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Hanson v. Wyatt

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an action brought by an individual removed from the Oklahoma Army National Guard seeking reinstatement to his former position plus back pay and...

Herman v. Meiselman

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit stemming from defendant's employment with plaintiff-employer and his participation in a profit-sharing plan under the Employee Retirement...

Penguin Group v. Steinbeck

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Media Law
In an action under the Copyright Act, summary judgment for defendants, on the grounds that a notice purporting to terminate a 1938 agreement granting...

Craig v. Ontario Corp.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Securities Law
In a debt-collection action in which plaintiff sought payment of promissory notes issued by defendant-employer when it repurchased shares of its...

McDonald v. Caldwell Banker

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a housing discrimination case alleging violation of California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, California's Unruh Act, the federal Fair Housing...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm-n v. Federal Express Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case, a decision to enforce an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) subpoena seeking company-wide data is...

South Ferry LP v. Killinger

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action, an order refusing to dismiss as to several individual defendants is vacated and remanded where: 1) the inference...

Pichler v. Union of Needletrades, Indus. and Textile Employees, AFL-CIO

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a class-action suit alleging violation by defendant-labor union of plaintiffs' privacy rights under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA),...

Med. Solutions, Inc. v. C Change Surgical LLC

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit claiming infringement of plaintiff's patents for devices that control the temperature of medical and surgical fluids, dismissal for lack of...

Univ. of Pittsburgh v. Townsend

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a university's suit claiming that defendants misappropriated plaintiff's rights and interests in a type of medical-scanning technology that the...