SETTLEMENT

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JEVIC FILES BANKRUPTCY

On May 19, 2008, Jevic Holding Corporation (“Jevic”) fired its 1,800 employees—including Petitioners (“the drivers”), a certified class of truck drivers—without warning. See In re Jevic Holding Corp., et al., No. 14-1465, 5 (3d...

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[Question(s) presented][Issue(s)][Facts][Discussion][Analysis]Issue

Whether a payment by one company to keep a competitor from entering the market with an identical product is always prohibited, or whether such a payment is permissible where the company...

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A motion to dismiss is a formal request for a court to dismiss a case.

Settlement

Reasons for dismissal vary. Over 97% of federal lawsuits are dismissed, most of which are due to settlements.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)...
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When Miguel Luna Perez (“Perez”) was nine, he emigrated from Mexico and began school in the Sturgis Public School District. Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools at 2. Since Perez was deaf, the school assigned him an aide to assist him with learning sign...