Cases

AMENDED SUMMARY ORDER UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court be, and it hereby is, AFFIRMED. Plaintiff Michael Nader brought various disability discrimination, contract, and tort claims against his former employer, ABC Television, after the network terminated his contract and refused to rehire him in the wake of his well-publicized arrest for selling

330 F.Supp.2d 345 (2004) Michael NADER, Plaintiff, v. ABC TELEVISION, INC. Defendant. No. 02 Civ. 9948(JSR). United States District Court, S.D. New York. August 7, 2004. *346 Joseph J. Ranni, Law Office of Joseph J. Ranni, Goshen, NY, for plaintiff. Kathleen M. McKenna, Amy Regan, Proskauer Rose, Llp, New York City, for de

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION BEATY, Chief Judge. This matter is currently before the Court on Defendant Hanesbrands, Ine.’s (“Hanesbrands,” “HBI” or “Defendant”) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings [Doc. # 11] which seeks judgment on Plaintiff Rashard Mendenhall’s (“Mr. Mendenhall” or “Plaintiff’) claim for breach of contract. For the reasons set forth below, Defendant’s Motion for Judgment on

Ruiz, Senior Judge: These appeals present us with legal issues of first impression concerning the special motion to dismiss created by the District of Columbia’s Anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (Anti-SLAPP) Act, D.C. Code §§ 16-5501 to - 5505 (2012 Repl.): whether denial of a special motion to dismiss is immediately appealable and the standard applicable in

178 F.Supp.2d 198 (2001) BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Liggett Group, Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, British American Tobacco, Ltd. Defendants. No. 98 CV 3287(JBW). United States District Court, E.D. New York. October 19, 2001.

Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered February 1, 1989, which, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to causes of action in plaintiffs’ complaint including breach of contract, negligent and intentional infliction of emotional harm, is modified, on the law, solely to the extent of reversing the denial of defendants’ motion as to the cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distr

FLAUM, Circuit Judge. Kraft, Inc. (“Kraft”) asks us to review an order of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) finding that it violated §§ 5 and 12 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 45, 52. The FTC determined that Kraft, in an advertising campaign, had misrepresented information regarding the amount of calcium contained in Kraft Singles American Pasteurized Process Cheese Food

603 F.Supp. 688 (1984) Peter PECKARSKY, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants. Civ. A. No. 81-2482. United States District Court, District of Columbia. December 6, 1984. *689 *690 Vincent A. Fuller, Jr., Alexandria, Va., Peter Peckarsky, Washington, D.C., for pl

580 F.Supp. 84 (1983) George C. REEVES, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC. Roone ARLEDGE and Everett Erlick, Defendants, v. Joseph O. GIAIMO, Counterclaim Defendant. No. 81 Civ. 5177 (HFW). United States District Court, S.D. New York. March 15, 1983. *85 *86

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge CELEBREZZE. CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge. *209Petitioners1 seek review of a series of decisions2 made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In these decisions, the FCC has attempted to restructure the international telecommunic

423 F.Supp. 1064 (1976) WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., a corporation, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al., Defendants. TANDEM PRODUCTIONS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., a corporation, et al., Defendants. Nos. CV 75-3641-F, CV 75-3710-F. United States District Court, C. D. California. Novemb

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge: On September 12, 1972, the television network of the National Broadcasting Company broadcast its documentary entitled “Pensions: The Broken Promise,” narrated by Edwin Newman. On November 27, 1972, Accuracy in Media (AIM) filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission charging NBC had presented a one-sided picture of private pension plans. The handling of this case by the Commission

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge: A nation which prizes free expression must support lofty sentiment with mean *603 ingful legislation. The noble guarantee against laws abridging the freedom of the press, enshrined in the First Amendment, would be incongruous indeed, were any federal or state statut

85 Cal.Rptr.2d 909 (1999) 978 P.2d 67 20 Cal.4th 907 Mark SANDERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., et. al, Defendants and Appellants. Naras F. Kersis, Plaintiff, v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., et. al, Defendants. No. S059692. Supreme Court of California. June 24, 1999.

791 F.Supp.2d 959 (2011) Juan Carlos VERA, Plaintiff, v. James O'KEEFE III and Hannah Giles, Defendants. Civil No. 10cv1422 L (MDD). United States District Court, S.D. California. May 23, 2011. *961 Eugene G. Iredale, Law Office of Eugene G. Iredale, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff. Christopher J. Hajec, Michael J. Madigan, M

OPINION & ORDER Andrew J. Peck, United States Magistrate Judge Plaintiff Ernest Dickens brings this action against Hudson Sheraton Corporation, Tom Mituzas, Orlando Trinidad, Geoffrey Horner and Jordain Francois for their alleged violation of various anti-discrimination laws. {See generally Dkt. No. 22: 2d Am. Compl.) Dickens previously dismissed his second, third, sixth and sevent

OPINION AND ORDER ANDREW J. PECK, United States Magistrate Judge: Plaintiff Pamela Williams, a forty-six year old African American woman, brings *628this .action against defendant The Mount Sinai Hospital,1 alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law (

OPINION JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-appellants in this case include the Libertarian Party of Ohio (“LPO”), a ballot-qualified political party in Ohio; Kevin Knedler, the LPO state executive committee chair; Aaron Harris, the LPO state central committee chair; and Charlie Earl, the LPO gubernatorial candidate for Ohio in 2014 (collectively

OPINION CONTI, Chief Judge. I. Introduction Pending before the court is a motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 57) filed by defendant and counterclaim plaintiff The University of Pittsburgh (“University”) and a partial motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 60) filed by plaintiff and counterclaim defendant Michael Haywood (“Haywood”). Haywood ini

738 F.Supp.2d 483 (2010) Angela WALDER, Plaintiff, v. WHITE PLAINS BOARD OF EDUCATION, Narci Medina, Assistant Principal & Natalie Arone, CSEA Union President, Defendants. No. 07 Civ. 0235 (AJP). United States District Court, S.D. New York. September 24, 2010. *487 Angela Walder, Westhaven, CT, pro se. Lewis R. Silverm