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Grosset v. Wenaas

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a shareholder derivative action, plaintiff lacks standing to bring suit where he is no longer a shareholder as a result of a merger.

Steinberg v. Int'l Comm'n on Holocaust Era Ins.

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, International Law
Code of Civil Procedure section 354.5, which provides that California residents may bring claims arising out of Holocaust era insurance policies in...

US v. Rahmani

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court erred when it determined that 8 U.S.C. section 1189, a terrorist designation statute, was unconstitutional.

Parents Involved in Cmty. Sch. v. Seattle Sch. Dist. NO. 1

Constitutional Law, Education Law
The use of an integration tiebreaker by defendant-school district in its high school admission program does not violate the federal Constitution's...

Abdouch v. Burger

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit, summary judgment in favor of social workers who removed a child with broken bones from his mother is affirmed where their...

Bricker v. Super. Ct. of Humboldt County

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
The trial court's sua sponte dismissal of plaintiff's small claims appeals is vacated where the ruling plainly violated plaintiff's due process...

The Ecology Ctr. v. Castaneda

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Section 407 of the Flathead and Kootenai National Forest Rehabilitation Act does not violate the separation of powers doctrine.

Lisa I. v. Super. Ct. of L.A.

Constitutional Law, Family Law
A claimed biological father of a child born within 300 days of the mother's divorce from another man does not have standing under the Family Code...

County of Alameda v. Super. Ct. of Alameda

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an inverse condemnation action, defendant-land developer may not proceed with its regulatory taking action before the County has the opportunity to...

Global Naps, Inc. v. Massachusetts Dep't of Telecomm.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts
The doctrine of issue preclusion does not bind one state's commission to apply the findings and conclusions of another state's commission in disputes...