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Sacks v. Office of Foreign Assets Control

Administrative Law, Debt Collection, Health Law, International Law, International Trade, Sanctions
In cross-appeals arising from a challenge to pre-2003 U.S. sanctions prohibiting both travel to and the unlicensed donation of humanitarian medical...

Carnival Corp. v. Middleton

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Writ of prohibition in a negligence suit filed by passengers on a cruise ship is granted where the circuit court lacked authority to reinstate the...

Swiecicki v. Delgado

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant, an off duty officer working as a security guard at a baseball game who arrested plaintiff-heckler, in a state law and...

Dresdner Bank AG v. M/V Olympia Voyager

Admiralty, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment in favor of intervenor, an Italian ship catering company, on its claim against defendant Greek cruise vessel in foreclosure proceedings, is...

Southeast Texas Inns, Inc. v. Prime Hospitality Corp.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case arising from the breach of a lease agreement executed between plaintiff and a subsidiary of defendant, grant of defendant's motion to...

Shaw v. Hyatt Int'l Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law
Dismissal of a suit by a hotel guest against the hotel operator alleging unjust enrichment and violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act as the...

Carib-USA Ship Lines Bahamas Ltd. v. Dorsett

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a suit arising from a ship collision in Bahamian waters, denial of a ship owner's motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for lack of personal...

Grey Direct, Inc. v. Erie Ins. Exch.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not purchase the relevant coverage until well after the incident occurred...

U.S. v. One Star Class Sloop Sailboat

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
Default judgment ending an ownership interest in a sailboat is reversed where the court below did not adequately consider the sufficiency of the...

State of Minnesota v. Hoeven

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Summary judgment for North Dakota on another state's constitutional challenge to its laws imposing restrictions on out-of-state hunters is affirmed...