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JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Banc of Am. Practice Solutions, Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between two lenders in judicial foreclosure proceedings, trial court's grant of Chase Bank's motion for summary judgment is affirmed...

Public Lands for the People, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by a group of miners and prospectors challenging the Forest Service's decision to limit the use of motor vehicles to certain roads...

Fortress Bible Church v. Feiner

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In plaintiffs' suit alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) over a longstanding land-use...

Loan Modification Group, Inc. v. Reed

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for breach of partnership duties and responsibilities, arising from the parties' joint venture in a loan modification business, district...

Kolbe v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP

Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action against a mortgage company claiming that plaintiff was improperly forced to increase flood insurance coverage, the judgment...

Lass v. Bank of Am., N.A.

Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a homeowner's putative class action against a mortgage company, alleging that the company wrongfully demanded an increase in flood insurance...

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Remedies
In an action against multiple oil, energy, and utility companies, alleging that massive greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the defendants have...

Wolfsen Land & Cattle Co. v. Pac. Coast Fed'n of Fishermen's Ass'n.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a suit filed by property owners claiming that the government's releases of water from a dam in central California unlawfully impaired their...

Council of San Benito County Governments v. Hollister Inn, Inc.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In an eminent domain action to acquire property for a highway bypass project, the judgment of the trial court is vacated where the court erred in: 1)...

US v. Appolon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
Defendants' convictions for various crimes arising out their involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme, are affirmed where: 1) defendants' various...