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Fitzgerald v. Barnstable Sch.Comm'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
Title IX does not preclude an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging unconstitutional gender discrimination in schools.

San Diego Unified Sch. Dist. v. County of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by plaintiff-school district against defendant-county for environmental problems and remediation costs incurred at plaintiff's...

Fieger v. Michigan Supreme Court

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
District court decision that the courtesy and civility provisions of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct violate the First and Fourteenth...

Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. King Mountain Tobacco Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Indian Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a suit alleging trademark violations against a tribal corporation for cigarette packages, the district court's grant of a stay while the tribal...

Cary v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the U.S. for the taking of their property without just compensation by inverse condemnation in the huge 2003 California "Cedar...

Ramkissoon v. AOL LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against an ISP alleging violations of federal electronic privacy law and California law resulting from defendant's release...

Veyna v. Orange County Nursery

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a corporate dissolution action, petition for writ of supersedeas requesting a stay pending appeal of the trial court's decree requiring that...

Weber v. Finker

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law, White Collar Crime
In a case involving the authority of the federal district courts to assist litigants before foreign tribunals with the production of evidence in the...

Estate of Landers v. Leavitt

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a putative class action brought by Medicare participants challenging denial of coverage for post-hospitalization care in skilled nursing...

Musaelian v. Adams

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7, which authorizes trial courts to impose sanctions to check abuses in the filing of pleadings, petitions,...