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NSK Ltd. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In an appeal from a decision involving an administrative review of an antidumping duty order covering antifriction bearings from Japan, judgment...

Progressive W. Ins. Co. v. Preciado

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a breach of contract action brought by insurer against insured wherein insured cross-claimed "on behalf of the general public" alleging unfair...

Lombardo v. Warner

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case brought by a homeowner who wished to display a 32-square-foot sign reading "For Peace in the Gulf" at his residence, challenging the...

Sinochem Int'l Co. Ltd. v. Malaysia Int'l Shipping Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, International Law
A district court has discretion to respond at once to a defendant's forum non conveniens plea, and need not take up first any other threshold...

Baiardi Food Chain v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, Contracts
Post-default agreements entered into by a company licensed under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and its produce suppliers, which...

Sterling v. Taylor

Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between experienced real estate investors regarding the sale of apartment buildings, a decision reversing a trial court's grant of...

Keweenaw Bay Indian Cmty. v. Rising

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Tax Law
In an action brought by an Indian tribe against against a state treasurer and two police officers challenging Michigan's efforts to tax tobacco...

Decatur Liquors, Inc. v. District of Columbia

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Grant of temporary restraining order and summary judgment for plaintiff liquor licensees against a moratorium barring retailers from breaking...

Smith Wholesale Co., Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
In a case brought by wholesalers, who are also direct distributors for defendant-tobacco company, alleging illegal price discrimination in violation...

Crawfish Processors Alliance v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
In the context of an antidumping duties decision involving crawfish meat imports, a decision sustaining the Department of Commerce's determination...