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Magasouba v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) which declared Guinean-petitioner removable as an aggravated felon and...

Simon v. Hartford Life, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case alleging breach of fiduciary duty by a plan administrator, motion to dismiss is affirmed where even a plan's sole beneficiary cannot,...

Simon v. Hartford Life, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case alleging breach of fiduciary duty by a plan administrator, motion to dismiss is affirmed where even a plan's sole beneficiary cannot,...

Freedom Communications, Inc. v. Superior Court of Orange County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
Order prohibiting petitioner, doing business as The Orange County Register, from reporting on trial testimony of witnesses in a case in which it is...

Foster v. DeLuca

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that plaintiff was terminated in retaliation for her political affiliation, dismissal for failure to state a claim is reversed...

Vaught v. Scottsdale Healthcare Corp. Health Plan

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law
In an ERISA challenge to denial of benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) issue preclusion does...

Nixon v. Wilmington Trust Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement
In an action raising claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and respondeat superior liability against defendant-trustee, dismissal...

Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In an action alleging that petitioner-Hewlett Packard's Pavilions series notebook computers suffer from a manufacturing defect, petition for writ of...

Lazy Y Ranch v. Beherns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an equal protection case arising out of a dispute over an auction for Idaho grazing lands, denial of defendants' motion to dismiss is affirmed...

Kenney v. Purepac Pharm. Co.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a civil action for injury as a result of using the prescription drug metoclopramide manufactured by defendant, demurrer in favor of defendant is...