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Salazar v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In an action brought by Medicaid recipients against the District of Columbia alleging various violations of Title XIX of the Social Security Act,...

Campbell v. BNSF Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a negligence action wherein plaintiff alleged that he was an "employee" of defendant-railway for purposes of the Federal Employers' Liability Act...

White v. US

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' pre-enforcement challenge to the anti-animal-fighting provisions of the Animal Welfare Act is affirmed where none of the...

In re Marriage of Ruth & Paul Zimmerman

Civil Procedure, Family Law
In a petition to set aside prior child support orders against petitioner's former husband based on the husband's alleged fraud, a denial of the...

Tamburo v. Dworkin

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an antitrust and intentional tort action arising out of a dispute over the contents of a dog-pedigree software program plaintiff developed by...

Guirlando v. T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty in enabling plaintiff's husband to withdraw most of her life savings from a newly established...

In re: Kalikow

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In creditors' appeal from a district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's order granting former debtors' motion to reopen Chapter 11...

Wise v. Verizon Comms., Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action based on the termination of plaintiff's disability benefits, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part where: 1) plaintiff did...

Swahn Group, Inc. v. Segal

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice action alleging malpractice by defendants in an underlying breach of contract case, dismissal of the action is reversed where...

Kirk v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging violations of consumer protection laws by title insurers, the trial court's order disqualifying a law firm on the defense side...