Setting criminal law aside, civil actions often aren’t about money at all — or maybe only tangentially. Often, what a dispute centers on, and what the lawsuit is all about, is simply rights and ...

Bacanora concerned the validity of a gross overriding royalty on revenues from lithium produced from certain mineral claims in Mexico. As part of an acquisition in 2009, the Plaintiff, Bacanora ...

Conversion of State-Law Declaratory Judgment Actions Concerning First-Party Coverage Disputes into Federal Declaratory Judgment Actions Is Not Required Upon Removal Addressing the thorny issue of ...

Until recently, the Rules of the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of New York exempted cases principally seeking equitable or declaratory relief from the monetary threshold requirement. See ...

The unanimous justices said the potential for declaratory relief, which can trigger fee awards, can encourage public agencies to fully comply with California's records law. California’s public records ...