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INDEM. INS. CO. OF N. AM. v. O'HARE SERV.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
In a dispute over lost cargo, the district court is reversed where 1) Hague Rules apply to all phases of the trip, 2) defendant was not legally...

WA METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH. v. GEORGETOWN UNIV.

Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an easement dispute, summary judgment to defendant is reversed where the court erred in holding that defendant's right under the deed to free,...

COMMERCIAL UNION INS. CO. v. ALITALIA AIRLINES

Contracts, Transportation
In a case brought under the Warsaw Convention for damages to cargo, summary judgment to plaintiff is affirmed where plaintiff has standing to sue...

RAMAPRAKASH v. FED. AVIATION ADMIN. AND NAT'L TRANSP. SAFTEY BD.

Administrative Law, Transportation
In a case involving the suspension of a pilot's certificate, the petition for review is granted and the order vacated where the agency departed from...

THE PEOPLE v. CANTU

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Transportation
In a drug possession and driving under the influence case, the district court properly found the defendant ineligible to be sentenced pursuant to the...

OTTO CANDIES, L.L.C. v. NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI CORP.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
General maritime law cautiously recognizes the tort of negligent misrepresentation as applied to vessel classification societies, and on the facts...

CONT'L INS. CO. v. POLISH S.S. CO.

Admiralty, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Transportation
In an action arising out of loss and damage to a cargo of steel coils that allegedly occurred during ocean transit, the associated bills of lading...

DE ASIS v. DEP'T OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Government Law, Immigration Law, Transportation
A petition for relief, alleging that AB 60, a bill that allows aliens to obtain driver's licenses, became law by virtue of the Governor's failure to...

SHERBROOKE TURF, INC. v. MINNESOTA DEP'T OF TRANSP.

Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Transportation
In contractors' challenge to the federal highway Disadvantaged Business Enterprises program, Department of Transportation regulations are narrowly...

MID STATES COALITION FOR PROGRESS v. SURFACE TRANSP. BD.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of a Surface Transportation Board decision approving construction of new rail line, environmental analysis was both...