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Koninklijke Philips Elec., N.V. v. Cardiac Sci. Operating Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit involving a cardiac defibrillator, district court's sua sponte dismissal of plaintiff-Philips' suit against defendant is...

In re: Baycol Prods. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In an appeal from the district court's order enjoining plaintiffs in a products liability class action from relitigating in state court the...

Mingus v. Butler

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an inmate's action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the ADA against a registered nurse at the Correctional Facility, judgment of the district court...

Banc of Am. Leasing & Capital, LLC v. 3 Arch Tr. Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a junior lien holder's action against defendant for conducting a nonjudicial foreclosure sale that resulted in excess sale proceeds, judgment in...

Cellphone Termination Fee Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against Sprint alleging that cell phone handsets sold by the defendant-company secretly had been locked with programming...

Pendergast v. Sprint Nextel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal from the grant of defendant's motion to compel arbitration in a class action against Sprint Nextel Corp. for allegedly charging improper...

Hunton & Williams v. US Dep't of Justice

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action arising from an underlying patent infringement suit involving the Blackberry communication device, district court's judgment upholding...

Marion v. TDI, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action brought by a receiver for a corporation through which a Ponzi scheme was run against various third-parties, denial of defendants'...

US Life Ins. Co. v. Superior Nat'l. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a motion to vacate an arbitral award in a reinsurance dispute, the denial of the motion is affirmed where, although the process employed by the...

Town of Tiburon v. Bonander

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In plaintiff-property owners' suit against a town challenging its supplemental assessment to place overhead utility lines underground, trial court's...