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Ehleiter v. Grapetree Shores, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a personal injury action brought by a casino employee against property owner in the Virgin Islands, denial of defendant's motion to stay...

Hudson v. ConAgra Poultry Co.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute brought by plaintiffs who entered into a contract to raise chickens for ConAgra Poultry, orders compelling arbitration and denying...

CSX Transp. Inc. v. Transp. Communications Int'l Union

Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In suit brought to vacate several arbitration awards issued by the National Railroad Adjustment Board, and arising from a labor dispute, summary...

Shepard v. Edward Mackay Enters., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In case involving a construction defect in a home after purchase, denial of defendants- motion to compel arbitration is reversed where the Federal...

Berg v. Traylor

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law
In dispute between a minor who had a recurring acting role on the show "Malcolm in the Middle" and his former personal manager, an arbitration award...

Lessin v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In case where plaintiff lost millions in his brokerage account with defendant, denial of plaintiff's motion to vacate an arbitration award in his...

Perez v. Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
An arbitrator-s rejection of petitioner-correctional counselor's contention that the Bureau of Prisons violated the Civil Service Reform Act when it...

Dunmire v. Schneider

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit to recover losses allegedly incurred by the negligence of a commodities broker, dismissal of the plaintiff's case is affirmed where the suit...

Equal Opportunity Employment Comm'n v. Woodmen of the World Life Ins Soc'y

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of employer's motion compel its employee to arbitrate her Title VII claims and to stay cross-claims she brought as an intervenor in the EEOC's...

Mitchell v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal without prejudice of plaintiffs-flight attendants' petition to vacate an arbitration award under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) is affirmed as...