all - Opinion Summaries

In Re Elizabeth M.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Indian Law
Remanding a case in which the parental rights of a father were terminated as to his children because the family claimed the mother was a Native...

Centex Homes v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
Affirming the final judgment of the trial court granting a motion for summary adjudication that an insurer does not need to provide the insured with...

National Association of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense

Civil Procedure, Water Law, Environmental Law
Reversing and remanding the denial of motions to dismiss suits in the Appellate Division under the Waters of the United States Rule because this rule...

Flexuspine, Inc. v. Globus Medical, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
Affirming district court decisions denying motions by the defense, but granting summary judgment on noninfringement in a case involving proposed...

Kumar v. Republic of Sudan

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Reversing a district court order denying Sudan's motion to vacate, vacating the judgment and remanding, because the flawed service of process resulted...

United States of American v. MedCo Health Solutions

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Health Law
Affirming the dismissal of a case alleging kickbacks in association with a hemophilia home care company that the plaintiff simply failed to establish.

Estate of Kirk Kerkorian

Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Affirming the probate court's compliance with statutory requirements when it allowed the executor of an estate to oppose a petition filed by a former...

Degidio v. Crazy Horse Saloon and Restaurant Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions
Affirming the district court denial of the Crazy Horse gentleman's club's motion to compel arbitration in a putative collective and class action case...

Gross v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Attorney's Fees
Affirming the district court's rulings that a woman denied disability benefits was disabled, and the refusal to impose sanctions on the plaintiff's...

US v. Searcy

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirming a district court judgment that the government's certification of civil commitment a decade after a man's incarceration for using interstate...