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DeFreitas v. Horizon Inv. Mgmt. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action alleging that Defendant improperly terminated Plaintiff while she was on medical leave, summary judgment for Defendant is...

Rialto v. W. Coast Loading Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the EPA's administration of unilateral administrative orders under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,...

Alexander v. CareSource

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where Plaintiff failed to submit adequate evidence in the form...

ENSCO Int'l. Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action seeking insurance coverage for cleanup of an oil rig damaged by hurricane Katrina, a district court's order remanding the case to a Texas...

Yavuz v. 61 MM, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, International Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action, the dismissal of the complaint on forum non conveniens grounds is affirmed where Swiss law applied to the dispute, and...

Lefkoe v. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
In an appeal from a Massachusetts district court's order modifying a protective order issued by a Maryland District Court to allow disclosure of a...

In re CP Ships Ltd. Sec. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In an objector's appeal from the district court's final approval of the settlement of a securities fraud action, an order approving the settlement is...

Aldana v. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendant caused the torture of plaintiffs based on their leadership of a Guatemalan national labor union, dismissal of the...

Jhaveri v. Teitelbaum

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies
Trial court judgment ordering plaintiffs to execute and deliver a partial satisfaction of judgment is affirmed where: 1) Code of Civil Procedure sec....

Fry v. Exelon Corp. Cash Balance Pension Plan

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Motion by the AARP and the Pension Rights Center to reconsider the denial of leave to participate as amici curiae is denied where Fed. R. App. P....