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Leonard v. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Professional Malpractice
In a suit alleging legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duties owed to a client arising out of a bankruptcy issue, judgments for plaintiffs are...

Pitt County v. Hotels.com, L.P.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a county's putative class action brought against a number of online travel companies for failure to pay the county's hotel occupancy tax, dismissal...

Common Cause/Georgia v. Billups

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a suit brought by the NAACP and Georgia voters challenging the state's voter ID laws, a ruling dismissing the case is vacated in part, but judgment...

Poteet v. Medtronic, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Evidence, Government Law
In a qui tam action against a medical equipment manufacturer, dismissal is affirmed where plaintiff's complaint was jurisdictionally barred by the...

Settlement Funding, LLC v. Garcia

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law
In a suit over the proper allocation of annuity funds established by the U.S. for the benefit of a private individual, summary judgment for the U.S....

Charles Brooks Co. v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by independent contractors asserting various tort and contract claims against a logging company, dismissal of the action is affirmed where...

Pine Terrace Apartments, L.P. v. Windscape, LLC

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit against the developer and seller of an apartment complex alleging latent construction defects, summary judgment for cross-defendant...

WV Ass'n of Club Owners & Fraternal Servs., Inc. v. Musgrave

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a suit seeking invalidation of West Virginia's restrictions on limited video lottery advertising, brought by an association composed of clubs,...

Zheng v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a BIA decision affirming an order denying Chinese native's applications for asylum and related relief is granted, and the BIA...

Armstrong v. LaSalle Bank Nat'l Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a consolidated multidistrict suit alleging violations of ERISA, breaches of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and conversion, grant of plaintiffs'...