But the biggest loser would be DMG, which is betting on getting lucrative distribution rights in China to Iron Man 3 and using it as a calling card to court other studios circling China.
The Supreme Court is more of a wild card, but its current pro-business tilt suggests the government may get a skeptical hearing.
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Shareholders have pushed for the company to shed the unit even though Discover stands to benefit from recent court rulings that forced the dominant card associations, Visa and MasterCard, to allow member banks to issue cards from rivals.
On February 18th, they filed a court challenge to the store's card-based certification.
But if that request isn't made or the court doesn't allow it, the most a card holder can do is get in line behind all the other creditors in the bankruptcy proceeding.
Three weeks before California was set to vote on Governor Gray Davis' recall, a federal appeals court postponed the election because of worries about flawed punch-card voting systems.
The 34-year-old Haas received a wild card to make his first appearance at the clay court tournament in five years and repaid the compliment with a 6-1 6-4 victory in just 59 minutes.
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The case pitted American Express against various merchants, which asked the Court to strike down a provision in their contracts with the credit card giant forbidding them from forming class actions.
Prosecutor Karim Khalil QC earlier told the court that the women made failed attempts to withdraw money using Mr Reeve's card.
Elsewhere former women's world number one Ana Ivanovic lost to 21-year-old German wild-card Mona Barthel in the first round of Stuttgart's clay-court WTA tournament.
The question is whether the Supreme Court will leave open this side door around Concepcion that will allow lawyers to argue card issuers, instead of the credit destroyers they are commonly perceived to be, are actually credit repair organizations that can still be sued in class actions.
In fact, one of the translators at the court proceedings has said the mainly Guatemalan immigrants he encountered had no idea what a Social Security card was let alone that the numbers on it belonged to real people.
The woman told the court Ms Davies insisted she take part in sex sessions so the defendant could "pay her credit card bills".
Court records show that Valle got the addresses of his alleged targets by sending them a police charity card that he claimed would "get (them) out of a minor traffic violation" if they are pulled over by police.
Ms. Huntley, who had represented southeastern Queens, acknowledged in court that for three years she spent the money to bankroll shopping sprees, pay off personal credit-card bills and support family members.
Court records show that Valle did have the addresses of his alleged targets, from sending them a police charity card that he claimed would "get (them) out of a minor traffic violation" if they are pulled over by police.
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