Investor's contractual claims arising from company's acquisition failed where investor failed to adequately plead a frustration of its contractual rights by defendants or the existence of such rights under the parties' agreements.

Court declined to grant petition for appointment of receiver where petitioners potentially lacked standing and failed to demonstrate circumstances warranting a receivership.

DMV regulations permitting the recall of vanity plates with a perceived profanity violated the First Amendment because vanity plates were private, not government, speech and the regulations constituted viewpoint discrimination.

No action clause in D&O insurance policy was enforceable and precluded insured from filing legal action against the insurer until the insured's financial obligations were fixed in an underlying litigation.