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Downer v. Siegel

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In arbitration proceedings in which clients alleged fraud in the inducement of certain investments and account agreements and violations of securities...

Discover Bank v. Vaden

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In case arising from defendant's failure to pay a credit card balance and one plaintiff suing her in state court, resulting in defendant's...

Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London v. Westchester Fire Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a matter involving an underlying dispute over the payment of asbestos claims under reinsurance coverage, grant of insurer's cross-motions to compel...

Jensen v. Quik Int'l

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit for recission of an arbitration clause in a franchise agreement, judgement for plaintiff is reversed where the requirement under the...

Oglala Sioux Tribe v. C & W Enters., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Indian Law
In a declaratory judgment action brought by an Indian tribe asking that defendant be enjoined from pursuing arbitration on a road contract and a...

Massamont Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Utica Mut. Ins. Co

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a suit challenging one insurer's refusal to defend another, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the arbitration that plaintiff...

Int'l Ass'n of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers v. Associated Gen. Contractors of MA, Inc.

Construction, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit over union obligations under a collective bargaining agreement, the district court's judgment upholding an arbitrator's decision against the...

State of N.Y. v. Philip Morris Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In settlement of litigation brought by state, territorial, and DC governments against tobacco manufacturers for wrongful marketing and advertising of...

Lewallen v. Green Tree Servicing, L.L.C.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy action brought to avoid foreclosure on debtor's home, a denial of creditor's motion to dismiss or, alternatively, compel...

Abilene Housing Auth. v. Gene Duke Builders, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute concerning completion and payment on a contract for repair of housing units, a court of appeals' decision reversing an earlier dismissal...