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Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp. Med. Benefits Trust v. Raines

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In a shareholder derivative suit alleging that the directors of Fannie Mae failed to exercise sufficient oversight of the company's accounting...

Auto Servs. Co. v. KPMG, LLP

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action brought by a corporation engaged in marketing vehicle warranties against defendants alleging professional-negligence in the preparation...

Couture v. Bd. of Educ. of the Albuquerque Pub. Sch.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit involving plaintiff's young child who suffers from severe emotional and mental health problems, challenging a...

Philip v. Cronin

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of court's Rule 50(a) judgment for defendant-office administrator is affirmed where: 1) no reasonable fact finder could conclude that former...

US Sec. & Exch. Comm. v. Lyttle

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Remedies, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In a civil fraud case alleging that defendants sold nonexistent bank-issued securities, imposition of monetary penalties against defendants is...

Quinchia v. US Atty. Gen.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a decision finding petitioner ineligible for discretionary relief from removal pursuant to section 212(h) of the Immigration...

Peck v. Cingular Wireless, LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Tax Law
In a class action lawsuit brought by a former employee against Cingular claiming, inter alia, it violated state law by passing a business and...

Lukovsky v. City and County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action against San Francisco, its Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI), and various individual defendants for race and national origin...

Habhab v. Hon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In a towing and car repair operator's civil rights suit against several Iowa state patrol troopers claiming violations of equal protection, as well as...

Muhammad v. McCarrell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a Supermax Unit and several of its officers raising a tort claim for battery and alleging that...