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Exergen Corp. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving infrared thermometers, district court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the court...

Mangum v. Action Collection Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action against collection agencies under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) for distributing plaintiff's private information,...

Malik v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an action against prison administrators for indifference to plaintiff's medical needs, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) no...

Schlacher v. Law Offices of Phillip J. Rotche & Assoc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a dispute involving attorney's fees, district court's fee award is affirmed where: 1) the court did not err in reducing the requested fee as the...

Simmons v. N.Y. City Transit Authority

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving attorney's fees, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where the court erred in awarding attorney's fees to...

Lucas v. Duncan

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In an appeal from a Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 sanction issued against plaintiff's attorney, the order is vacated where: 1) there is no basis in the text of...

Commodity Futures Trading Comm. v. White Pine Futures Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action by the Commodity Futures Trading Corporation (CFTC), summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where neither subsection...

Touchcom, Inc. v. Bereskin & Parr

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Professional Malpractice
District court judgment dismissing plaintiff's action is reversed where the act of filing an application for a patent at the USPTO was sufficient to...

Rivera v. Centro M-dico de Turabo, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action, district court judgment is affirmed where the forum selection clause contained in two preoperative consent forms...

Brown v. JEVIC

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving the removal of a class action, district court judgment finding removal improper is reversed where: 1) plaintiff had no...