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Summary Judgment
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California Employment Law
Summary Judgment And Subjectivity
Summary judgment is difficult to win. We think it’s harder in California state court, which is why we typically try to remove cases to federal court. And it keeps getting…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUS Cert Petition of Interest: A Possible Shady Grove Sequel?
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Earlier this year, we covered the Supreme Court’s much-anticipated decision in Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Insurance Co., 130 S. Ct. 1431 (2010), which examined the role of state…
Real Estate & Construction
Building Dispute Exposes Justice Dickinson’s Disdain for Peas
On Thursday the Mississippi Supreme Court decided a case that was a dispute over the near-sale of a planned law office building. Here is the opinion in Sweet v. TCI. Anderson…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Building Dispute Exposes Justice Dickinson’s Disdain for Peas
On Thursday the Mississippi Supreme Court decided a case that was a dispute over the near-sale of a planned law office building. Here is the opinion in Sweet v. TCI. Anderson…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Summary Judgment For Plaintiff in a Legal Malpractice Case
It's rare, but here is a case in which plaintiff was granted summary judgment against the target attorney in a legal malpractice case. in Anne Koplick Designs, Inc. v Lite…
California Litigation Blog
California Supreme Court Throws Out the Waiver Rule!
By Jeff Huron
The California Supreme Court's recent decision in Reid v. Google, Inc. is welcomed news for judges and trial lawyers. Previously, if a trial court failed to rule on objections to…
inversecondemnation.com
North Carolina App: When Opposing Summary Judgment, Make Sure Your Declarations State Facts, Not Conclusions (Applies In Inverse Condemnation Cases)
Here's a case from the North Carolina Court of Appeals that is similar to last week's decision by the Kansas Supreme Court, in that it involves an inverse condemnation claim…
Chicago IP Litigation
Summary Judgment Denied for Failure to Comply With Rule 56.1 Statement of Facts
Eva's Bridal Ltd. v. Halanick Enterprises, Inc., No. 07 C 1668, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 19, 2010) (Darrrah, J.). Judge Darrah granted in part defendants' and denied plaintiffs' summary…
Legal Profession Blog
It Is, Sir, As I Have Said, A Small College…
The New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed the grant of summary judgment to the trustees of Dartmouth College in a breach of contact dispute brought by a tenured faculty member in…
Chicago IP Litigation
Summary Judgment Arguments Not Made Originally Not Reclaimable
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company v. Cadbury Adams USA LLC, Case No. 04 C 346, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 30, 2010) (Dow, Jr.). Judge Dow denied plaintiff Wrigley's motion for…