all - Opinion Summaries

Vaden v. Discover Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The District Court's order compelling arbitration is reversed, where a federal court may "look through" a 9 U.S.C. section 4 petition to determine...

Kansas v. Colorado

Civil Procedure, Remedies
In an objection to an expert witness attendance fee award, the objection is overruled, where expert witness attendance fees that are available in...

St. Paul Marine & Fire Ins. Co. v. Lago Canyon Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking a declaration that Plaintiff-Insurer's policy did not cover Defendant's maritime accident, judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed in...

Ritchie v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a qui tam action alleging fraud by Defendant in billing the government, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where Plaintiff released her...

Stonehill v. IRS

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law
In a FOIA action seeking documents relating to the IRS's investigation of Plaintiff's businesses, summary judgment for the IRS is affirmed where the...

CIT Small Bus. Lending Corp. v. Kendrick

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In an action to avoid a mortgage as a preferential transfer, Defendant's appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, where the District Court had...

Nartron Corp. v. Schukra U.S.A., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving a vehicle seat control system that provides massage capability, District Court's of grant summary judgment...

US v. Dunn

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action by the U.S. to quiet title to land, the District Court's denial of Defendants' motion to stay is affirmed, where the land was not "public...

Canada Life Assur. v. LaPeter

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal from the District Court's appointment of a receiver to manage a mall owned by Defendants, the order is affirmed where: 1) federal law...

K.C. Multimedia, Inc. v. Bank of Am. Tech. & Operations

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In an action involving the theft of trade secrets, trial court's pretrial dismissal of three of plaintiff's cause of actions for being statutorily...