Defamation claim by Nautical Solutions Marketing, Inc. d/b/a Yachtbroker.com against Boat.com d/b/a Yachtworld.com in which Yachtbroker claimed that Yachtworld told others that Yachtworld was engaging in illegal and criminal activities by using BoatRover to collect and re-publish and sell information from Yachtworld's website. The parties to this litigation competed on the Internet in the online ... More...   $350000 (01-23-2004 - FL)

We must decide two related questions arising out of a protracted and contentious dependency dispute: whether noncus- todial grandparents, acting as de facto parents to grandchildren who are dependents of the juvenile court, have a substantive due process right to family integrity and association with those grandchildren; and whether placing the grandfather's name on the California Child A... More...   $0 (01-22-2004 - CA)

Stephen J. Barrett, M.D. and Terry Polevoy, M.D. appeal from the trial court's order striking their complaint for libel, libel per se and conspiracy as a strategic lawsuit against public participation under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (hereafter section 425.16 or the anti-SLAPP statute). They challenge the trial court's findings that the anti-SLAPP statute applies to allegedly li... More...   $0 (01-22-2004 - CA)

Yolanda Bediako appeals the district court's1 final order granting summary judgment in favor of Stein Mart, Inc. (hereinafter "Stein Mart") on Bediako's claim alleging racial discrimination depriving her of the full and equal benefit of all laws in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. For reversal, Bediako argues that the district court erred in dismissing her claim on grounds that she failed to ... More...   $0 (01-20-2004 - MO)

This action arises out of the defendant's legal representation of the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against the plaintiff's former employer... More...   $0 (01-12-2004 - CT)

Robert J. Yetman, M.D. argues that the trial court er... More...   $0 (12-12-2003 - TX)

Adi's lawsuit was based upon alleged defamatory statements contained in an internal Prudential claims note written by Br... More...   $0 (12-12-2003 - TX)

This is an appeal after the case was remanded for the district court to determine whether a real estate developer-broker who breached his fiduciary duties to his principal should forfeit all or a portion of the development fee that the developer-broker earned before the breach. The district court awarded the developer-broker 87.5% of his development fee and attorney fees, and the landowners... More...   $0 (12-09-2003 - ID)

The plaintiff, Wendell C. Harp, an African- American real estate developer and architect who owns and manages seven low and moderate income housing developments1 financed by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA),2 appeals3 from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendants, Gary E. King, Vincent J. Flynn, Lawrence C. Pilcher and Regina Rentz, who are all ... More...   $0 (12-08-2003 - CT)

Appellant, Sally Scott, individually and d/b/a Sun City Skate Park ("Scott"), brings this restricted appeal to challenge the no-answer default judgment obtained against her by appellee, Ross Tanner ("Tanner"). We determine (1) whether the record indicates that Scott was properly served with Tanner's original petition; (2) whether Tanner's amended petition requested a more onerous judgment than ... More...   $0 (12-04-2003 - TX)

Defendants Michelangelo Delfino and Mary Day used Internet bulletin boards to post numerous derogatory messages about their former employer, Varian Associates, Inc. (Varian) and two Varian executives. Varian and the two executives sued. Defendants treated the lawsuit as a challenge to their constitutional right to free speech and responded with a flood of spiteful messages posted on hundreds ... More...   $775000 (11-14-2003 - CA)

Defamation claim by Janna Schwimmer against KCTV, owned by Meredith Corporation in Kansas City for broadcasting incorrect information about her in conjunction with a report about an incident that occurred at the elementary school where Schwimmer was the principal. The television station reported that Schwimmer "reportedly forced third-graders to strip to their underware as they searched for $5 in... More...   $0 (11-11-2003 - KS)

Defamation claim by the owners of a greyhound kennel whose dogs sustained various injuries at the Bluffs Run Casino racetrack. The Casino publicly stated that the Yates Kennel dogs performed poorly. Yates claimed that its dogs were injured because of poor track conditions.... More...   $585282 (11-11-2003 - IA)

Plaintiff Eric Nathan Paino alleged and declared under oath that when he was a boy, Fr. Siegfried Widera (Widera), a Roman Catholic priest, molested him. Widera was working at a parish in Orange County when the alleged molestation occurred. Paino sued the Milwaukee Archdiocese, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange (the Orange Diocese), and Widera. Paino alleged the Milwaukee Archdiocese engag... More...   $0 (10-01-2003 - CA)

This appeal arises from appellant Richard Weinberger's motion to compel the Maplewood Review and two of its reporters, Jason Tarasek and Wally Wakefield,[1] to disclose the identity of certain sources quoted in an article published by the Maplewood Review in January of 1997. Weinberger sought the identity of the sources in connection with a lawsuit he brought against Independent School Distric... More...   $0 (09-22-2003 - MN)

Defamation claim by the plaintiff, Dennis L. Stewart, who claimed that he was harmed as a result of the publication by the defendants, Oklahoma Publishing Company, Griffin Television, and NewsOK.com, of information received from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, that a sex offender lived at the address where the plaintiff lived. The Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma City's KWTV-Channel 9 jointly... More...   $3700000 (09-19-2003 - OK)

This matter is before us on a Petition for Rehearing filed by John Wastak from the decision of this panel filed June 10, 2003. In our original opinion, reported at 333 F.3d 120 (3d Cir. 2003), we considered Wastak's appeal from an order entered in the District Court on March 27, 2002, granting summary judgment in favor of his former employer, defendant Lehigh Valley Health Network, with r... More...   $0 (09-03-2003 - PA)

{1}Petitioners Running Elk Corp. and Second Running Elk Corp. (Running Elk) petitioned this Court to review an opinion of the Court of Appeals, which held that a liability release signed by Respondent Nicholas Berlangieri was unenforceable. See Berlangieri v. Running Elk Corp., 2002-NMCA-060, 22, 132 N.M. 332, 48 P.3d 70, cert. granted, No. 27,492 (2002). The Court of Appeals reversed an order of... More...   $0 (08-28-2003 - NM)

Today we resolve an apparent conflict between California's trade secret law (Civ. Code, § 3426 et seq.) and the free speech clauses of the United States and California Constitutions. In this case, a Web site operator posted trade secrets owned by another on his Internet Web site despite knowing or having reason to know that the secrets were acquired by improper means. The trial court found t... More...   $0 (08-25-2003 - CA)

Appellant Anthony Twist, also known as Tony Twist, is a former professional hockey player in the National Hockey League. After learning of the existence of a comic book, titled Spawn, that contained a villainous character sharing his name, Twist brought misappropriation of name and defamation claims against respondents, the creators, publishers and marketers of Spawn and related prom... More...   $0 (07-29-2003 - MO)

The dispute began in 1992 when Appellant Cardtoons L.C. ("Cardtoons") was formed to produce and market parody trading cards of active Major League baseball players. In 1993, Cardtoons contracted with Champs Marketing, Inc. ("Champs") to print and distribute the cards. MLBPA, as the exclusive group licensing agent for active Major League baseball players, sent Cardtoons and Champs each a cease-a... More...   $0 (07-16-2003 - OK)

The Hartford appeals a district court order denying its motion for judgment as a matter of law on Margaret Fabri's claim that it breached its duty to defend her under a liability insurance policy. Fabri cross-appeals an order granting The Hartford's motion for judgment as a matter of law on her bad faith claim arising out of the same refusal to defend. She also cross-appeals an order denyi... More...   $75000 (07-14-2003 - SC)

Intel Corporation (Intel) maintains an electronic mail system, connected to the Internet, through which messages between employees and those outside the company can be sent and received, and permits its employees to make reasonable nonbusiness use of this system. On six occasions over almost two years, Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi, a former Intel employee, sent e-mails criticizing Intel's employmen... More...   $0 (07-11-2003 - CA)

This is an action by Julie Bannert against her former employer, Columbia Valley Regional Medical Center ("Columbia"), and two of its managers, Charles Sexton and Rhue LaMont. The action arose after Columbia fired Bannert for dishonesty. Although Bannert alleged numerous causes of action relating to her termination, only defamation was submitted to the jury, which found for Bannert, awarding her... More...   $0 (07-10-2003 - TX)

In this case, the court of appeals reversed the district court's order dismissing, on the pleadings, the complaint of respondents Sandra Bodah, Wayne Senne, John Tonsager, and Mark Urick (respondents). On review, we consider an issue of first impression: whether allegations in the complaint - that appellant Lakeville Motor Express, Inc.'s (LME) dissemination by facsimile of 204 employee names ... More...   $0 (07-10-2003 - MN)