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Federal jurisdiction Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist

The Supreme Court held that an erroneous interlocutory dismissal of a nondiverse defendant did not cure a removal-stage diversity defect, so the federal judgment had to be vacated.

  • Diversity jurisdiction
  • Improper joinder
  • Removal/remand
  • Vacatur of judgment
  • Federal rule of civil procedure 21
  • Forum selection by plaintiff
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Civil procedure PENNY A. JEAN v. MICHAEL SALAMONE & Another

PENNY A. JEAN v. MICHAEL SALAMONE & Another

The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed denial of G. L. c. 211, § 3 relief, holding the petitioner had adequate alternatives such as Rule 60 relief and ordinary appeal.

  • Superintendence (g.l. c.211, §3)
  • Mass. r. civ. p. 60 relief
  • Summary judgment
  • Agreement for judgment
  • Civil contempt
  • Right to jury trial
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Corporate law In re The Trade Desk, Inc. Derivative Action

In re The Trade Desk, Inc. Derivative Action

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery in derivative litigation involving The Trade Desk, Inc., leaving the lower court’s ruling intact.

  • Demand futility
  • Standing
  • Business judgment rule
  • Judicial review standard
  • Derivative-litigation
  • Demand-futility
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Torts Long v. Fowler

Long v. Fowler

North Carolina’s Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for defendants in a wrongful death case, holding the fatal chiller accident was not reasonably foreseeable.

  • Foreseeability
  • Proximate cause
  • Summary judgment
  • Contributory negligence
  • Warnings and manuals
  • Sovereign immunity (procedural history)
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Intellectual property Mondis Technology Ltd. v. Lg Electronics Inc.

Mondis Technology Ltd. v. Lg Electronics Inc.

The Federal Circuit held claims 14 and 15 of the ’180 patent invalid for lack of written description, reversing the district court and entering judgment for LG.

  • Written description
  • Invalidity
  • Infringement
  • Judgment as a matter of law (jmol)
  • Presumption of validity
  • Prosecution history
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Civil procedure 605 U.S. 204

BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman

The Supreme Court held that Rule 60(b)(6) requires extraordinary circumstances even when a party seeks to reopen a final judgment to amend a complaint.

  • Rule 60(b)(6)
  • Rule 15(a)
  • Aiding-and-abetting liability
  • Finality of judgments
  • Leave to amend
  • Standard of review (abuse of discretion)
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Appellate review Raymond Wilson, Third v. Commerce Insurance Company

Raymond Wilson, Third v. Commerce Insurance Company

The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed denial of a G. L. c. 211, § 3 petition, holding the single justice did not abuse discretion in declining extraordinary relief.

  • G. l. c. 211, § 3
  • Abuse of discretion
  • Indigency waiver
  • Dismissal/striking pleadings
  • Filing restrictions
  • Attorney's fee
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Insurance law In Re State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Lindsey Nicole Dessart

In Re State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Lindsey Nicole Dessart

Texas Supreme Court conditionally granted mandamus in a UIM dispute, holding extracontractual claims should be abated and the insurer’s corporate representative deposition quashed.

  • Underinsured motorist (uim) coverage
  • Abatement
  • Bifurcation
  • Proportionality of discovery
  • Corporate representative deposition
  • Declaratory judgment (udja)
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Veterans law 604 U.S. 369; 145 S. Ct. 728; 221 L. Ed. 2d 192

Bufkin v. Collins

The Supreme Court held that VA approximate-balance determinations under the benefit-of-the-doubt rule are predominantly factual and reviewed for clear error.

  • Benefit-of-the-doubt rule
  • Standard of review
  • Approximate balance
  • 38 u.s.c. §5107(b)
  • 38 u.s.c. §7261(b)(1)
  • Clear error
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