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Clark v. Baka

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action for damages for physical and neurological injuries plaintiffs' grandchild allegedly sustained during his birth, plaintiffs' appeal from...

Catsouras v. Dep't of the California Highway Patrol

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought against the State of California Highway Patrol and two of its officers by the family of a decedent who died in an automobile...

Woodlands Park Mgmt., LLC. v. City of E. Palo Alto Rent Stabilization Bd.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's holding that the Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Cause Ordinance (RSO), adopted by the citizens of the City of East Palo Alto,...

Brown Winfield & Canzoneri, Inc. v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In writ proceedings arising from parties' insurance coverage dispute, a court of appeals' dismissal of the writ proceeding is affirmed as the court of...

Account Servs. Corp. v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a corporation's appeal from the district court's order holding it in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena for corporate records, the...

Tr. in Bankr. of N. Am. Rubber Thread Co., Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Trade
In United States' challenge to the Court of International Trade's (CIT) jurisdiction to hear the Commerce's refusal to undertake a second changed...

Pellegrino v. Robert Half Int'l, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' suit against their former employer, temporary staffing firm, alleging violations of Labor Code provisions and unfair competition...

Brown v. Mortensen

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In plaintiffs' suit against their former dentist and others for allegedly disclosing their and their minor children's confidential medical information...

Lhotka v. Geographic Expeditions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Trial court's denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration of a wrongful death action brought by the survivors of one of its clients who died on...

Williams v. Henagan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action by a prisoner alleging various constitutional deprivations during his confinement, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1)...