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Univ. of Houston v. Barth

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a tenured professor's suit against the University of Houston under the Whistleblower Act claiming retaliation for reporting contracting and...

Gonzalez v. Guilbot

Civil Procedure
In a family dispute over the ownership and control of several food and beverage businesses, judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed in part,...

Kruss v. Booth

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a shareholder derivative suit, involving a variation on a pump and dump scheme, the trial court's judgment of dismissal is reversed where: 1)...

Khan v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
Pakistani citizens' petition for review from a removal order and a motion to stay removal pending resolution of the petition is denied and the...

Advanced Magnetic Closures, Inc. v. Rome Fastener Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In a patent infringement suit, related to patents for disclosing a magnetic snap fastener commonly used in women's handbags, judgment of the district...

Benoit v. USDA

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by Fourteen African American farmers alleging that the U.S. Department of Agriculture discriminated against them on the basis of race...

G.R. v. Intelligator

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an attorney's special motion to strike plaintiff's complaint, arising from her representation of plaintiff's ex-wife in postmarital dissolution...

Morris v. Office of Compliance

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal by an officer of the United States Capitol Police under the Congressional Accountability Act arising from his termination, challenging...

Porter Trust v. Rural Water Sewer & Solid Waste Mgmt. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In an action by landowners whose property was within the boundaries of the water and sewer district served by the defendant, seeking to de-annex the...

Tindle v. Pulte Home Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against the builder of his new home for sustaining serious injuries when his foot and leg sank into a hole concealed underneath...