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Great W. Mining & Mineral Co. v. Fox Rothschild LLP

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judges & Judiciary
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a law firm and an alternative dispute resolution entity, claiming that its state-court losses were...

In re: Mirant Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a fraudulent transfer adversary proceeding initiated by some of a debtor's affiliates in connection with a bankruptcy petition, a denial of...

Haworth v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Judges & Judiciary, Professional Malpractice
In a female patient's suit against her physician for negligence in performing plastic surgery on her lip, court of appeal's affirmance of the superior...

California Teachers Ass'n v. Governing Bd. of the Salinas City Elementary Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a California Teachers Association's (CTA) and a local teachers unions' suit against a school district, claiming that the district's interpretation...

Pinnacle Museum Tower Ass'n v. Pinnacle Market Dev. (US), LLC

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In a homeowners association's suit against a developer of a condominium project for a construction defect, trial court's order denying developer's...

International Union v. J&R Flooring, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to compel arbitration of a labor dispute, the district court's dismissal of the action is affirmed where the particular dispute was...

Bd. of Tr. of the Univ. of Illinois v. Organon Teknika Corp. LLC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property
In a university's suit against a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co., and its licensee of some intellectual property rights...

Medicine Shoppe Int'l., Inc. v. Turner Invs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
In an appeal from an arbitral award in an action alleging a violation of a franchise agreement, the district court's order confirming the award is...

La Serena Properties v. Weisbach

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In plaintiffs' suit against an abitrator and the American Arbitration Association for damages as well as other relief, alleging that the arbitrator...

CareFlite v. AFL-CIO

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment that certain disputes between an airline pilot union and plaintiff-airline were not arbitrable under the...