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Align Tech. v. Tran

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Patent
In plaintiff's suit against its former employee for breach of contract and conversion of patents belonging to the company, grant of defendant's motion...

In re Marriage of Tejeda

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's order declaring plaintiff a putative spouse on the ground that the parties' marriage was invalid because the husband already had a wife...

Shaner v. Chase Bank USA

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
Dismissal of a class action relating to interest rate charges on late bank credit card payments is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's transactions took...

Medina v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA suit against defendant alleging that it used an arbitrary and capricious procedure in terminating his short-term disability...

Ackerson v. Bean Dredging LLC

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming that defendant-contractors' dredging activities caused environmental damage to protective wetlands in the Mississippi River Gulf...

Musch v. Domtar Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, seeking compensation for the time spent changing clothes and showering at...

Braden v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action claiming that defendant benefit plan administrator (Wal-Mart) failed adequately to evaluate the investment options included in the...

East Brooks Books, Inc. v. Shelby County, Tenn.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action brought by the operator of two bookstores that sell non-obscene sexually oriented material and restrict admissions to adults only...

Entm't Prod., Inc. v. Shelby County, Tenn.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction in their suit against the county challenging the constitutionality of the Tennessee...

Standard Microsystems Corp. v. Winbond Elec. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Professional Malpractice, Trade Secrets
In plaintiff's suit against a Taiwanese corporation and an Israeli corporation claiming that they misappropriated the design of a microchip used in...