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Vasquez v. Starks

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that, in two separate incidents, Kansas state authorities falsely arrested plaintiff and filed falsified...

Haynes v. Stephenson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a prisoner alleging that he was unlawfully disciplined for filing a grievance, judgment for plaintiff is...

Hooper v. Advance Am.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action alleging violations of state payday loan laws, a denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where...

Walton v. Mueller

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Judgement Enforcement
In an action against a judgment creditor to enforce an alleged settlement, alleging that the parties reached an agreement to fully satisfy the $40,000...

McCoy v. Gustafson

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action by homeowners against current and former owners of a laundry property alleging that oil flowing down from the laundry contaminated...

In re Vioxx Class Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, False Advertising, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action against Merck, the manufacturer and marketer of Vioxx, seeking recovery for the difference in price between what the plaintiffs paid and...

Blue Cross of Ca., Inc. v. Sup. Ct.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an action arising out of a lawsuit filed by a city attorney against a health insurer and others concerning coverage rescission practices,...

In re: Superior Offshore Int'l., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In creditors' appeal from the bankruptcy court's confirmation of the debtor's Chapter 11 liquidation plan, the order is affirmed where: 1) 11 U.S.C....

Act Now To Stop the War and End Racism Coalition v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that certain regulations of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation governing the placement of posters in the...

Agro Dutch Indus. Ltd. v. US

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, International Trade
Judgment of the Court of International Trade ordering the re-liquidation of imported entries of preserved mushrooms from India by plaintiff is...