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Mamot Feed Lot & Trucking v. Hobson

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a class action raising federal usury and antitying claims against a bank, its holding company, and various shareholders, officers, and employees of...

Martinez v. City of St. Louis

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by unsuccessful white applicants for entry level firefighter positions alleging they were victims of unlawful reverse racial...

In re: Hamilton

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
11 U.S.C. section 524(a) makes a state-court judgment void ab initio when entered against a debtor whose dischargeable debts have been discharged.

Arntz Builders v. City of Berkeley

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a contract dispute between plaintiff builders and defendant city, judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where: 1) the statutory claims...

Gogri v. Jack In the Box, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In an action involving a franchise agreement between plaintiff and defendant-Jack In the Box, summary judgment for Jack In the Box is reversed where...

RWB Servs., LLC v. Hartford Computer Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging civil RICO violations in a commercial lending agreement, judgment of dismissal is reversed where plaintiff properly pleaded that...

Mapes v. Bishop

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit alleging violations of plaintiff's constitutional rights by arresting officers, dismissal of false-arrest claim is vacated and remanded, and...

Swiger v. Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a tort suit asserting numerous state-law claims, dismissal for lack of federal diversity jurisdiction is affirmed where a federal district court...

Cable Connection, Inc. v. DirecTV, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Under the California Arbitration Act, judicial review of the merits of an arbitration award is permissible where the contracting parties have...

Uhm v. Humana Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a contract, tort, and consumer protection law action brought by Medicare beneficiaries against a Medicare drug benefit program provider and its...