all - Opinion Summaries

CWCapital Asset Mgmt. LLC v. Chicago Props., LLC

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against defendant-commercial landlord and a mortgagor claiming that plaintiff-mortgage servicer is contractually entitled to money...

Robb Evans & Assoc., LLC. v. Holibaugh

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Evidence
In a court appointed receiver's suit against defendant seeking to recover receivership property, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor...

Visa Int'l Serv. Ass'n v. JSL Corp.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In an action by Visa Corporation claiming that a company called eVisa was likely to dilute the Visa trademark, summary judgment for plaintiff is...

Bilski v. Kappos

Patent, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property
In a patent application seeking protection for a claimed invention explaining how commodities buyers and sellers in the energy market could protect,...

Rathborne Land Co. v. Ascent Engy., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for breach of defendant's obligations to reasonably develop and explore a leased parcel of oil, gas, and mineral land, judgment for...

Bagby Elevator Co. v. Schindler Elevator Corp.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for tortious interference with contract, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) under the court's highly deferential standard of...

Export-Import Bank of the U.S. v. Asia Pulp & Paper Co.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement
In an action to collect a $144 million judgment against defendants pursuant to the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act (FDCPA), the district...

Kleffman v. Vonage Holdings Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, False Advertising
In plaintiff's class action suit under section 17529.5(a)(2), which makes it unlawful to advertise in a commercial e-mail advertisement (i.e. spam)...

Thrifty Payless, Inc. v. Mariners Mile Gateway, LLC

Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a tenant's suit against the landlord over a lease for new commercial property, trial court's grant of defendant's motion for nonsuit and expert...

Mee Indus. v. Dow Chem. Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a malicious prosecution suit based on an underlying, allegedly meritless patent infringement action, partial judgment for plaintiff is affirmed...