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Geographic Expeditions, Inc. v. Estate of Lhotka

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In proceedings arising from an individual's death from high altitude sickness while on an expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro, district court's dismissal...

Shady Grove Orthopedic Assocs., P.A. v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Insurance Law, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action seeking to recover interest due under New York law on plaintiff's insurance claim, the Second Circuit's order affirming the district...

Fullerton Redevelopment Agency v. S. Cal. Gas Co.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action arising out of damage to property caused by hazardous waste contamination, the trial court's order holding that the good faith settlement...

Sacred Heart Health Sys., Inc. v. Humana Military Healthcare Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Military Law
In a class action by hospitals claiming that defendant-HMO systematically underpaid them for medical services they rendered to veterans under a...

Brown v. Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that an officer used excessive force, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where, because plaintiff...

Sandra T.E. v. S. Berwyn Sch. Dist. 100

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a law firm's appeal from the district court's order requiring it to produce documents it created in an internal investigation of a school district,...

Elgharib v. Napolitano

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Administrative Law
Dismissal of a petition for a writ of prohibition challenging an in absentia removal order is affirmed as an alien's petition for a writ of...

Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. v. US ex rel. Wilson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action claiming that county conservation districts and local and federal officials knowingly submitted false payment claims to the U.S. in...

Napoli v. New Windsor

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendants retaliated against plaintiff for exercising his First Amendment rights, defendants' appeal...

Santiago v. Walls

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a pro se action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against certain officers and employees of the Illinois correctional department alleging that they had...