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Higgins v. Superior Court of Los Angeles

Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
A petition for a writ of mandate challenging an order compelling siblings, who appeared in an episode of the television program "Extreme Makeover:...

Bob Parrett Constr., Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by plaintiff seeking tort and breach of contract damages arising out of a kickback scheme, defendant's petition for writ of mandate,...

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Fritz

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants in a case involving negligent damage to property is affirmed where the plaintiff produced no evidence of defendants'...

Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Chertoff

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Regulations establishing a human resources management system involving Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are held to have failed to...

Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A union's petition for review of a decision of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) upholding an arbitration award in favor of the United...

Kacha v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
A judgment confirming an insurance appraisal award involving property damaged by a wildfire is reversed pursuant to an insured's claims that: 1) the...

DeBold v. Case

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a bankruptcy case involving the allocation of settlement proceeds from a lawsuit between former partners of a failed joint venture, a decision...

Little Rock Sch. Dist. v. N. Little Rock Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Remedies
In a case involving school desegregation, denial of a school district's request for unitary status is affirmed where, although a district court may...

Marathon Entm't, Inc. v. Blasi

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant actress, in fee dispute between plaintiff personal manager and defendant, is reversed and remanded to determine...

Brown v. Liveops, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former officer and director of a corporation seeking advancement of attorneys' fees and expenses incurred in defending an...