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US v. Alfaro

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence for guilty plea to failing to register as a sex offender, 18 U.S.C. section 2250, and illegal re-entry, 8 U.S.C. section 1326, enhanced under...

Castro v. US Department of Homeland

Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
In an action brought by twenty-eight families who filed habeas petitions to prevent, or at least postpone, their expedited removal from the US, after...

Rosenberg v. DVI Receivables XVII LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal presenting a question of federal preemption law, in which defendants filed involuntary bankruptcy petitions against plaintiff's husband...

Vasquez v. Empress Ambulance Serv., Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by an emergency medical technician who was subjected to unwanted sexual overtures by another employee while on the job, the District...

Moss v. First Premier Bank

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Contracts, Banking Law
In a case arising out a payday loan agreement in which the parties agreed to arbitrate their disputes before the National Arbitration Forum (NAF),...

People v. McDowell

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence for conviction of two counts of misdemeanor shoplifting, reduced from burglary under Proposition 47, is affirmed where: 1) Proposition 47...

Schellinger Brothers v. Cotter

Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Environmental Law, Contracts
In an action between plaintiff developer and defendant landowner for breach of contract, arising after environmental review of developer's proposed...

Fenske v. Service Employees Int'l, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review challenging a Benefits Review Board determination that petitioner could not receive concurrent payments for two disabilities...

Trader Joe's Co. v. Hallatt

Intellectual Property, Trademark, International Law
In a trademark infringement action, arising after defendant purchased Trader Joe's goods in the United States and resold them at a mimic store in...

Tuetscher v. Riverside Sheriffs' Assoc.

Remedies, Labor & Employment Law, ERISA, Constitutional Law
In a remedies appeal arising from a retaliatory discharge case, the district court's equitable award of front pay and reinstatement is reversed where...