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SUMMARY ORDER Defendants Robinson and Fleming stand convicted on pleas of guilty to a common count of conspiring to participate in a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization (“RICO”) enterprise. See 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d). On appeal, Robinson challenges the procedural and substantive reasonableness of his 137-month prison sentence. Fleming, sentenced principally to 113 months’ incarceration, challenges a special condition

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge. *714 Samantha Orduno sued police chief Richard Pietrzak, the City of Dayton, Minnesota, and other public officials for alleged violations of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA),

Memorandum and Opinion DiCarlo, Judge: Plaintiff challenges the United States Customs Service (Customs) classification in 1982 of stuffed toys from Taiwan depicting E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (E.T.) as created by the movie and novel of the same name under item 737.95 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) covering other toys, not specially provided for ("nspf’) dutiable at 13.6% ad valor

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD. WALD, Chief Judge: The transactions that led to this lawsuit involved four principal parties. Appellant First Chicago International Bank (FCI) has its principal place of business in New York. Appellees are United Exchange Company, a currency trading company with its sole place of business in Jordan; Petra

655 F.Supp. 787 (1987) FIRST CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL, Plaintiff, v. UNITED EXCHANGE COMPANY, LTD., et al., Defendants. Civ. A. No. 86-0437. United States District Court, District of Columbia. February 20, 1987. *788 David Shapiro, John Kotelly, Peter Kadzik, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff. Ed

24-313 Smart Study Co., LTD v. Shenzhenshixindajixieyouxiangongsi United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit August Term 2024 Submitted: February 5, 2025 Decided: December 18, 2025 No. 24-313 SMART STUDY CO., LTD,

599 F.Supp.2d 1176 (2009) Bennett RUBIN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Doe One through and including Doe Ten, Defendants. Case No. CV 08-4214 SBA. United States District Court, N.D. California. February 25, 2009. *1177 Gibson, Dunn &a;

EFiled: May 26 2022 09:51AM EDT Transaction ID 67662682 Case No. 2020-1061-JTL IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE STEWART N. GOLDSTEIN, individually and ) on behalf of all others similarly situated, ) ) Plaintiff,

(IN CHAMBERS) RULING RE MOTIONS SUBMITTED BY CHANG AND BIOSUCCESS PARTIES: (1)MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT FROM CONSOLIDATED CASE CV13-00310 JAK; OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Dkt. 205); (2)MOTION TO DISMISS DEFENDANTS’ COUNTERCLAIMS (Dkt. 240); (3) MOTION TO DISMISS DEFENDANTS’ FIRST AMENDED COUNTERCLAIMS (Dkt. 234); (4) MOT

MEMORANDUM OPINION NORMAN K. MOON, District Judge. Presently before me is Plaintiffs1 motion, filed under seal, styled as a “Motion to Exclude Defendants’ Expert Report and Expert Testimony and Motion in Limine to Preclude Defendants, The Mountain Corporation (‘The Mountain’) and Mountain Retail, LLC (‘Mountain Retail’), from Adducing Evidence Regarding Profitability.”

OPINION GOULD, Circuit Judge. In the Copyright Act, Congress sought to benefit the public by encouraging artists’ creative expression. Congress carefully drew the contours of copyright protection to achieve this goal. It granted artists the exclusive right to the original expression in their works, thereby giving them a financial incentive to create works to enrich our culture.1

ORDER RE WILLFULNESS AND BIFURCATION WILLIAM ALSUP, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE INTRODUCTION In this copyright-infringement action, defendant moves to preclude submitting the issue of willfulness to the jury unless and until plaintiff elects to pursue statutory'damages. For the reasons stated below, defendant’s motion is Denied. This order further addresses procedural matters related

OPINION M. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Defendant Mercer Canyons, Inc. (Mercer) appeals the district court’s order certifying a class of domestic farm workers, represented by Bacilio Ruiz Torres and Jose Amador (collectively, Plaintiffs). Mercer operates a fruit and vegetable farm near Prosser, Washington. In 2013, Mercer participated in the federal H-2A progra

323 F.3d 805 Richard SATAVA, an individual; Satava Art Glass, a sole proprietorship, Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.Christopher LOWRY, an individual; Christopher Richards, an Opinion individual; Makawao Glassworks, LLC, dba Hot Island Glass, Defendants-Appellants. No. 02-16347. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 10, 2003.

473 F.Supp.2d 1127 (2007) Richard BACH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FOREVER LIVING PRODUCTS U.S., INC., et al., Defendants. No. C05-970MJP. United States District Court, W.D. Washington. February 13, 2007. *1128 John Wentworth Phillips, Matthew Geyman, Phillips Law Group, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs. David R. Cross, Quarles &am;

MEMORANDUM OPINION GRADY, District Judge. Plaintiff Richard A. Kurfess, a carpenter employed by Terstep Company, Inc., was injured while working at a construction site at a post office in Carol Stream, Illinois. It was Kurfess’s job to help fabricate and install lookout galleries, or LOG’S, which are com*533pletely enclosed walkways susp

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RICHARD L. VOORHEES, District Judge. THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant Drafting and Design, Inc.’s Mo*534tion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 54); Defendants Lennar Corp. and Lennar Carolinas, LLC’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 55); and Plaintiff Building Graphics, Inc.’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. 57)

ORDER GRANTING COSTCO’S MOTION TO DECERTIFY CLASS AND COLLECTIVE ACTIONS GONZALO P. CURIEL, District Judge. INTRODUCTION In this collective and class action, plaintiffs Eric Stiller (“Stiller”) and Joseph Moro (“Moro”) (both, “Plaintiffs”) allege defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco”) violated federal and state wage and hour laws through the implementation of clos

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO AMEND AND GRANTING MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT CHARLES R. BREYER, District Judge. This is an employment compensation putative class action “aris[ing, in Plaintiffs’ view] out of [Hewlett-Packard’s (“HP”)] acknowledged failures over the past several years to record timely and accurately the sales of its equipment and services; and to calculate properly, and pay ti

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION OF THE PROPOSED CALIFORNIA CLASSES, DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION OF THE NATIONWIDE CLASS, AND STRIKING BOEDEKER’S REPORT JEFFREY T. MILLER, District Judge. On March 6,2013, plaintiffs Gino Maraventano, Neesha Kurji, Gina Balasanyan, and Nune Nalbandian (together, “Plaintiffs”) filed a motion to certify classes in two proposed class