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MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER JOHN E. OTT, United States Chief Magistrate Judge. In this action removed from Alabama state court, Plaintiffs Worthington Federal Bank (the “Bank”) and Worthington Financial Holdings, Inc. (‘WFH”) (collectively “Plaintiffs” or the “Companies”) bring claims under Alabama law for breach of contract, the tort of bad faith, and for a declaratory judgment against Ever

290 F.Supp.2d 1101 (2003) R. Todd NEILSON as Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of Reed E. Slatkin, Wesley West Flexible Partnership, Stuart W. Stedman; Stedman West Family Partnership, Ltd. As Successor to Wesley West Long Term Partnership Ltd.; Stuart W. Stedman as Trustee of the Neva and Wesley West Foundation; Wesley West Minerals, Ltd.; George V. Kriste, John K. Poitras, Michael B. Azeez; Michael B. Azeez as Trustee of the Azeez Foundation;

Opinion FRANSON, J. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff John Scheenstra was a member of defendant California Dairies, Inc. (Cal Dairies), a member-owned milk marketing and processing cooperative. After Cal Dairies instituted internal production quotas for its members and reduced payments for milk deliveries in excess of the quotas, Scheenstra sued for breach of contract claiming his quota was too low

399 F.3d 436 MT. McKINLEY INSURANCE COMPANY, f/k/a Gibralter Casualty Co., and Everest Reinsurance Company, f/k/a Prudential Reinsurance Co., Plaintiffs,v.CORNING INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee,AIU Insurance Company, Allianz Insurance Company, American Centennial Ins. Co., Century Indemnity Co., as successor-in-interest to the Insurance Company of North America, California Union Ins. Co., the Continental Insurance Company, Employers I

06-4652-cv Em ployers Insurance of Wausau v. Fox Entertainm ent Group, Inc. 1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 2 3 FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT 4 5 6 7 August Term, 2007 8 9 (Argued: March 7, 2008 Decided: March 27, 2008) 10 11 Docket No. 06-4652-cv 12 13 14 EMPLOYERS INSUR

KUSKIN, J.T.C. Plaintiff, Aetna Life Insurance Company, is a Connecticut corporation which, during tax year 1996, conducted a portion of its life and health insurance business in New Jersey pursuant to a license issued by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. New Jersey imposes a retaliatory tax on foreign life and health insurance companies pursuant to N.J.S.A. 17B:23-5. In general, the tax is calculat

522 F.3d 271 (2008) EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU and National Casualty Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox International Television, New World Entertainment, Ltd., New World Television Productions, Inc. and News Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Docket No. 06-4652-cv. United States Court of Appeals, Second Cir

POOLER, Circuit Judge. INTRODUCTION Underlying this appeal are massive asbestos liability claims against appellee Corning, Incorporated (“Corning”),- and a company in which Corning owns 50% of the stock, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation (“PCC”). However, the immediate issues are whether a state or federal forum will determine certain insurers’ claims that their policies do not cover asbestos claims against

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Chief Judge Decker, Judge Alston and Senior Judge Frank Argued at Norfolk, Virginia PUBLISHED JOHN PARIS STEVENS OPINION BY v. Record No. 1926-17-1 JUDGE ROSSIE D. ALSTON, JR.

517 F.2d 826 11 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 167,10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,368UNITED STATES of America et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.ALLEGHENY-LUDLUM INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees,Sidney S. Harris et al., Intervenors-Appellants,National Organization For Women, Inc., et al., Movants-Appellants. No. 74-3056. United States Court of Appeals,Fifth Circuit.

356 F.3d 1108 John ROE, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.CITY OF SAN DIEGO; San Diego City Police Department; David Bejarano; George Saldamando; Glenn Breitenstein, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-55164. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 4, 2003. Filed January 29, 2004.

FOR PUBLICATION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN PEOPLE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ) CASE NO ST 2020 CR 00188 ) Plaintiff ) vs ) ) JESTUS FRANCIS )

GARCIA, J. ***66Nearly 10 years ago, following an unsuccessful investment venture, the parties began litigating their dispute in federal court. The district court entered judgment in favor of Paramount Pictures Corporation-the defendant in that action-and that judgment was affirmed on appeal. Paramount-now the plaintiff-subsequently initiated this

Opinion WERDEGAR, J. This case arises from Kwikset Corporation’s (Kwikset) manufacturing of locksets it labeled as “Made in U.S.A.” James Benson brought suit under the unfair competition and false advertising laws to challenge the labels’ veracity. After a bench trial, the trial court entered judgment for Benson. While the case was pending on appeal, the electorate enacted Proposition 64 (G

ROGERS, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which MERRITT, J., joined, and KETHLEDGE, J., joined in part. KETHLEDGE, J. (pp. 358-61), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. OPINION ROGERS, Circuit Judge. Ronald Myers is a serial thief of motor homes. During his latest spree of thefts, Myers stole at least eight motor homes and

GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge Plaintiff Starr Indemnity & Liability Company ("Starr") brings this action seeking a declaratory judgment that defendants Brightstar Corp. and Brightstar Germany GmbH (collectively the "defendants" or "Brightstar"), which distribute wireless communication devices, are not entitled to coverage under an insurance policy for the claimed loss of wireless communication devices at

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT FOR OUTRAGEOUS GOVERNMENT CONDUCT [92] OTIS D. WRIGHT, II, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION “ ‘Lead us not into temptation,’ ” Judge Noonan warned. United States v. Black, 733 F.3d 294, 313 (9th Cir.2013) (Noonan, J., dissenting). But into temptation the Government has gone, ensnaring chronically unemployed individuals from poverty-ridde

357 F.Supp.2d 1198 (2004) Eric C. JACOBSON, Esq., Plaintiff, v. Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER, et al., Defendants. No. CIV.CV043629-JFW(MC). United States District Court, CD. California. November 30, 2004. *1201 Plaintiff Eric C. Jacobson—in pro per. Defendants: Christina Bull Arndt, John Rittmayer & Brian Dwight Vaughan, Depu

776 F.Supp.2d 375 (2011) CROMPTON GREAVES, LTD., Plaintiff, v. SHIPPERS STEVEDORING COMPANY, Defendant. Civil Action No. H-08-1774. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. March 9, 2011. *378 Dana Keith Martin, Sara Marie Banks, Hill Rivkins LLP, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff. Bernard H. Ticer, Baldwin Has

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 250 Gulf Caribe Maritime, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, with its principal place of business located in Mobile, Alabama, appeals to this court1 from a judgment of the Probate Court of Mobile County denying its petition