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Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, Local Union No. 124 v. Smart Cabling Solutions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for a union in a dispute involving the renewal of a collective bargaining agreement is affirmed where the district court did not err...

Roehl v. Ritchie

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Judgment confirming second award of arbitrator, which did not revisit previously determined matters in the first award, in dispute over distribution...

Berry v. American Express Publ'g, Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Sustaining without leave to amend demurrers to complaint for injunctive relief based on the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, regarding...

Volkswagen of Am., Inc. v. Sud's of Peoria, Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Denial in part of a motion to stay district court proceedings pending arbitration in a breach of contract suit involving an auto dealership is...

Terrebonne v. K-Sea Transp. Corp.

Admiralty, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Jones Act and admiralty matter involving an original injury and subsequent "re-injury" sustained by plaintiff-employee on a tug, orders granting...

Michigan Family Res., Inc. v. Serv. Employees Int'l Union Local 517M

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A decision vacating an arbitration award in a union's favor is reversed where: 1) the arbitrator was "acting within the scope of his authority" in...

Ibeto Petrochemical Indus., Ltd. v. M/T Beffen

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
Order granting defendants' motions to compel arbitration, to stay action, and to enjoin an action between the same parties pending in Nigeria, is...

Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage Corp.

Contracts, Copyright, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In the context of the question of whether an arbitration award must be vacated for "evident partiality," 9 U.S.C. section 10(a)(2), due to an...

Elec. Data Sys. Corp. v. Donelson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a petition for an order vacating an arbitration award in favor of respondents-employees in an employment racial and disability...

Brodie v. Bayside Village E. Condo. Ass'n, Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
Orders compelling arbitration of plaintiffs' claims against their condominium association and directors are reversed.