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US v. Flores-Rivera

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
In defendant's action seeking return of seized property without notice arising from his drug arrest and conviction in 1991, district court's ruling...

CRS Recovery, Inc. v. Laxton

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging theft of Internet domain names, summary judgment for plaintiffs is vacated where: 1) California law applied because Virginia did...

Cruise Connections Charter Mgmt. 1, L.P. v. Att'y. Gen. of Canada

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
In an action for breach of contract against Canada and related instrumentalities based on an agreement for a U.S. company to provide cruise ships for...

Comcast Corp. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law
In a petition for review of the FCC's order concluding not only that it had jurisdiction over an internet service provider's network management...

Fabozzi v. Lexington Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action to recover proceeds under a homeowners' insurance policy based on structural damage to plaintiffs' home, summary judgment for defendant...

Shalant v. Girardi

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint, declaring plaintiff to be a vexatious litigant within the meaning of Code of Civil Procedure section...

Holley v. Cal. Dept. of Corrs.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a prisoner claiming that California Department of Corrections grooming regulations requiring short hair imposed...

Del Lago Partners, Inc. v. Smith

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a bar patron's premises-liability claim for injuries caused by another patron during a closing-time melee involving dozens of intoxicated...

Van Vorgue v. Rankin

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a dispute arising from a contract for sale of a home co-owned by the parties to the dispute, judgment of the Third District is quashed as it erred...

Attorneys' Title Ins. Fund, Inc. v. Gorka

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts
Judgment of the Second District affirming the trial court's denial of motions for attorneys' fees pursuant to plaintiffs' unaccepted proposal for...