all - Opinion Summaries

Hooper v. Advance Am.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action alleging violations of state payday loan laws, a denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where...

Southeastern Stud & Components, Inc. v. Am. Eagle Design Build Studios, LLC

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a construction dispute, the denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where defendant waived its right to arbitrate by...

Tarrant Bell Prop., LLC v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case brought by residents of a mobile home park against the park owners for failing to properly maintain common areas and facilities and for...

Kaneff v. Delaware Title Loans, Inc.

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law
In plaintiff's putative class action lawsuit against defendant-lender including a request for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary...

Sherwood v. Marquette Transp. Co., LLC

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his employer under the Jones Act and general maritime law for injuries he suffered while working as a deckhand,...

PPG Indus., Incorp. v. Int'l Chem. Workers Union Council of the United Food and Commercial Workers

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
District court's order vacating an arbitrator's award in favor of a union on the ground that the arbitrator exceeded his authority by adding a term to...

Dealer Computer Servs. Inc. v. Old Colony Motors Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action under 9 U.S.C. section 4 to compel defendant to pay a deposit in the underlying arbitration between the parties, an order requiring...

Cassel v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's legal malpractice suit, his request for writ of relief from two orders excluding evidence in favor of his former attorneys is granted...

South Bay Boston Mgmt., Inc. v. Unite Here, Local 26

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's grant of defendant-union's motion to compel arbitration and denial of plaintiff's petition for declaratory judgment is affirmed...

Conrad v. Phone Directories Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an interlocutory appeal of the district court's denial of defendants' motion to dismiss premised on the existence of an arbitration agreement, the...