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WWBITV, Inc. v. Vill. of Rouses Point

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of the demolition of plaintiffs' building by defendant village after a fire, summary judgment for...

Rao v. BP Products N. America, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiff's suit against BP alleging Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), RICO, fraud, breach of contract, and extortion claims arising from...

Boston Telecomms. Group, Inc. v. Wood

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade
In an action arising out of an allegedly fraudulent business venture, dismissal of the complaint on forum non conveniens grounds is reversed where: 1)...

Jones v. Richards-Cantave

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Family Law
In an appeal from an order approving a settlement agreement in a class action challenging policies adopted by the New York City Administration for...

In re: Marinez

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a creditor's appeal from the district court's order affirming an order of the bankruptcy court that set aside an order directing the Texas Real...

Mohawk Indus., Inc. v. Carpenter

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an unlawful termination suit wherein defendant-employer appealed from an order granting plaintiff's motion to compel the production of documents...

Alvarez v. Smith

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case involving whether Illinois law provides a sufficiently speedy opportunity for an individual, whose car or cash police...

In re: Crescent City Estates, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
28 U.S.C. section 1447(c) does not permit the imposition of legal fees on an attorney who erroneously removes a case from state to federal court.

Hopper v. Solvay Pharms., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a False Claims Act action claiming that defendant engaged in an off-label marketing campaign to increase sales of Marinol, a synthetic form of THC,...

Milam v. Dominick's Finder Foods, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In six black produce clerks' racial discrimination suit against their employer alleging that the company classified two white women as produce clerks...