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Hinton v. Beck

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a personal injury action, denial of an insurer's motion to intervene is affirmed where the insurer, having denied coverage and having refused to...

Rodriguez v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a petition for a writ of mandamus invalidating the trial court's grant of defendant's motion to compel arbitration, the petition is granted where...

US Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. Arch Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure
In a dispute between two sureties claiming rights to the same property, plaintiff's appeal requesting review of a district court order summarily...

City of Wilkes-Barre v. Sheils

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
District court's judgment barring city from asserting a right of subrogation against a police officer to recover payments under the Pennsylvania Heart...

Friends of Lakeview School v. Beebe

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a case involving school districts' consolidations under Arkansas' Act 60, district court's grant of defendants' motion to dismiss is affirmed where...

General Motors Corp. v. Grenier

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In an action brought by a former auto mechanic suffering from a fatal form of lung cancer claiming that dust from brake shoes and other friction...

General Motors Corp. v. Grenier

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In an action brought by a former auto mechanic suffering from a fatal form of lung cancer claiming that dust from brake shoes and other friction...

Crawford v. Clarke

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action brought by Muslim inmates in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) alleging the Commissioner violated their...

Calderon-Garnier v. Sanchez-Ramos

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case brought by a former prosecutor of Puerto Rico, summary judgment and dismissal rulings for defendants are affirmed...

Wagoner Cty. Rural Water Dist. No. 2 v. Grand River Dam Auth.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Water Law
In an action seeking a declaration that plaintiffs possessed certain water rights, dismissal of the action for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed where...