Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore

Holding that district courts have discretion to refuse to apply offensive non-mutual collateral estoppel against a defendant if such an application of the doctrine would be unfair

Southmark Corp. v. Coopers & Lybrand

Holding that a lawsuit alleging malpractice by an accountant in a bankruptcy case was a "core" matter within a bankruptcy court's jurisdiction

Sw. Bell Tel. Co. v. City of El Paso

Holding that "[t]he district court's underlying findings of fact are subject to review for clear error and its conclusions of law are reviewed de novo"

Recoveredge L.P. v. Pentecost

Finding issue preclusion appropriate where the predecessor of the party whom issue preclusion was asserted against had "moved the court to accept the jury's verdict and later to enter final judgment pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."

Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. v. U.S.

Adopting the transactional test of the Restatement (Second) of Judgments, § 24

Lomont v. Myer-Bennett

Holding that, where the fraud exception applies, "a legal malpractice claim is governed by the one-year prescriptive period set forth in La. C.C. art. 3492"

Tubos De Acero De Mexico v. Am. Intern. Inv

Finding that the plaintiff stated a claim for violation of LUTPA where it alleged that defendant made misrepresentations regarding its ability and intent to perform the underlying contract

Riggins v. Dixie Shoring Co., Inc

Finding that the corporate veil may be pierced when: the corporation acts as an "alter ego" of the shareholders and the shareholders have used the corporation to defraud a third party, and/or the shareholders have failed to observe corporate formalities to the extent the corporation ceases to be distinguishable from its shareholders

Green Champion Ins. Co.

Finding single business enterprise where controlling shareholder, common employees, employees were compensatedby both companies, employees performed services without regard to which of the corporations they worked for, the companies only did business given to it by the related businesses, financial activities were not properly reflected in the books, and funds were transferred without repayment schedule

Universal Am. Barge Corp. v. J-Chem, Inc.

Holding that admission in arbitration was not binding in district court suit on the same subject matter

Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

Rule 16 - Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

Adopting the sanctions authorized by Rule 37(b)

Section 3492 - Delictual actions

Establishing one-year prescription period for "[d]elictual actions"

Section 51:1401 - Short title

Section 4 - Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure

Granting jurisdiction to "prevent and restrain" violations of the Sherman Act to federal district courts

Section 51:1409 - Private actions

Granting private right to bring damage action for unfair or deceptive trade practices

Section 23:967 - Employee protection from reprisal; prohibited practices; remedies