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Oliver v. Coca Cola Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In light of controlling precedent in White v. Coca-Cola Co., which found defendant's interpretation of the offset provision to be reasonable and...

Oliver v. Coca Cola Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action arising out of denial of disability benefits, grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, award of attorney's fees in favor of...

Power Fabricating, Inc. v. State Comp. Ins. Fund

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action for declaratory relief and damages arising from defendant's failure to defend plaintiff in action brought by widow of a worker who was...

In re Charlisse C.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Family Law
In a dependency action wherein a nonprofit law office that represents parties in the Los Angeles County Juvenile Dependency Court was disqualified for...

Sustainability of Parks, Recycling and Wildlife Legal Def. Fund v. County of Solano Dep't of Res. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to proposed revisions to a solid waste facility permit for local landfill, denial of writ petition to compel defendant-county to hold a...

Instituto de Prevision Militar v. Merril Lynch

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Securities Law
In an action to pursue state claims against defendant-Merrill Lynch for its role in fraud committed by a company that misappropriated funds while...

Jensen v. Phillips Screw Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
Sanctions order against law firm for unreasonably and vexatiously multiplying the proceedings in a class action case are vacated in part and remanded...

Zheng v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In an immigration matter, petition to review decision denying request for asylum and related relief is denied where: 1) the evidence was insufficient...

Nader v. Blackwell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by Ralph Nader against Ohio's former Secretary of State for violating his First Amendment rights in applying...

Chihuahuan Grasslands Alliance

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an environmental suit involving the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) sale of oil and gas mineral leases on public lands in a grasslands area...