania v. Shulman

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In a tax deficiency case, the judgment of the tax court is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the tax court's judgment that all of the...