Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Remedies : From 10/01/05 To 07/01/06
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | ERISA, Injury And Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies |
| Title: | Sereboff v. Mid Atlantic Med. Servs., Inc. |
| Date: | 05/15/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–260 |
| Summary: | Judgment in favor of a health insurance plan administrator in its suit brought under ERISA seeking to collect medical expenses it had paid on defendants' behalf from a tort recovery they subsequently received is affirmed where, under the circumstances, section 502(a)(3) of ERISA authorized recovery as the relief requested by the administrator was "equitable" under the provision. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies |
| Title: | eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C. |
| Date: | 05/15/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–130 |
| Summary: | The traditional four-factor test applied by courts of equity when considering whether to award permanent injunctive relief to a prevailing plaintiff applies to disputes arising under the Patent Act. A judgment reversing the denial of a motion for permanent injunctive relief in a patent infringement case against eBay is vacated where neither court below correctly applied the traditional four-factor framework that governs an award of injunctive relief. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations |
| Title: | Scheidler v. Nat'l Org. for Women, Inc. |
| Date: | 02/28/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1244 |
| Summary: | Physical violence unrelated to robbery or extortion falls outside the scope of the Hobbs Act. A judgment for respondents, a nonprofit organization supporting the availability of abortions and clinics that perform abortions, is reversed in a case brought under the Hobbs Act, RICO, and other extortion-related laws against individuals and organizations opposing legal abortion. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies |
| Title: | Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of N. New England |
| Date: | 01/18/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1144 |
| Summary: | A permanent injunction on enforcement of an abortion law requiring written parental notification prior to performance of an abortion on a pregnant minor is vacated and remanded for reconsideration of a more narrow remedy. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law, Remedies |
| Title: | Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp. |
| Date: | 12/07/05 |
| Case Number: | 04–1140 |
| Summary: | Upon remand of a case to state court, absent unusual circumstances, attorney's fees should not be awarded under 28 U.S.C. section 1447(c) when the removing party has an objectively reasonable basis for removal; conversely, where no objectively reasonable basis exists, fees should be awarded. |