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PURDUE RESEARCH FOUND. v. SANOFI-SYNTHELABO, S.A.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Dismissal of an Indiana corporation's breach of contract action, against a corporation with its principle place of business in France, is affirmed for...

BAKER v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
An insurance agent's termination payments constituted ordinary income, rather than consideration for sale of a capital asset, thus a deficiency...

ACKEL v. NAT'L COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in Title VII supervisor sexual harassment claims is reversed where questions exist as to whether a president was a corporation's...

C. F. TRUST, INC. v. FIRST FLIGHT LTD. P'SHIP

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Judgement Enforcement
In light of two certified questions to the Virginia Supreme Court regarding the permissability of piercing the corporate veil against a limited...

MANLEY v. AMBASE CORP.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In breach of contract action based on defendant's failure to indemnify plaintiff for amounts paid to settle claims by the bankrupt estate of a law...

STUART v. US

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
District court correctly denied plaintiff's motion for a new trial and properly found that plaintiff was a responsible person within a corporate...

GEN. REFRACTORIES CO. v. FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
Under Pennsylvania law, plaintiff's complaint failed to state a claim for abuse of process, however, the district court abused its discretion in...

EDWARDS v. WYATT

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a dispute over control of an air freight forwarding company, the district court's finding that defendant established a defense of anticipatory...

IN RE: THE BENNETT FUNDING GROUP, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a trustee's complaint against a company's accounting and law firm alleging that they should have detected the fraud of the company, the district...

TEXTRON INC. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
The Tax Court's holding that plaintiff's subsidiary was not permitted to deduct a capital loss in plaintiff's taxable year is reversed where, pursuant...