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Hope v. Cartledge

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus relief is affirmed where petitioner has failed to meet his high burden of establishing that the PCR court...

Hardwick v. Wilcox

Property Law & Real Estate, Constitutional Law, Banking Law
In an action arising out of a series of loans defendant made to plaintiff, to recover usurious interest and prevent defendant from foreclosing on...

Southern Ins. Co. v. WCAB

Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation, Contracts
In an action involving a workers' compensation insurance policy that was issued based on the express representation that the covered employer's...

Demetrius v. Transport Workers Union of Am.

Bankruptcy Law, Labor & Employment Law
In two consolidated actions brought under the Railway Labor Act, alleging a union's breach of the duty of fair representation in the decision to...

Spak v. Phillips

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit against a police officer for malicious prosecution in violation of the Fourth Amendment, under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the district court's...

Makinen v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Health Law
In an employment case involving a provision of the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) that defines only 'recovering' or 'recovered' alcoholics as...

Cooper v. Harris

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a case concerning North Carolina's redrawing of two congressional districts, District 1 and District 12, after the 2010 census, alleging violations...

Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law, International Law
In an employer's Texas state court action against a former employee who resided in Canada, alleging that defendant had begun working for a competitor...

TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action filed in the District Court for the District of Delaware against petitioner, a competitor that is organized under...

Waiters v. Lee

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a petition for writ of habeas corpus relief from conviction of murder, attempted murder and assault, the district court's grant of the petition on...