Defendants’ “Senior Scientist” apparently knew by 2007 that plaintiff was selling or licensing polymers that were subject to the parties’ contract. Nevertheless, defendants contend that no one in management had such knowledge, so it is a jury question whether the ...

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The pro se plaintiff, who filed his complaint on June 27, 2017, alleged that he received a notice of rights from the EEOC on March 27, 2017, which would indicate that suit was filed 91 days after plaintiff received the ...

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While the family court could allow the husband’s brother to intervene, based on his interest in some of the marital property, the court never should have allowed the brother to be involved in the matters of custody, child support, alimony, ...

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After plaintiff abandoned its nuclear power plant project, the General Assembly passed legislation requiring the Public Service Commission to lower plaintiff’s utility rates and to prohibit review of this “experimental” rate until November. Even though plaintiff does not have access ...

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The federal defendants’ plan to stop work on the Savannah River Site (SRS) mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility project (MOX facility or project) would violate an international treaty and a federal statute and would harm South Carolina by causing the ...

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Because the defendant-patentee took no further actions beyond sending plaintiff letters regarding potential patent infringement, the court cannot assert specific personal jurisdiction over defendant in this declaratory judgment action. The court grants defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal ...

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The plaintiff-towing company’s permit to operate in the defendant-city was suspended for improper temporary staging in lots where owners could not retrieve their vehicles, refusing “drop payments” from owners as their vehicles were being towed, and violation of the two-mile ...

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Given the differences between Harley Week and Bikefest and the violence that occurred during Bikefest in 2014, plaintiffs have not shown that their constitutional rights are being violated by defendant’s institution of a traffic management plan for Bikefest. The court ...

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The doctrine of “relation back” allows amended pleadings to relate back to the date of the original pleading. The defendant-general contractor, who filed a time-barred third-party complaint against one of its subcontractors, cites no authority holding that a third-party complaint ...

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Although plaintiffs complain that, under the Surface Water Withdrawal, Permitting, Use, and Reporting Act, farmers have a perpetual right to continue to withdraw their registered amount of water, regardless of how conditions may change in the future, plaintiffs have not ...

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