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Delois v. Barrett Block Partners

Civil Procedure, Landlord Tenant Law
In a landlord-tenant dispute, trial court's grant of defendants' SLAPP motion in striking plaintiff's six of ten causes of action is reversed where...

Fideicomiso de la Tierra Del Cano Martin Pena v. Fortuno

Civil Procedure, Remedies
Plaintiff's appeal from orders of the district court denying its motion for a TRO and a subsequent urgent motion for relief related to issuance of TRO...

Dietz v. Meisenheimer & Herron

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an attorney-plaintiff's case against a law firm for breach of contract to pay contingent fee for referring a client and related claims, trial...

Hoosier Energy Rural Elec. Coop., Inc. v. John Hancock Life Ins. Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Remedies, Tax Law
In a dispute arising from a transaction between a co-op, insurer and a surety involving a leveraged lease of a power station over a 63-year period,...

Rosemere Neighborhood Ass'n. v. EPA

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action under the Administrative Procedure Act seeking to compel action by the EPA on plaintiff's complaint that a city failed properly to...

E. Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma v. US

Civil Procedure, Indian Law
In Indian tribe's suit against the United States alleging breach of fiduciary duty and other duties as trustee of property and other assets owned by...

Art Attacks Ink, LLC v. MGA Ent'mt. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a copyright, trademark, and trade dress infringement action, judgment as a matter of law for defendant on copyright and trade dress infringement...

Vita-Mix Corp. v. Basic Holding, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark
In a patent and trademark infringement case involving a method of preventing formation of an air pocket around the blades of a consumer blender,...

Classis of Cent. CA. v. Miraloma Comty. Church

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a case involving a local church's effort to disaffiliate from a national denomination, trial court's grant of permanent injunction is affirmed as,...

Vasquez v. GMD Shipyard Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a personal injury action based on a fall aboard a ship, judgment for defendant is affirmed primarily as the district court had admiralty...