all - Opinion Summaries

Tifford v. Tandem Energy Corp.

Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an action for conversion based on Defendants' refusal to honor a corporate stock certificate, summary judgment for Defendants is reversed where...

United Techs. Corp. v. Mazer

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In an action for misappropriation of trade secrets, judgment for Defendants is reversed in part, where Plaintiff adequately alleged that Defendant's...

Southern Cal. Painters & Allied Trades v. Rodin & Co.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for a declaratory judgment in a labor dispute that Defendant and a corporation were alter egos, summary judgment for Defendant is...

HealthMarkets, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
Plaintiff's motion to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction is granted where the mere ownership of a subsidiary does not...

US v. Boulware

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law
Defendant's tax evasion conviction is affirmed, where the District Court properly denied Defendant's request for a "return of capital" instruction...

Wolff v. Westwood Mgmt., LLC

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for breach of fiduciary duty, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where Plaintiff's claims were covered by a mandatory arbitration...

SEC v. Koenig

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action involving fraud and false accounting, district court's imposition of civil penalties and order to disgorge bonsues is affirmed where: 1)...

Davis v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an unfair competition action, the District Court's order remanding the case to state court is reversed, where 28 U.S.C. section 1332(d)(4) did not...

Torch Liquidating Trust v. Stockstill

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a breach of fiduciary duty action, the dismissal of Plaintiff's complaint is affirmed, where the complaint failed to allege injury to the...

Smith v. US

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In an action seeking a tax refund, the District Court's denial of Plaintiff's post-trial motions is affirmed where Plaintiff was a "responsible...