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Hanrahan v. Riverside Nursing Home

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, the dismissal of the complaint based on the res judicata effect of a prior state administrative proceeding is...

B-Line, LLC v. Wingerter

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In Chapter 13 proceedings, the decision of the bankruptcy court in holding that plaintiff's purchase of a creditor's claim against the debtors was not...

DiQuisto v. County of Santa Clara

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff-taxpayers' action against a county and its Board of Supervisors and city officials claiming that the county improperly spent public funds...

County of Los Angeles v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' action against the County of Los Angeles and officials seeking damages for violation of their civil rights under the Civil Code section...

In re Z.N.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, Indian Law
Termination of a mother's parental rights over seven-year-old twins and selecting adoption as their permanent plan after a hearing under Welfare and...

United Rentals, Inc. v. Angell

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law
District court's order affirming a bankruptcy court judgment allowing the bankruptcy trustee to avoid and recover certain payments made to plaintiff...

Butynski v. Springfield Terminal Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's personal injury action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), denial of plaintiff's motion for judgment as a matter of law...

Cunningham Charter Corp. v. Learjet, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' lawsuit asserting claims for breach of warranty and products liability on behalf of itself and other buyers of Learjets, denial of...

Doe-2 v. McLean County Unit Dist. No. 5

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action against a county school district under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. section 1681(a), alleging that...

Libertarian Party v. Dardenne

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action seeking to declare unconstitutional the Louisiana Secretary of State's deadline for submitting qualifying papers entitling candidates to...