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S. CALIFORNIA UNDERGROUND CONTRACTORS, INC. v. CITY OF SAN DIEGO

Construction, Government Contracts
A debarment proceeding afforded plaintiff due process and a fair hearing before an impartial tribunal. Plaintiff's corrupt practices involving the...

CUNA MUT. LIFE. INS. CO. v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY METRO. TRANSP. AUTH.

Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A property owner is entitled to recover reasonable costs incurred to mitigate damage to property that the owner reasonably believes would be caused by...

BRUTOCO ENG'G & CONSTR., INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO (UNITED ENG'G TECH., INC.)

Construction, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Contracts
In an action involving the procedure in an arbitration between the State and a private party, as governed by the Public Contract Code, the trial court...

CHIPPEWA & FLAMBEAU IMPROVEMENT CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Construction, Public Utilities, Water Law
The FERC properly determined that a reservoir was "necessary or appropriate" to a project, and that projects downstream constituted a complete unit of...

ILIFF v. DUSTRUD

Construction, Judgement Enforcement
Where the relevant renewal statutes unambiguously state that the effective date of any judgment for purposes of enforceability and accrual of the...

US v. ANDERSON

Construction, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Construction defendant's claims involving sufficiency of evidence and erroneous jury instructions are denied. However, the district judge erred when...

NAT'L MINING ASS'N v. FOWLER

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Congress's expanded definition of "undertaking" does not alter the statutory requirement that the Advisory Council on Historical Preservation regulate...

SWIRE PAC. HOLDINGS, INC v. ZURICH INS. CO.

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A Design Defect Exclusion Clause in a builder's risk policy bars coverage for the cost of repairing structural deficiencies in a condominium building,...

P.J. DICK INC. v. PRINCIPI

Administrative Law, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts
The DVA Board's denial of plaintiff's claim for unabsorbed home office overhead is reversed because the Board erred in its interpretation of the...

PAGE v. MARTON ROOFING, INC.

Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In order to perfect a statutory lien under Property Code chapter 53, a subcontractor must file its lien affidavit within thirty days of the time that...