Holding that the "overwhelming weight of authority is that the failure to file documents in an original motion or opposition does not turn the late filed documents into 'newly discovered evidence'" for a motion for reconsideration
Holding that the defendant expressly aimed the content of "celebrity-gossip.net" at California because the site had a specific focus on the California-centric entertainment industry
Holding that in copyright infringement actions, 28 U.S.C. § 1400 "allow venue in any judicial district where, if treated as a separate state, the defendant would be subject to personal jurisdiction."
Holding that, in states with statutes identical in all relevant respects to Wash. Rev. Code § 25.05.100, the actions of one partner do not impute to another partner for purposes of personal jurisdiction
Holding post-deprivation remedies inadequate where a state officer “acted pursuant to some established procedure,” as opposed to in “random, unpredictable, and unauthorized ways”
Holding prison officials may prohibit receipt of sexually explicit materials in light of concerns about preventing the sexual harassment of prison guards and other inmates
Holding that, where students challenged schools' admissions policies but during the course of litigation became ineligible to apply to those schools, the students' claims were moot
Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by retaining supplemental jurisdiction over remaining state law claims because judicial economy and convenience to the parties were better accommodated by hearing the claims
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Holding that in civil actions proceeding in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the district court "shall not have supplemental jurisdiction" over "claims by plaintiffs against persons made parties under Rule . . . 24" or "over claims by persons . . seeking to intervene as plaintiffs under Rule 24," if "exercising supplemental jurisdiction over such claims would be inconsistent with the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332"