30 results for 'judge:"Starr"'.
J. Starr finds that a case against technology company Huawei, whose products a communications company claims infringe on its patented process for routing cell phone calls to local numbers to avoid long distance charges, may proceed. The patent involves more than an abstract idea, it describes a specific process which constitutes a contribution to the technological field, so it is valid. Huawei’s motion to dismiss is denied.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: April 30, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv151, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, Patent, Technology
J. Starr finds that an employee who alleges that the owner of the company she worked for sexually harassed her on a daily basis and then fired her for not deleting harassing text messages he sent to her is entitled to back pay and compensatory damages in a default judgment. The employee’s pleading and the merits of her case are sufficient to meet required standards for a default judgment award. However, punitive damages are denied because, in total, with compensatory and back pay, the damages would exceed statutory limits.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: April 16, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv1181, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, Emotional Distress, Employment Discrimination
J. Starr denies a preliminary injunction to a franchisee of Pizza Hut that owns 142 restaurants; Pizza Hut seeks to terminate the franchise agreements, claiming the franchisee breached a forbearance agreement. The franchisee does not deny that they breached the forbearance agreement, nor provide evidence that Pizza Hut breached the agreement, making their claims unlikely to succeed and disqualifying them from a preliminary injunction.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: April 2, 2024, Case #: 3:24cv646, NOS: Franchise - Contract, Categories: Interference With Contract, Contract, Injunction
J. Starr refuses to dismiss a pilot’s claims Ameriflight’s training program, in which it requires pilots to reimburse it up to $30,000 for training if the pilot resigns or is fired for cause within a certain timeframe, is an illegal kickback and an unenforceable penalty. She has sufficiently alleged her claims for illegal kickbacks, unpaid wages, unlawful contract in restraint of trade and for a declaration the training repayment is an unenforceable penalty.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv1757, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, Contract, Labor
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J. Starr denies, in part, a partnership's motion to dismiss a drilling company's veil piercing claim. The company has shown that amended its complaint to add this claim is not futile, will not delay the case and does not prejudice the partnership.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: February 28, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv2062, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Civil Procedure, Fraud
J. Starr grants, in part, a black former employee's motion to enforce deposition notice against his former employer. His request for a corporate representative is granted based, in part, on the need for one to testify about the facts underlying his termination.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: February 7, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv230, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Discovery, Employment Discrimination
J. Starr denies, in part, a former employee's motion for summary judgment on a motorsports company's trade secrets and other claims. There are questions of fact regarding the company's claims for unfair competition, breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation, among others.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: February 6, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv2180, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Employment, Trade Secrets, Contract
J. Starr denies a Chinese fan motor manufacturer's motion to dismiss a Texas-based fan maker's action seeking costs incurred following an underlying case in which the fan maker settled claims arising from a fire allegedly caused by a defective fan motor. The district court has personal jurisdiction based, in part, on the Chinese manufacturer's sale of 1.8 million fan motors to the Texas company in Dallas.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: January 24, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv229, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Tort, Jurisdiction, Indemnification
J. Starr refuses to dismiss as a untimely a worker's whistleblower case against a food manufacturer. The 3-day delay in service is excusable based, in part, on the fact the delay was not caused by the worker, and the manufacturer has been aware of the litigation and will not be prejudiced.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: September 21, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv2656, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Civil Procedure, Whistleblowers
J. Starr awards more than $2.6 million in attorney fees and costs to a group of companies that prevailed on fraudulent transfer claims against them. The requested $6 million in fees and costs is reduced, in part, because they failed to support their lodestar calculation.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: August 30, 2023, Case #: 3:14cv2970, NOS: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) - Other Suits, Categories: Fraud, Attorney Fees, Racketeering
J. Starr sanctions Southwest for rewording a court-ordered release to its flight attendants, in which it said “’Southwest does not discriminate against [e]mployees for their religious practices and beliefs,’” which improperly made it sound as though the district court was “bequeathing Southwest a badge of honor for not discriminating.” Three Southwest attorneys are ordered to attend religious-liberty training and Southwest must reissue the court-ordered statement verbatim.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: August 7, 2023, Case #: 3:17cv2278, NOS: Railway Labor Act - Labor, Categories: Sanctions, Transportation, Employment Discrimination
J. Starr finds for two sets of parties on the opposing claims against each in a trademark infringement and conversion case. The limited liability company fails to plausibly plead its claims for trademark infringement and unfair competition, while the opposing parties also fail to support their claims for conversion, tortious interference with contract and fraudulent inducement, among others.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: June 26, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv3008, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Trademark, Conversion, Contract
J. Starr denies, in part, two companies' and an individual's motion to dismiss a receiver's action to recover more than $20 million he claims was fraudulently transferred to them to avoid an underlying suit filed by defrauded investors. He adequately pleads his claims for actual fraudulent transfer, unjust enrichment, and money had and received.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: June 22, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv1935, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Fraud
J. Starr modifies an injunction against online sellers of expired Mary Kay products after they failed to stop selling the defective products and reveal the identities of the sellers. The sellers are now banned from selling any Mary Kay products until they appear in court, pay Mary Kay's attorney fees and all fines, and reveal information regarding the source of the old products.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: June 19, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv3675, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Commerce, Trademark, Injunction