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Mabry v. Superior Court

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In homeowners' petition for a writ of mandate challenging an order of the trial court, allowing for foreclosure to proceed on their home, is granted...

L-3 Comms. Corp. v. OSI Sys., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In defendant's appeal from the district court's order taxing to defendant, under Fed. R. App. P. 39(e), plaintiff's costs of obtaining a letter of...

Harris v. City of N.Y.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's order revoking his in forma pauperis status and dismissing his complaint, the order is affirmed in...

Lackawanna Chapter of the Ry. & Locomotive Historical Soc'y, Inc. v. St. Louis County

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In an action for replevin of the historic locomotive "No. 952," currently on display at the Museum of Transportation (the Museum) in St. Louis,...

Wells Dairy, Inc. v. Food Movers Int'l., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a breach of contract action alleging that defendant failed to pay for product it had ordered and received from plaintiff, judgment for plaintiff is...

Plouffe v. Ligon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action seeking to enjoin attorney disciplinary proceedings that defendant initiated against plaintiff, dismissal of the action is affirmed where...

US v. APW N. Am.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an appeal from the denial of a motion to intervene in an action filed by the EPA under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...

Valencia v. Smyth

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' suit against real estate agents, title companies, and others, arising from a real estate transaction, trial court's judgment is...

Bank of N.Y. v. First Millennium, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law
In an action asserting competing claims to the proceeds of a failed securitization of credit card debt, summary judgment for the Bank of New York and...

Brooks v. Dist. Hosp. Ptnrs., L.P.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII employment discrimination action, dismissal of the action is reversed where: 1) because plaintiffs' claims were separated under Fed. R....