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MPC Franchise, LLC v. Tarntino

Commercial Law, Trademark
In a trademark action concerning the mark for Pudgie's pizza chain restaurants, the district court's grant of summary judgment to plaintiffs is...

Lingo v. City of Salem

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, alleging false arrest without probable cause and unlawful entry of the curtilage of plaintiff’s home, the district...

US v. Washington

Environmental Law, Water Law, Indian Law
In an Indian law action concerning tribal fishing rights to land maintained by federal and state governments, the district court’s injunction ordering...

People v. Dunn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a petition for resentencing under Proposition 47, concerning a sentence entered into pursuant to a plea bargain with the prosecution, the trial...

People v. Cordova

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a petition seeking resentencing under the Three Strikes Reform Act (Proposition 36) for defendant's life sentence, the trial court's denial of the...

City of Santa Maria v. Adam

Water Law, Agriculture, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In a water law action, arising from a dispute between landowners and public water producers over rights to groundwater contained in the Santa Maria...

Harris v. Stampolis

Education Law
In a civil harassment restraining order case, arising from a dispute between a school principal and a board member whose son attends the school, the...

Smith v. Wenderlich

Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a habeas corpus action, the district court's denial of the petition for relief is affirmed where New York's resentencing of petitioner, to add a...

Oakville Hills Cellar, Inc. v. Georgallis Holdings, LLC

Intellectual Property, Trademark, Administrative Law
In a vineyard-plaintiff's appeal of a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board dismissing its...

US v. Dennis

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction and sentence for conspiracy to commit robbery, 18 U.S.C. section 1951(a), and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a...