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US v. New York

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a False Claims Act action challenging a fee charged by Defendant-City to nonresident workers, the dismissal of Plaintiff's appeal is affirmed...

Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In an appeal from the denial of a motion to recuse a state supreme court justice, where the justice had received campaign contributions in an...

Iraq v. Beatty

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In an action alleging mistreatment by Iraqi officials during the 1991 Gulf War, the Court of Appeals' holding that the District Court had jurisdiction...

Hood v. Memphis

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Water Law
In an action by Mississippi for conversion of groundwater by the City of Memphis, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed, where Tennessee was an...

Roth v. Reyes

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In an action on behalf of a corporation under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to recover short-swing profits from the company's...

Douglas v. Noelle

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action for impeding a prisoner's exercise of religion, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed where the mailbox rule...

Turpin v. Koropchak

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court order dismissing plaintiff's claim for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed where despite the fact that plaintiff sued the defendants in...

Larson v. Correct Craft, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a fraud action involving patent rights, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case, as...

Am. Boat Co., Inc. v. Unknown Sunken Barge

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action, district court judgment is affirmed where the court did not err in its factual finding that plaintiff failed to satisfy the...

Nein v. Hostpro, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking to recover commissions from a transaction, trial court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the trial...