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Van der Linde Housing, Inc. v. Rivanna Solid Waste Auth.

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In suit concerning municipal waste disposal fees, alleging the denial of equal protection of the laws in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment,...

Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Minn. Dep't of Revenue

Commercial Law, Government Law, Tax Law, Transportation
In railroads' action claiming that Minnesota's statutory scheme for assessing a sales or use tax on transportation fuel discriminates against...

Sleeper Farms v. Agway Inc.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit over payment for a shipment of seed potatoes, an arbitration order and denial of plaintiff's motion to vacate the award are affirmed where:...

Green Wood Indus. Co. v. Forceman Int'l Dev. Group, Inc.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law
Verdicts finding defendant liable for fraud and negligence for its role in a conspiracy to induce plaintiff to pay for shipments of scrap metal that...

Outdoor Media Group, Inc. v. City of Beaumont

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendant-city's now-repealed and replaced billboard ordinance violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments,...

Get Outdoors II, LLC v. City of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In the context of standing under Article III, the three elements of Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560-61 (1992) still apply for...

Desert Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. City of Oakland

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging certain Oakland sign ordinances on First Amendment grounds, a district court's ruling that one provision in an ordinance was...

State ex rel. Beller Schad & Diamond, P.C. v. Ritz Camera Centers, Inc.

Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Tax Law
In a claim brought under the Illinois Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act, based on defendants' sale of goods over the Internet and/or through...

NicSand, Inc. v. 3M Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
In an antitrust suit brought against 3M by the only other supplier in the market for do-it-yourself automotive sandpaper, dismissal of the complaint...

Gas Transmission NW Corp. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
In case involving interstate natural gas pipelines, petitions for review challenging orders limiting the amount of collateral pipelines may require...