10 results for 'judge:"Silver"'.
J. Silver rules a portable generator box company may pursue defamation claims against a competitor. The company sufficiently showed in court that the competitor, the largest manufacturer of generators worldwide, launched a boycott to convince retailers to stop selling its products.
Court: USDC Arizona, Judge: Silver, Filed On: March 1, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv726, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: Negligence, Defamation
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J. Silver grants a furniture company's motion to dismiss a former employee's race discrimination claims. The former employee, who claimed he was treated differently on the job because he is Black, failed to file his claims within the statute of limitations.
Court: USDC Arizona, Judge: Silver, Filed On: July 7, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv248, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment, Employment Discrimination
J. Silver enters an amended opinion affirming in part and vacating in part a district court summary judgment in favor of a class which challenged City of Grants Pass ordinances which preclude the homeless from using a blanket, pillow, or cardboard box for protection from the elements while sleeping within city limits. The lower court's class certification is affirmed and there is "abundant evidence in the record establishing that homeless persons were injured by the City’s enforcement actions." However, summary judgment is vacated as to that ordinance and remanded to allow the district court the opportunity to substitute a class representative following the death of class representative, Debra Blake. Affirmed in part.
Court: 9th Circuit, Judge: Silver, Filed On: July 5, 2023, Case #: 20-35752, Categories: Civil Rights, Municipal Law