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K.C. v. Torlakson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Education Law, Civil Rights
The district court's denial of plaintiffs' motion for attorneys' fees for monitoring defendants' compliance with a settlement agreement in an action...

Griswold v. Coventry First LLC

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action alleging fraud in connection with the sale of an insurance policy, the district court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss and...

Mojtahedi v. Vargas

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment sustaining the demurrer without leave to amend in an action for unpaid attorney fees is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff represented two...

Rebolledo v. Tilly's, Inc.

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court's order denying defendant-employer's motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff-employee's putative class action regarding statutory...

Sompo Japan v. Norfolk So. Railway

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In consolidated appeals, in which the plaintiff-subrogees challenged the dismissal of certain claims against defendant-railways and found that...

Cherry v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a constitutional challenge to defendant-city's decision changing the manner in which annual increases to pension benefits are calculated, which...

FLAME S.A. v. Freight Bulk Pte. Ltd.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In an action brought by plaintiff seeking attachment of a shipping vessel for purposes of satisfying an English judgment, the underlying basis of...

In Re: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Securities Law
In a dispute over the entitlement to certain assets between the trustee of a liquidating broker-dealer and the purchaser of the distressed company's...

Silverman v. Teamsters Local 210 Affiliated Health and Insurance Fund

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment awarding $2.5 million to plaintiff-Medical Fund for unpaid ERISA plan contributions is vacated and remanded, where: 1) because...

Orthopedic Specialists v. CalPERS

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of an action brought by plaintiff, an out of network medical provider, who provided non-emergency medical services to a participant of a...