226 results for 'court:"USDC Western District of Texas "'.
J. Ezra adopts a report and recommendations and dismisses a contract dispute brought by U.S. company against a Chinese manufacturer over ���the sale of 100,000 defective Covid-19 test kits.��� The manufacturer did not directly sell the kits to the American company as the tests instead came to the company ���indirectly��� after multiple purchases and sales, and the U.S. firm was never able to establish that this court has jurisdiction over the Chinese manufacturer. Facebook posts from the manufacturer provided by the company actually ���hurt their argument,��� as it raised further questions concerning whether the manufacturer had any direct business ties to the United States or Texas.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Ezra, Filed On: June 13, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv504, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Fraud, Jurisdiction, Contract
J. Berton partially grants a motion to compel discovery filed by a consumer who sued Lowe���s after he said a box fell on him while he was shopping, severely injuring him. While some of the consumer���s discovery requests are overly broad, Lowe���s must turn over some of the information he requests, including information about the incident as well as maintenance procedures in the area where the incident happened.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Berton, Filed On: June 12, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv296, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Tort, Damages, Discovery
J. Pitman denies attorney fees to a semiconductor resale and intermediary company after it was sued by a competitor for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and other claims. The competitor alleged that the company, which was formed by former employees, was using proprietary client information and other trade secrets stolen from it, but those claims have not entirely stood up to scrutiny in court, including after the Fifth Circuit determined that one former employee had ���deleted the relevant ��� files��� from his computer storage ���before joining��� the first company. That first company now moves for attorney fees on the grounds that the initial complaint was ���objectively specious��� and ���bad faith,��� but they cannot meet this high bar as the competitor had valid reasons for concern.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Pitman, Filed On: June 12, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv377, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Trade Secrets, Attorney Fees, Technology
J. Guaderrama orders the U.S. Marshals Service to serve a food bank with legal papers after a citizen sued the group alleging violations of the ADA for allegedly failing to accommodate his purported medical condition which he claims prevents him from wearing a mask while using the food bank. Regardless of the merits of his suit and previous moves by this court to dismiss it, the Fifth Circuit ruled in his favor on appeal, and because the man was granted in forma pauperis status, this court is ���required ��� to appoint someone to serve process for him.���
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Guaderrama, Filed On: June 9, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv55, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Health Care
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J. Albright denies a motion to dismiss or alternatively transfer to the Northern District of California after one company sued a competitor for alleged infringement of a patent on unspecified technology. The competitor has failed to show why the other court would be clearly more convenient, and the company that sued has alleged the competitor has links to the Western District of Texas.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Albright, Filed On: June 9, 2023, Case #: 6:22cv259, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Patent, Venue
J. Montalvo grants a motion to appoint an attorney ad litem in a foreclosure case. A company seeking the foreclosure has not been able to contact any heirs of a now deceased obligor on the loan, and while the company invokes a procedural rule from Texas courts, there is no reason why federal courts should not also honor this request and the costs associated with appointing such an attorney ���will generally be minimal.���
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Montalvo, Filed On: June 6, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv226, NOS: Foreclosure - Real Property, Categories: Civil Procedure, Guardianship, Foreclosure
J. Guaderrama grants a motion to transfer, to the Northern District of Texas, a former employee���s disability discrimination and retaliation suit against her former employer. That employee lived and ���performed all work assignments��� in the Northern District, and while the company ���conducts at least some business��� in El Paso, ���no decisions concerning [her] employment��� were made in the Western District of Texas.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Guaderrama, Filed On: June 5, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv332, NOS: Civil Rights - Habeas Corpus, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment, Venue
J. Montalvo denies a motion for leave to intervene after a medical company won an award in arbitration in a contract dispute with a second medical company and moved for a ���writ of execution and garnishment��� to retrieve its award. A financial company then filed as an intervenor, arguing it should have ���priority status��� to assets from that second company based on prior agreements with that company. The motion for leave should be denied because the intervenor did not timely file and because its fears that granting the writ will ���impede or interfere��� with its own interests are ���misplaced.���
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Montalvo, Filed On: June 5, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv7, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Arbitration, Damages, Contract