The Lawsuit is a comic opera in one act by composer Svetlana Nesterova . The opera uses a Russian language Russian libretto by Vera Kupriyanova and the composer which is based upon the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol . The opera was commissioned by the Mariinsky Theatre along with two other new operas, Anastasia Bespalova s Shponka and His Aunt and Vyacheslav Kruglik s The Carriage opera The Carriage , all based on stories by Gogol. The three operas premiered together on 21 June 2009 during the Mariinsky Theatre s summer festival. ref name opera cite news url http www.metoperafamily.org operanews review review.aspx?id 2932&issueID 335 title ST. PETERSBURG The Lawsuit, Shponka and His Aunt, The Carriage 4 1 09 , May Night 4 2 09 , The Fair at Sorochintsy 4 4 09 , Kirov Opera work Opera News author George Loomis date July 2009, vol 74, no. 1 accessdate July 6, 2009 ref Roles Pavel Petrovich Burdyukov Khristophor Petrovich Burdyukov Alexander Ivanovich Proletov References reflist DEFAULTSORT Lawsuit, The Category Operas Category Russian language operas Category 2009 operas Category One act operas Category Operas based on works by Nikolai Gogol opera stub ... more details
Nuisance lawsuit may refer to a suit of the tort of nuisance , i.e. the plaintiff claims the defendant is causing a nuisance to the plaintiff a frivolous lawsuit , i.e. by bringing the suit, the plaintiff is causing a nuisance to the defendant Disambig ... more details
Unref date March 2008 A collusive lawsuit sometimes referred to as a collusive action is a lawsuit in which the parties to the suit have no actual quarrel with one another, but one sues the other to achieve some result desired by both. Examples Constitutional law For example, if two people think a law is Constitutionality unconstitutional , one might sue another in order to put the lawsuit before a court which can rule on its constitutionality. Because courts generally reserve jurisdiction for situations in which there is an actual Case or Controversy Clause case or controversy i.e., a real dispute between the parties where such a suit is suspected, the court may refuse to exercise jurisdiction . Tort fraud Another form of collusive lawsuit involves fraud , where two persons agree to fake an accident , so that the victim can sue the other person in order to collect from the other person s insurance . This is a crime , and insurance companies investigate claims to determine that no collusion is involved. Because of the fear of collusive suits, many jurisdictions have, at various times, prohibited spouses from suing one another or prohibited children from suing their parents. Also, many jurisdictions have had guest statute s which make it difficult for a passenger in a non commercial vehicle to sue the driver if the passenger is injured due to the driver s negligence . At fault divorce Another example is in divorce , in those jurisdiction s where fault legal fault remains as a condition before commencement of an action for breach of the marriage contract. See also Connivance Tort reform Tortfeasor DEFAULTSORT Collusive Lawsuit Category Activism by method Category Civil procedure Category Lawsuits law term stub ... more details
The Ferko lawsuit is a common nickname for an United States American lawsuit that was challenged between plaintiff Francis Ferko, a resident of Plano, Texas and a shareholder of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. s Texas Motor Speedway , and defendants NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation ISC , which are both owned by the France family . Ferko contended that the defendants violated antitrust laws that prevented Texas Motor Speedway from obtaining two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races per racing season, as many other tracks had. ref name Fan cite web url http www.dfw.com mld dfw 13059399.htm title Fan wishes he hadn t filed suit work Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram accessdate 2006 12 28 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060708031401 http www.thatsracin.com mld thatsracin 13059399.htm archivedate 2006 07 08 last Wilson first Jeff ref Settlement As the case was preparing to go to trial in 2004, the parties settled the lawsuit as part of a larger restructuring of NASCAR. ref name Fan In the settlement, ISC sold the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina Rockingham now known as Rockingham Speedway to Speedway Motorsports, and Speedway then moved Rockingham s one NEXTEL Cup race which had been held in February to Texas. However, as part of NASCAR s date realignment, the February race was actually moved to Auto Club Speedway , and the date given to Texas was the November date ... Lawsuit Settled As Texas And Phoenix Gain Cup Races publisher Street and Smith s SportsBusiness Daily ..., Ferko had his life fall apart as a direct result of the lawsuit. He lost his job in food safety ... 500, Ferko said that k nowing what I know now, I definitely would not have pursued the lawsuit .... I ... at their venue. However, unlike the promise of a second race at the heart of the Ferko lawsuit, the France ... publisher Las Vegas Review Journal date March 12, 2006 accessdate 2009 06 01 ref The lawsuit was dismissed ... Lawsuit Decision publisher Kentucky Speedway date January 7, 2008 accessdate 2009 06 01 Dead link ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2007 A direct action lawsuit is brought directly against an insurance company for a wrong done by the insured. In a lawsuit that is not direct action, a plaintiff brings the Cause of action claim against the insured, who actually wronged the plaintiff. Once Legal judgment judgment has been rendered against the defendant , there are a number of ways that the insurance company assuming the defendant is insured might later be made to pay the victorious plaintiff. If the plaintiff wants to avoid the extra time and process required to eventually be paid by the insurance company, the action can be brought directly against the insurance company. The plaintiff must still prove all of the same facts that would be the plaintiff s burden, had the action been brought against the insured. In addition, the plaintiff must prove that the insured was covered by the insurance company, and that the insurance policy covered the kind of wrong for which the plaintiff is seeking remedy. The insured is then treated as a third party to the litigation, and the insurance company itself is the defendant. This name can also be given to any lawsuit that is brought as a kind of direct action activism. One example can be a customer suing a company to repeal an action deemed an infringement on the rights of the customer as a citizen and thus a subject to federal or state law. Allegedly, the largest direct action lawsuit was the subject matter of the motion picture Erin Brockovich film Erin Brockovich . Category Lawsuits Category Tort law Category Insurance law term stub ... more details
orphan date October 2009 A watching brief is a method normally used in criminal Legal case cases by lawyer s to represent clients not directly a party to the suit and to function as an observer. The method is normally used to help protect the rights and interests of victims of a crime, or also to protect a defendant from possible malicious prosecution. This method is used in countries such as Australia and Malaysia . DEFAULTSORT Watching Brief Lawsuit Category Dispute resolution Category Criminal law law stub ... more details
Multiple issues orphan January 2011 no footnotes May 2011 The Minneapolis Property tax Lawsuit , also known as Idowu Odunlade et. Al v City of Minneapolis, is a class action lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court which alleges that an unfair practice of assessment has led to homeowner s in certain neighborhoods in the city being tax ed at a higher rate of their home s actual value than those in other areas. The suit was drafted and filed by two student lawyer attorney s at the University of Minnesota Law School Civil Practice Clinic, http www.linkedin.com pub michael gavigan 17 933 386 Michael Gavigan and http www.linkedin.com pub john braun 6 104 274 John Braun , working under the supervision of licensed attorney and law professor http www.linkedin.com pub laura thomas 9 72a 776 Laura Thomas from the University and practicing attorneys from the private law firm http www.wilsonlg.com Wilson Law Group . Attorneys for the plaintiff s analyzed the open market selling prices of over 7700 sales of single family homes that sold between October 2006 and October 2008. They then compared those sale amounts to the amount assigned to the same properties for the following year s tax assessment . In the Calhoun Isles, Minneapolis Calhoun Isles and Southwest, Minneapolis Southwest areas of the city, the average ratio was very nearly one to one, but in the Camden, Minneapolis Camden , Near North, Minneapolis Near North , and Phillips, Minneapolis Phillips communities, the average ratios were nearly triple. Media coverage of the suit http www.startribune.com local 109090004.html?elr KArksUUUycaEacyU Minneapolis Star Tribune http www.myfoxtwincities.com dpp news minnesota lawsuit mpls property tax increases are discrimination nov 19 2010 Fox News TV 29 http www.kare11.com news news article.aspx?storyid 883255 KARE 11 TV http minnesota.publicradio.org display web 2010 11 19 lawsuit minneapolis homevalues Minnesota Public Radio References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch ref http www.mlaw.org ref is a 501 c non profit 501 c 4 organization based in Novi, Michigan . It was created in 1997 with the goal to increase public awareness of what it views as the burden of excessive litigation is placing on families, job providers and communities in the United States and to promote policies to restore common sense to the civil justice system. M LAW holds itself out as a grassroots legal reform organization of consumers, businesses, professionals, community leaders, and other supporters who want to eliminate the negative effects many personal injury lawyer s have had on America. Wacky Warning Label Contest The organization sponsors several projects each year designed to focus public attention on what it views to be the side effects associated with life in what it calls the most lawsuit happy society on earth. Its popular Wacky Warning Label Contest ref Cite web url http www.wackywarninglabelstv.com title Wacky Warning Labels accessdate 29 January 2011 ref receives worldwide media attention every January when its list of the wackiest warning labels is released. The contest was created to reveal how lawsuits have created the need for obvious warning labels on all sorts of consumer products. Each year, the grand prize winner receives a check for 500 and a copy of the bestselling book, The Death of Common Sense , by Philip K. Howard. ref Cite book first Philip K. last Howard title The Death of Common Sense How Law is Suffocating America isbn 978 0446672283 publisher Grand Central Publishing year 1996 ref M LAW s president, Robert Dorigo Jones , is the author of Remove Child Before Folding The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever . ref Cite book last Jones first Robert Dorigo title Remove Child Before Folding The 101 Stupidest, Silliest, and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever isbn 978 0446696562 year 2007 publisher Grand Central Publishing ref Funding M ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Shell Canada Lawsuit was a class action suit filed against Shell Canada Shell Canada Limited on July 18, 2003, on behalf of customers who purchased Bronze Octane rating regular grade gasoline products, to which Shell Canada added an Gasoline additive additive , between March 1, 2001 and April 15, 2002. This additive allegedly caused damage to the fuel supply system of many cars, most commonly of Acura , Chrysler , Dodge , Ford , General Motors , Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai and Volvo brands. While Shell Canada estimated that between 100,000 and 200,000 customers bought Bronze products during that period, it is unknown how many total vehicles were affected. A settlement was reached on January 7, 2004, and was approved by the Superior Court of Quebec in June 2004 . Under the settlement, Shell compensated people who owned or leased vehicles that were filled with at least Canadian dollar C 100 worth of Shell branded gasoline between March 1, 2001 and April 15, 2002 and that experienced fuel pump or fuel sensor problems before July 31, 2002. Claims were able to be made under the class action until November 5, 2004. There are three classes of claims and compensation People who owned or lease d 1996 &ndash 2002 Chrysler vehicles except Jeep s were fully reimbursed for fuel pump and fuel sensor repairs and for eligible out of pocket expenses . People who owned or leased other 1996&ndash 2002 vehicles and who can establish that the fuel pump or fuel sending unit had a particular residue on it were reimbursed for eligible repairs and out of pocket costs to a maximum of C 175. People who owned or leased pre 1996 vehicles and who can establish that the fuel pump or fuel sending unit had a particular residue on it were reimbursed for eligible repairs and out of pocket expenses to a maximum of C 100. References cite web url http www.apa.ca template.asp?SectionID 3&ArticleID 13 title Class Action Suit Authorized Against Shell Oil July 18, 2003 accessdate ... more details
Multiple issues POV November 2008 cleanup April 2009 refimprove April 2009 The Vatican Radio lawsuit was started by the Regional Health Department for Throwing of dangerous things on the Italian ground. Every time it was sued the radio showed the Lateran Treaty , bilateral agreements signed by the Holy See and Benito Mussolini during Fascism . The area around the radio station at the time it was built was not heavily populated . The Santa Maria di Galeria transmitter site is the subject of a dispute between the station and some local residents who claim the non ionising radiation from the site has Microwave radiation Health effects affected their health . ref http findarticles.com p articles mi m1141 is 21 37 ai 72960576 Vatican Radio officials charged in case concerning the electromagnetic force of radio transmitters Brief Article from BNet ref However these claims are not accepted by the station. Vatican Radio covers a large area of the Rome municipality, as set by the extraterritorial right in Italian law. To cover such a large area, the radio station has around 60 Radio masts and towers pylons higher than 100 meters 328 ft . Since this part of Rome is not under Italian jurisdiction, these transmitters are not subject to the Italian laws that limit the radiation that a radio station can emit. In the vicinity of these pylons, the radiation emitted can be more than the double the amount allowed by Italian law, as verified officially by the Italian Civil Defense and the Department for the Environment of the region of Lazio . This situation causes much disturbance to the lives of the people living in this area the most common complaints are that one can hear the transmissions breaking through on telephones, and many other electronic devices due in many cases to the devices having poor Electromagnetic compatibility electromagnetic immunity to the strong signals . The Region of Lazio has also found that the people in the area around the emitters are much more likely ... more details
The SAS Institute , creators of the SAS System filed a lawsuit against World Programming Limited , creators of World Programming System WPS . The dispute was whether World Programming had infringed copyrights on SAS Institute Products, and Manuals and whether World Programming used SAS Learning Edition to reverse engineer SAS system in violation with its term of usage. The case is interesting because World Programming did not have access to the SAS Institute s source code, and so the court considered the merits of a copyright claim based on observing functionality only. The European Committee for Interoperable Systems say that the case is important to the software indusry. ref http www.ecis.eu 2011 12 ecis symposium 1 december 2011 bibliotheque solvay video audio presentations and related materials ref Some observers say the case is as important as the Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int l, Inc. Borland versus Lotus case . The European Court of Justice EU Court of Justice ruled that copyright protection does not extend to the software functionality, the programming language used and the format of the data files used by the program. It stated that there is no copyright infringement when a company which does not have access to the source code of a program studies, observes and tests that program to create another program with the same functionality. ref cite news url http www.bloomberg.com news 2012 05 02 copyright can t block software reverse engineering court.html title Copyright Can t Block Software Reverse Engineering Court author Aoife White publisher Bloomberg date 2012 05 02 accessdate 2012 05 02 ref Decision The High Court of England and Wales made the following observations. ref http www.bailii.org ew cases EWHC Ch 2010 1829.html para332 Judgement ref ix On the interpretation of Article 5 3 which I favour, WPL s use of the Learning Edition is within Article 5 3 , and to the extent ... en&mode lst&dir &occ first&cid 14287 ECIS Judgement on the Case ref Additional US Lawsuit The US case ... more details
Censorship A strategic lawsuit against public participation SLAPP is a lawsuit that is intended to censorship censor , intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. ref name onthemedia 01 cite web url http www.onthemedia.org 2010 apr 02 slapp back transcript title SLAPP Back Transcript date Friday, April 02, 2010 work ON THE MEDIA http onthemedia.org onthemedia.org publisher WNYC National Public Radio , PBS author Nazanin Rafsanjani accessdate 2011 06 29 ref The typical SLAPP plaintiff does not normally expect to win the lawsuit. The plaintiff s goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism. A SLAPP may also intimidate others from participating in the debate. A SLAPP is often preceded by a legal threat . The difficulty, of course, is that plaintiffs do not present themselves to the Court admitting that their intent is to censor, intimidate or silence their critics. Hence, the difficulty in drafting SLAPP legislation, and in applying it, is to craft an approach which affords an early termination to invalid ... as a lawsuit involving communications made to influence a governmental action or outcome, which ... can file at the outset of a lawsuit to strike a complaint when it arises from conduct that falls ... of public interest. To win an anti SLAPP motion, the defendant must first show that the lawsuit ... lawsuit against public participation. The Supreme Court rejected that claim and affirmed the District ... www.mindfully.org Reform 2003 Barbra Streisand Coastal3dec03.htm title Streisand s Lawsuit to Silence ... Blog SchoolGrounds 124005 date March 31, 2011 title Arizona appeals court tosses lawsuit filed against ... 2011 The lawsuit, filed on May 5, 2010 on behalf of Youthdale by Harvin Pitch and Jennifer Lake of Teplitsky ... Travel v. MummaGraphics, Inc. SLAPPSUIT.com Apr 2007 Documentary Film. DEFAULTSORT Strategic Lawsuit ... more details
The World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks was launched to retrieve deposits made by victims of Nazi persecution during and prior to World War II. Negotiations Starting in 1995, the World Jewish Congress WJC began negotiations on behalf of various Jewish organizations with Swiss banks and the Swiss government over dormant Jewish World War II bank accounts. Led by Edgar Bronfman, Sr. Edgar Bronfman , the heir to the Seagram Seagram s fortune, the WJC entered a class action in Brooklyn, NY combining several established suits in New York , California , and the District of Columbia. The original suits arose from grievances of Holocaust survivors and their heirs against Swiss banks. They alleged improper difficulties in accessing these accounts because of requirements such as death certificates typically non existent for Holocaust victims , along with deliberate efforts on the part of some Swiss banks to retain the balances indefinitely. The causes for claims eventually expanded to include the value of art works purported to have been stolen, damages to persons denied admission to Switzerland on the strength of refugee applications, and the value or cost of labor purported to have been performed by persons being maintained at Swiss government expense in displaced person camps during the Holocaust, along with interest on such claims from the time of loss. Plaintiffs included all Holocaust victims, not just Jews. Hearings The WJC was able to marshal the unprecedented support of U.S. government officials including senator Alfonse M. D Amato Alfonse D Amato R NY, who held hearings of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Banking Committee in which he claimed to possess recently declassified documents that shed new light on the Swiss role in the war. He also claimed that hundreds of millions of dollars of war era Jewish assets ... offers from the banks and demanded payment of 1.8 billion to settle the lawsuit. During the negotiations ... more details
Rindos may refer to David Rindos 1947 1996 , archaeologist and anthropologist Rindos affair , academic scandal Rindos v Hardwick , lawsuit Disambig ... more details
Multiple issues wikify November 2011 orphan November 2011 unreferenced November 2011 neologism date November 2011 Pre Settlement Funding pre settlement loan or lawsuit loan is used to define the type of funding intended to provide funds to the plaintiff in a lawsuit , before the case is in the Settlement litigation settlement process . This type of funding is often the difference between having to accept the first settlement offer that comes along, and being able to wait out the low ball offers that are common in a lawsuit. This money is an investment in a lawsuit, made to qualifying plaintiffs , on a non recourse basis rendering all claims void regarding investment in the plaintiffs lawsuit if the case is lost. Most companies providing Pre settlement funding offer fast turnaround times and cash in hand within 24 48 hours. Category Legal terms Category Tort law External links http usalawsuitfunding.com Provides non recourse pre settlement loans http www.presettlementsolutions.com http www.presettlementsolutions.com Non Recourse Pre settlement Funding ... more details
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In a civil lawsuit, a nominal party is one named as a party law party on the record of an action, but having no interest in the action. References PD old text title The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia year 1906 references Category Legal terms ... more details
Kevin Gaines may refer to Kevin Gaines police officer 1966 1997 , Los Angeles officer who became the subject of a wrongful death lawsuit Kevin Gaines American football born 1971 , American football player hndis Gaines, Kevin ... more details
In a class action lawsuit , a lead plaintiff also called class representative , named plaintiff , or representative plaintiff is the named party. The court officially appoints this individual when it certifies the lawsuit as a class action. The lead plaintiff must be able to represent the interests of all the members of the class. He or she is responsible to hire the attorney, file the lawsuit, consult on the case, and agree to any settlement. References http law.freeadvice.com litigation class actions class action lead plantiff.htm What s In It For the Lead Class Action Plaintiff? law.freeadvice.com Category Civil law common law law stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Multiplicity of suits is a term to describe when more than one lawsuit exists regarding the same transaction or occurrence. The law generally attempts to avoid this situation and there are several rules in place when such situations occur. The main risk with several lawsuits over the same subject matter is that the different lawsuits will result in clearly contradictory results. For example, a litigant is injured when crossing a bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, joining it to Hull, Quebec due to defects in the roadway. This could result in a lawsuit against the city of Ottawa, the city of Hull, the province of Ontario, the province of Quebec, and even the federal government of Canada. However, court rules often require governments to be sued in their own courts. This situation would require three different lawsuits one in Ontario , one in Quebec , and one in the Federal Court of Canada . As such, usually one court will accept jurisdiction over the entire matter, and any proceedings or attempt to remove it to the other court will be stayed. In addition, courts discourage more than one lawsuit being started between the same parties in the same dispute. For example, in a large business dispute, if new causes of action arise out of the same problem for example, ongoing patent infringement , the court will generally require the new allegations to be brought into the existing lawsuit rather than allowing a new lawsuit to be started. See also Parallel litigation DEFAULTSORT Multiplicity Of Suits Category Civil procedure ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Pierrot Le Poisson Clown ISBN 2 9519138 1 8 lang en Pierrot the Clownfish is a France French children s book by author Franck Le Calvez . Disney lawsuit In 2003 , Le Calvez filed lawsuit suit against Pixar and its distribution company Walt Disney Pictures , claiming that the story and the characters from this book were plagiarism plagiarized in the film Finding Nemo . The author and his lawyer , Pascal Kamina, demanded from Disney a share of the profits from merchandising articles sold in France. Le Calvez and Kamina lost the lawsuit on March 12, 2004 and intended to file an appeal on October 5, 2004 however, to date there has been no further action taken against Pixar on the matter. References http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi entertainment 3435969.stm BBC News Finding Nemo case delayed http www.telegraph.co.uk news main.jhtml?xml news 2003 12 28 wdiz28.xml&sSheet news 2003 12 28 ixnewstop.html Telegraph Disney copied my idea for Nemo claims French author Category Children s picture books Category Fictional fish child picture book stub ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 In the Law of the United States American legal system , an agreed statement is an agreement between two parties to a lawsuit or an appeal of a judgment. The agreements are always limited to cases where the dispute is a question of legal interpretation rather than a dispute concerning the facts of a case. DEFAULTSORT Agreed Statement Category Statements law US law stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 lowercase xICE Desktop xICE Desktop is an encryption program created for Microsoft Windows based computers capable of running the .NET Framework 1.1 . It implements the xICE encryption algorithm. Lawsuit From the time of its launch xICE Desktop has been the target of piracy due to faulty DRM provided by Softwrap Limited. This flaw was the subject of a http dockets.justia.com docket court wawdce case no 2 2007cv00572 case id 143165 recent lawsuit filed by the program s author on April 29, 2007. The lawsuit claimed 1.2M in damages due to a fault in Softwrap s DRM software acknowledged by Softwrap s VP of Business Development. The lawsuit was dismissed on August 17, 2007 by Judge Marsha J. Pechman, who upheld the arbitration clause in the contract between the developer and Softwrap, which stated that claims arising out of the use of Softwrap s DRM were to be arbitrated in London under the http www.wipo.int amc en arbitration expedited rules WIPO Expedited Arbitration Rules . A motion to reconsider was filed on August 26, 2007. A declaration attached to the motion asserts that the cost to arbitrate in London would greatly exceed the developer s total yearly income, and that to do so would be financially impossible. Category Computer security software ... more details
Cover sheet may refer to Case Information Statement or Cover Sheet , is a document which is filed with a court clerk at the commencement of a civil lawsuit in many of the court systems of the United States Assignment cover sheet , a paper used by students when completing assignments at university for their courses See also Cover letter disambig ... more details
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