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RILEY, Chief Judge. The question in this case is whether letting Dale Ludwick pursue her federal racketeering claims against an insurance company and its affiliates would impair state regulation of the insurance business in Iowa, Maryland, or Missouri. We agree with the district court 2 that it would, and the McCarran-Fer

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS GREG KAYS, CHIEF JUDGE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT This is a putative class action seeking damages for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”). Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim under Rule 12(b)(6) (Doc. 28). Because the matter before the Court can be decided upon the writte

OPINION OF THE COURT JORDAN, Circuit Judge. In this mortgage loan discrimination case, a putative class of minority borrowers seeks permission under Rule 23(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to appeal the denial of final approval by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania of the parties’ proposed settlement and cer

*150MEMORANDUM EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION On May 1, 2008, Plaintiffs John Rodriguez, Jennifer Worthington, Bobby Crouther, Jesus Conchas and Rosa Maria Conchas (“Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint, alleging that Defendants National City Bank and National City Corporation (“Defendants”) have demonstrated an estab

MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company (the “Railroads”) are responsible parties under CERCLA2 for soil contamination on property they leased to Brown & Bryant (“B & B”), an agricultural chemical company. The Railroads brought this action against PureGro, a B & B competitor that purchased many

MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company (the “Railroads”) are responsible parties under CERCLA1 for soil contamination on property they leased to Brown & Bryant (“B & B”), an agricultural chemical company. The Railroads brought this action against PureGro, a B & B competitor that purchased m

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION THELTON E. HENDERSON, District Judge. This matter came before the Court on June 28, 2010, on the motion for class certification filed by Plaintiffs Ana and Ismael Ramirez and Jorge Salazar (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). Plaintiffs allege that Defendant GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc. (“Green-Point”) violated federal fair lending and housin

254 P.3d 360 (2011) Alfred ALBANO, an unmarried man; Monica Lewis, an unmarried woman; Samantha Baker, an individual; Ariel Barr, an unmarried man; Phillip Barr, a single man; Keith Bodie, husband; Stacy Bodie, wife; Jon L. Bruce, an individual; Craig Burke, husband; Linda Burke, wife; Dawn R. Cain, an individual; Christina Carlson, an individual; Charles Chen, husband; Lisa Chen, wife; Christopher Cordasco, an individual; Paul Crandell, husband; Jennife

(2008) ANA RAMIREZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC., Defendant. No. C08-0369 TEH. United States District Court, N.D. California. May 13, 2008. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS THELTON E. HENDERSON, District Judge. This matter comes before the Court on Defendant GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc.'s ("GreenPoint's") motio

*843OPINION PER CURIAM. Ronald K. Miles, Gordon C. Miles, Kenneth Miles, Ernest L. Miles, Jr., and Joyce Cauley (collectively referred to as the “Plaintiffs”) appeal pro se from the order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissing their § 1983 complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to sta

*843OPINION PER CURIAM. Ronald K. Miles, Gordon C. Miles, Kenneth Miles, Ernest L. Miles, Jr., and Joyce Cauley (collectively referred to as the “Plaintiffs”) appeal pro se from the order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissing their § 1983 complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to sta

MEMORANDUM *** Rex Allen Prewitt appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment and dismissing his claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on account of the defendants’ qualified immunity. Reviewing de novo, Balint v. Carson City, 180 F.3d 1047, 1050 (9th Cir.1999) (en banc), we vacate the district court’s order in part. “In order to defeat summary judgment ... [Prewitt]

OPINION MILTON POLLACK, Senior District Judge: Plaintiffs, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, have moved for: certification of a settlement class; preliminary approval of the proposed class action settlement with certain defendants; and approval of the form and manner of notice to be provided to Class Members. PRELIMINARY After s

572 F.3d 1047 (2009) Charla CONN; Dustin Conn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF RENO; Ryan Ashton; David Robertson, Defendants-Appellees. No. 07-15572. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 20, 2008. Filed July 24, 2009. *1050 Terri Keyser-Cooper, Reno, NV, and Diane K. Vail

ORDER DIANE J. HUMETEWA, District Judge Pending before the Court is a Motion to Dismiss Relator’s First Amended Complaint (“AC”) with prejudice by defendants Microsemi Corporation and White Electronic Designs Corporation (“WEDC”) (Doc. 34) pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) and Fed. R. Civ.P. 9(b).1 I. Background A. Procedural

*1036OPINION AND ORDER Janice M. Stewart, United States Magistrate Judge INTRODUCTION On December 9, 2011, plaintiff, Siltronic Corporation (“Siltronic”), filed this action for declaratory judgment and breach of contract in order to allocate financial responsibility for environmental claims arising out of the Portland Harbor Su

BARKER, District Judge. This appeal arises from an action filed by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) to enforce several administrative subpoenas served on Worth Bullion Group, Inc. (“Worth”), Mintco LLC (“Mintco”), and Diamond State Depository LLC (“DSD”) in connection with the CFTC’s investigation into

ORDER The majority opinion filed July 24, 2009, slip op. 9581, and appearing at 572 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir.2009), is hereby amended as follows: 1. Slip op. at 9611, line 7: replace with <This is further evidence that as of April 26, 2006 no such policy had been adopted and im

781 F.Supp.2d 913 (2011) Robert FACCIOLA, et al. individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP, a New York limited liability partnership, et al., Defendant. No. CV 10-1025-PHX-MHM. United States District Court, D. Arizona. March 31, 2011. *915 Jeremy James Christian, Richard Glen

MEMORANDUM O’TOOLE, District Judge. Before the Court is the proposed settlement agreement between the plaintiff class and defendants John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, and John Hancock Distributors, Inc. (collectively “John Hancock” or “Hancock”). The plaintiffs seek certification of the class, and both parties seek approval of the settleme