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Common Cause of Pennsylvania v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In a suit challenging a short-lived Pennsylvania statute, Act 44, that increased salaries for state legislators, executive officials and state judges,...

Davis v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an unfair competition action, the District Court's order remanding the case to state court is reversed, where 28 U.S.C. section 1332(d)(4) did not...

Bell v. The Hershey Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action alleging the price fixing of chocolate, district court's conclusion that the amount in controversy was below the federal...

New England Ins. Co. v. Barnett

Civil Procedure
In an appeal from an order staying Plaintiff insurer's declaratory judgment action due to a parallel state proceeding, the order is vacated, where...

Sutter Health Uninsured Pricing Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a class action against a hospital system alleging that it improperly denied plaintiffs discounts it granted insured patients, trial court's denial...

Mendez-Matos v. Municipality of Guaynabo

Civil Procedure, Remedies
In an action involving monetary damages, award of compensatory and punitive damages is affirmed where: 1) defendant failed to show the award of...

Homa v. Amer. Express Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action, district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint with prejudice in favor of individual arbitration is reversed where: 1) the...

Wasserman v. Rodacker

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging false imprisonment by a police officer, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where the U.S. properly substituted itself...

Rusakiewicz v. Lowe

Civil Procedure, Communications Law
In an action for abuse of process, the dismissal of Plaintiffs' complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction is reversed, where Defendants filed the...

Luberski, Inc. v. Oleificio F.LLI Amato S.R.L.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a breach of contract action, trial court's grant of defendant's motion to quash service of summons for lack of personal jurisdiction is reversed...