Brokers' Choice of America v. NBC Universal, Inc.
Filed: July 9, 2014 as 11-1042
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Defendant - Appellee: NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., CHRIS HANSEN, STEVEN FOX ECKERT, MARIE THERESA AMOREBIETA
Plaintiff - Appellant: BROKER'S CHOICE OF AMERICA, INC., TYRONE M. CLARK
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Joyce Barlow v. Colgate Palmolive Company
Filed: July 2, 2014 as 13-1839
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Defendant: JOHN CRANE-HOUDAILLE, INCORPORATED, E.L. STEBBING & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, HAMPSHIRE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, f/k/a John H. Hampshire Company, UNIVERSAL REFRACTORIES COMPANY, J.H. FRANCE REFRACTORIES COMPANY, THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, f/k/a Kelly Springfield Tire Company, MCIC, INCORPORATED, and its remaining Director Trustees, Robert I. McCormick, Elizabeth McCormick and Patricia Schunk, CBS CORPORATION, f/k/a Viacom, Inc.,, Successor by merger to CBS Corporation, A Pennsylvania Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY, CERTAINTEED CORPORATION, individually and as successor to Bestwall Gypsum Co., KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INCORPORATED, UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, individually and as successor in interest to Champion International Corporation and U.S. Plywood Corp., BAYER CROPSCIENCE, INCORPORATED, individually and as successor in interest to Benjamin Foster Co., Amchem Products, Inc., H.B. Fuller Co., Aventis CropScience USA, Inc., Rhone-Poulenc AG Company, Inc., Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. and Rhodia, Inc., COOPER INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, individually and as successors in interest to Crouse Hinds Co., PFIZER CORPORATION, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC., f/k/a Square D Company, individually and as successor in interest to Electric Controller and Manufacturing Co., GEORGIA-PACIFIC, LLC, individually and as successor to Bestwall Gypsum Co., FOSTER WHEELER CORPORATION, THE WALLACE & GALE ASBESTOS SETTLEMENT TRUST, CONWED CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION, individually and as successor in interest to Bestwall Gypsum Co.
Defendant - Appellant: COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY
Plaintiff - Appellee: JOYCE BARLOW
DENNIS HELLERVIK V. 3M COMPANY
Filed: June 16, 2014 as 12-56373
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Defendant - Appellee: 3M COMPANY, CBS CORPORATION, FKA Viacom, Inc., FKA Westinghouse Electric Corporation, CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY (USA), INC., sued individually and as successor in interest to Mundet Cork Company, DAP, INC., EATON CORPORATION, sued individually and as successor in interest to Cutler-Hammer, Inc., ERICSSON, INC., sued individually and as successor in interest to Anaconda Wire and Cable Company and Continental Wire and Cable Company, GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GEORGIA PACIFIC, LLC, sued as successor in interest to Best Well Gypsum Company, FKA Georgia Pacific Corporation, HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., sued individually and as successor in interest and as successor in interest to Allied Signal, Inc and Bendix Corporation, KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INC., KELLY-MOORE PAINT COMPANY, INC., MECHANICAL DRIVES & BELTING, FKA L A Rubber Company, OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., sued individually and as successor in interest to Owens Illinois Glass Company, PARKER HANIFFIN CORPORATION, sued individually and as successor in interest to Sacoma Sierra Company, Phelps-Dodge Corporation, AKA Phelps-Dodge Industries, Inc., AKA Phelps-Dodge Wire & Cable, ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC, sued individually and as successor in interest to Allen Bradley Company, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, sued individually and as successor in interest to Square D Company, Inc., SOCCO WEST, INC., FKA Brenntag West, Inc., FKA Soco-Lynch Corporation, FKA Soco-Western Chemical Corporation, FKA Stinnes-Western Chemical Corporation, PHELPS DODGE INDUSTRIES, INC., (erroneously named as Phelps Dodge Corporation, AKA Phelps Dodge Wire & Cable
Plaintiff - Appellant: DENNIS HELLERVIK, THO HELLERVIK
Joyce Barlow v. Colgate Palmolive Company
Filed: April 30, 2014 as 13-1839
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Defendant: JOHN CRANE-HOUDAILLE, INCORPORATED, E.L. STEBBING & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, HAMPSHIRE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, f/k/a John H. Hampshire Company, UNIVERSAL REFRACTORIES COMPANY, J.H. FRANCE REFRACTORIES COMPANY, THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, f/k/a Kelly Springfield Tire Company, MCIC, INCORPORATED, and its remaining Director Trustees, Robert I. McCormick, Elizabeth McCormick and Patricia Schunk, CBS CORPORATION, f/k/a Viacom, Inc.,, Successor by merger to CBS Corporation, A Pennsylvania Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY, CERTAINTEED CORPORATION, individually and as successor to Bestwall Gypsum Co., KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INCORPORATED, UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, individually and as successor in interest to Champion International Corporation and U.S. Plywood Corp., BAYER CROPSCIENCE, INCORPORATED, individually and as successor in interest to Benjamin Foster Co., Amchem Products, Inc., H.B. Fuller Co., Aventis CropScience USA, Inc., Rhone-Poulenc AG Company, Inc., Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. and Rhodia, Inc., COOPER INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, individually and as successors in interest to Crouse Hinds Co., PFIZER CORPORATION, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC., f/k/a Square D Company, individually and as successor in interest to Electric Controller and Manufacturing Co., GEORGIA-PACIFIC, LLC, individually and as successor to Bestwall Gypsum Co., FOSTER WHEELER CORPORATION, THE WALLACE & GALE ASBESTOS SETTLEMENT TRUST, CONWED CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION, individually and as successor in interest to Bestwall Gypsum Co.
Defendant - Appellant: COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY
Plaintiff - Appellee: JOYCE BARLOW
Pauline Rowl v. Smith Debnam Narron Wyche Saintsing
Filed: April 17, 2014 as 09-1701
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Defendant - Appellee: SMITH DEBNAM NARRON WYCHE SAINTSING & MYERS, LLP, KIRSCHBAUM NANNEY KEENAN & GRIFFIN PA, MONOGRAM CREDIT CARD BANK OF GEORGIA, a/k/a GE Financial Corporation, a/k/a GE Money Bank, a/k/a General Electric Capital Corporation, a/k/a General Electric Company, a/k/a General Electric Capital Services, Incorporated, IBM COASTAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, d/b/a Coastal Federal Credit Union, a/k/a Coastal Credit Union Service Organization Inc, a/k/a A.S.F. Inc of Wake County, d/b/a Coastal Federal Financial Group, LLC, a/k/a Atlantic States Financial Inc., a/k/a Atlantic St, THOMAS F. MOORE, Judge, RBS CITIZENS, N.A.
Plaintiff - Appellant: PAULINE ROWL
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
MELVIN AMINA V. WMC MORTGAGE CORP.
Filed: January 28, 2014 as 12-15521
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Defendant - Appellee: WMC MORTGAGE CORP., GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, MERSCORP, INC., MORTGAGE ELENCTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC, CHASE HOME FINANCE, INC., LCS FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS OF THE EVIDENCE OF THE DEBT AND/OR OWNERS OF THE NOTE
Plaintiff - Appellant: MELVIN KEAKAKU AMINA, husband, DONNA MAE AMINA, wife
Cathy Jackson-Platts v. General Electric Capital Corporation
Filed: August 22, 2013 as 11-14379
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
: FUNDAMENTAL LONG TERM CARE HOLDINGS, LLC, RUBIN SCHRON, VENTAS REALITY, LP, VENTAS, INC.
Defendant - Appellant: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
Plaintiff - Appellee: CATHY JACKSON-PLATTS, Personal Representative, of the Estate of Juanita Amelia Jackson formely known as Catherine Whatley
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Renee Majors v. General Electric Company
Filed: April 16, 2013 as 12-2893
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Defendant - Appellee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Plaintiff - Appellant: RENEE S. MAJORS
MICHAEL SCANTLIN V. GE
Filed: February 21, 2013 as 11-55812
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Defendant: ESSCO WHOLESALE ELECTRIC
Defendant - Appellee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Plaintiff - Appellant: MICHAEL SCANTLIN, ORA SCANTLIN
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. V. WILKINS
Filed: February 11, 2013 as 13-1086
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Nature of Suit: Other Contract
Kim Brown v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Filed: December 6, 2012 as 11-6049
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Defendant - Appellee: AIS SERVICES, LLC, CITIBANK, N.A., dba Citi, dba Citicorp, CITIGROUP, INC., ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC., EQUIFAX INC., EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC., aka Experian plc, EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, EXXON-MOBILE INC., GE MONEY BANK, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, LVNV FUNDING, LLC, aka IVNV Funding, LLC, MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, INC., MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, TRANS UNION, LLC, WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Plaintiff - Appellant: KIM BROWN
Jarrett Hamilton v. GE
Filed: October 24, 2012 as 11-6521
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Defendant - Appellee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Plaintiff - Appellant: JARRETT HAMILTON
Alcoa Inc. v. BPA, et al
Filed: October 16, 2012 as 10-70211
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Intervenor: AVISTA CORPORATION, IDAHO POWER COMPANY, PACIFIC NORTHWEST GENERATING COOPERATIVE AND MEMBERS, PACIFICORP, PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, PUBLIC POWER COUNCIL, PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF OREGON, PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.
Intervenor - Pending: NORTHWEST REQUIREMENTS UTILITIES
Petitioner: ALCOA INC.
Respondent: BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
These consolidated petitions for review challenged a contract between the BPA and one of its long-time customers, Alcoa. BPA's preference customers and others filed this petition for review, requesting that the court hold that the contract was unlawful because it was inconsistent with the agency's statutory mandate to act in accordance with sound business principles. Petitioners claimed, among other things, that instead of entering into a contract to sell power to Alcoa at the…
THE BOOKSTORE, INC. V. RANDY LEONARD
Filed: July 23, 2012 as 11-35436
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Defendant: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, an Oregon corporation
Defendant - Appellee: CITY OF PORTLAND, a municipal corporation, HANK MCDONALD, individually and in his capacity as Portland Bureau of Development Services Inspector, JEFF MYERS, individually and in his official capacity as Portland Police Bureau Officer, JOSEPH BOTKIN, individually and in his capacity as Portland Bureau of Development Services Inspector, MICHAEL ALDERMAN, individually and in his official capacity as Portland City Fire Inspector, RANDY LEONARD, individually and in his official capacity as Portland City Commissioner
Plaintiff - Appellant: DANIEL COSSETTE, DONNA COSSETTE, LINDA WRIGHT, MICHAEL WRIGHT, THE BOOKSTORE, INC., an Oregon corporation
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Filed: July 6, 2012 as 10-1223
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Appellant: General Electric Company
Appellee: International Trade Commission
Intervenor: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc.
John Ventre v. Edmund Lopinski, Jr.
Filed: May 31, 2012 as 11-2879
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Defendant - Appellant: EDMUND J. LOPINSKI, JR.
Plaintiff - Appellee: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, A New York Corporation, JOHN VENTRE, individually and as representative on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, SALVAGE INVESTORS, L.L.C., Member of the Plaintiff Class
US v. General Electric Company
Filed: March 8, 2012 as 11-1034
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Defendant - Appellant: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
Plaintiff - Appellee: UNITED STATES
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
ALLIANZ GLOBAL RISK U.S. INS V. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Filed: March 5, 2012 as 10-55451
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Defendant - Appellant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Plaintiff - Appellee: ALLIANZ GLOBAL RISK U.S. INSURANCE COMPANY, as subrogee of The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Gen. Elec. Co. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n
Filed: February 29, 2012 as 10-1223
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Appellant: General Electric Company
Appellee: International Trade Commission
Intervenor: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc.
On GE’s complaint, the International Trade Commission conducted an investigation and, rejecting the findings of an ALJ determined that GE's 039 patent was not invalid by reason of obviousness or written description, that variable speed wind turbines imported by Mitsubishi do not infringe any of GE's patents, and that the domestic industry requirement is not met as to any of the patents. The Commission concluded that the Tariff Act, 19 U.S.C. 1337, was not violated. The 039 patent…
United States v. Gen. Elec. Co.
Filed: February 29, 2012 as 11-1034
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Defendant - Appellant: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
Plaintiff - Appellee: UNITED STATES
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
For 30 years, GE manufactured electric capacitors containing Pyranol, an insulation containing PCBs and stored scrap in drums. It sold the scrap to Fletcher, who used it as a paint additive. Fletcher purchased more than 200,000 gallons of GE's scrap Pyranol until 1967. After failing to pay for 14 shipments, Fletcher proposed that GE retrieve the drums. GE did not follow up. In 1987, EPA found hundreds of unmarked drums containing scrap Pyranol at the Fletcher Site. Several had leaked.…
