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Lin v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's denial of Chinese petitioner's untimely motion to reopen removal proceedings is denied where petitioner failed to...

St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. v. Bldg. Constr. Enter., Inc

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute, a district court's choice-of-law determination is affirmed where the district court correctly determined that: 1)...

Paulsson Geophysical Servs. Inc. v. Sigmar

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trademark
Grant of a preliminary injunction in order to prevent defendant from using plaintiff's trademarks and other proprietary information is affirmed where:...

W. Shoshone Nat'l Council v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit seeking to invalidate a 1977 Indian Claims Commission (ICC) judgment awarding compensation for the taking of plaintiffs' lands, as well as...

TJX Companies, Inc. v. Superior Court (Caldwell)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In a review of lower court rulings of a pending class action based on alleged violations of a statute prohibiting businesses from requiring credit...

Guardado v. Superior Court (Mariposa Gardens)

Civil Procedure, Remedies
In the context of parties' power to assert a peremptory challenge to a judge, a ruling under Civil Code section 3295(c) that a plaintiff has...

County of Contra Costa v. Public Employees Union Local One

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an appeal primarily addressing challenges to a lower court order finding that the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) did not have exclusive...

In re: Zahn

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
A debtor who objects to her own Chapter 13 plan may be an "aggrieved party" and have standing to appeal confirmation of such plan.

Egolf v. Witmer

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action wherein plaintiffs claimed that several state and municipal actors violated their First and Fourth Amendment rights by arresting them...

State of New Jersey v. US Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review of a guidance document issued by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), proposing a long-term control license for...