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From Mungo v. Minn. Life Ins. Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67654 (D. S.C. June 22, 2011): As Mungo points out in her brief, Founders recently asserted to this court in a removal notice in an unrelated case that it is a citizen of South Carolina "for purposes of any diversity analysis." *** The citizenship of Founders was not relevant in th ...
From Mungo v. Minn. Life Ins. Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67654 (D. S.C. June 22, 2011): As Mungo points out in her brief, Founders recently asserted to this court in a removal notice in an unrelated case that it…
From NML Capital, Ltd. v. Banco Central de law Republica Argentina, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 13655 (2d Cir. July 5, 2011): The question presented is whether certain assets held in the United States in an account of interested non-party-appellant Banco Central de la República Argentina ("BCRA") at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("FRBN ...
From NML Capital, Ltd. v. Banco Central de law Republica Argentina, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 13655 (2d Cir. July 5, 2011): The question presented is whether certain assets held in the United States in an account of interested non-party-appellant Banco…
From In re Consolidated “Non-Filing Ins.” Fee Litig., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 13046 (11th Cir. June 22, 2011): [T]he district court applied the test in Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail, 502 U.S. 367 (1992), and denied the motion to modify the consent decree because Security Finance had not met its burden. Rufo's two prong te ...
From In re Consolidated “Non-Filing Ins.” Fee Litig., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 13046 (11th Cir. June 22, 2011): [T]he district court applied the test in Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail, 502 U.S. 367 (1992), and denied the motion…
From Daly v. Pearl Spirits, Inc., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12587 (9th Cir. April 13, 2011): "The statute of limitations for civil RICO actions is four years." *** "The limitations period for civil RICO actions begins to run when a plaintiff knows or should know of the injury which is the basis for the action." Living Designs, Inc. v. E.I. D ...
From Daly v. Pearl Spirits, Inc., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12587 (9th Cir. April 13, 2011): “The statute of limitations for civil RICO actions is four years.” *** “The limitations period for civil RICO actions begins to run when a…
From Aikens v. County of Ventura, 2011 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 4986 (Cal. App. June 30, 2011): Homeowners brought an action against local governmental entities for inverse condemnation, continuing public nuisance, and continuing dangerous condition of public property. The governmental entities are the County of Ventura (the County) and t ...
From Aikens v. County of Ventura, 2011 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 4986 (Cal. App. June 30, 2011): Homeowners brought an action against local governmental entities for inverse condemnation, continuing public nuisance, and continuing dangerous condition of public property. The governmental…
From Doca Co. v. Westinghouse Elec. Co., LLC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59352 (W.D. Pa. June 2, 2011): Plaintiff DOCA Company ... [i]s successor to Caldon Company (hereinafter referred to as "Caldon")*** A Caldon employee created a timeline designed to help counsel understand the background facts of the current lawsuit. This timeline ...
From Doca Co. v. Westinghouse Elec. Co., LLC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59352 (W.D. Pa. June 2, 2011): Plaintiff DOCA Company … [i]s successor to Caldon Company (hereinafter referred to as “Caldon”)*** A Caldon employee created a timeline designed to…
From Walker v. THI of New Mexico at Hobbs Ctr., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65287 (D. N.M. May 20, 2011): The authorities have split on the question whether an abuse-of-process counterclaim is a compulsory counterclaim in the action which is allegedly abusive. See Pochiro v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 827 F.2d 1246, 1252 (9th Cir. 1987).
From Walker v. THI of New Mexico at Hobbs Ctr., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65287 (D. N.M. May 20, 2011): The authorities have split on the question whether an abuse-of-process counterclaim is a compulsory counterclaim in the action which is…
From USF Ins. Co. v. Smith’s Food & Drug Ctr., Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63926 (D. Nev. June 16, 2011): Smith's first response to Request Nos. 5, 6 and 9-25 consisted solely of a repeated boilerplate objection. Its supplemental responses to each of these requests likewise consisted of a substantially similar, repeated response:
From USF Ins. Co. v. Smith’s Food & Drug Ctr., Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63926 (D. Nev. June 16, 2011): Smith’s first response to Request Nos. 5, 6 and 9-25 consisted solely of a repeated boilerplate objection. Its supplemental…
From Koehl v. Greene, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12345 (2d Cir. June 16, 2011): The district court "has the inherent power to supervise and control its own proceedings and to sanction . . . a litigant for bad-faith conduct or for disobeying the court's orders." Mickle v. Morin, 297 F.3d 114, 125 (2d Cir. 2002). Among the sanctions available t ...
From Koehl v. Greene, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12345 (2d Cir. June 16, 2011): The district court “has the inherent power to supervise and control its own proceedings and to sanction . . . a litigant for bad-faith conduct or…

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