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Patricia Weingarten Assocs., Inc. v. Jocalbro, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In case involving the tax sale of certain property, a final judgment quieting title to fourteen parcels of land is reversed and remanded for further...

Firestone v. Hoffman

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Evidence, Remedies, Tax Law
Judgment pursuant to a jury verdict for plaintiff in a loan dispute is reversed pursuant to claims of erroneous exclusion of evidence, where...

Local Oklahoma Bank, N.A. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies, Tax Law
In a "Winstar" case, summary judgment holding that the U.S. breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and awarding damages to a...

Keweenaw Bay Indian Cmty. v. Naftaly

Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff, an American Indian tribe, entering a declaratory judgment that the Michigan General Property Tax Act was not valid as...

Sterling Consulting Corp. v. IRS

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Tax Law
Sanctions order against the IRS is vacated where the order was reviewable and the behavior that triggered the sanctions was not arguably improper.

Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
Petition for review of a decision of the Federal Labor Relations Authority holding that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) did not have a duty to...

Nat'l Australia Bank v. US

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Tax Law
In a Winstar-related case, summary judgment of liability for breach of contract and an award of expectation damages to a bank is affirmed in part as...

Cicco v. Luckett Tobaccos, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
Motion to dismiss appeal of dismissal of complaint for breach of contract and quasi-contract claims is denied where a counterclaim pending below...

Yorty v. Realty Inv. & Mortgage Corp., Inc.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Partial grant of summary judgment for defendant continuing the stay of a tax deed sale and ordering apportionment of taxes is reversed where the...

Westpac Pac. Food v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, Tax Law
Cash advances in exchange for volume purchase commitments, subject to pro rata repayment if the volume commitments are not met, are not income when...