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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...

Baena v. KPMG LLP

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of suit against an accounting firm that failed to notify corporate directors of irregularities in accounting is affirmed where the suit was...

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...

US v. Patton

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the context of a Commerce Clause challenge, a statute which prohibits the purchase, owning, or possession of body armor by certain felons does not...

Crisco v. Mandarano

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law
In a contract dispute arising from a commercial lease entered into between the parties where the premises at issue burned down, defendants-landlords'...

Windom v. Ungerer

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit involving plaintiff's injuries in a football practice and expired insurance coverage for a league, summary judgment for defendants is...

Rapanos v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Construction, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In cases involving certain state wetlands lying near ditches or man-made drains that eventually empty into traditional navigable waters, judgments...

Emerson Elec. Supply Co. v. Estes Express Lines Corp.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
Following recent legislative changes to the Carmack Amendment, a carrier must continue to offer two or more rates with corresponding levels of...

Covad Communications Co. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Government Law
In a dispute involving incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), their petitions for review of an...

The Baker Group v. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Transportation
In an action against a railway company asserting contract and tort claims arising out of a railcar lease agreement, pretrial rulings and judgment as a...