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CARDTOONS, L.C. v. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS' ASS'N

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
Under Oklahoma law on tortious interference with a contractual relationship, defendant acted in good faith in threatening to initiate legal action to...

ROXFORD v. AMERITECH CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts, M&A
The language of a contract under California law left no doubt that plaintiff promised to send confidential information to defendant, and where no such...

NEW ENGLAND PUB. COMMUNCATIONS COUNCIL, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law
The Telecommunications Act authorizes the FCC to regulate Bell operating company (BOC) intrastate payphone line rates, but not those of non-BOC local...

FLORES v. AM. SEAFOODS CO.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts
An oral explanation of a bonus provision in a written contract did not violate the requirement that a seaman's fishing agreement be in writing and be...

LIVESTOCK MKTG. ASS'N v. US DEP'T OF AGRIC.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
A district court order, enjoining as unconstitutional the collection of mandatory assessments from beef producers under the Beef Promotion and...

UNION PAC. RES. GROUP, INC. v. HANKINS

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
Because a covenant to obtain the best price reasonably attainable is implied under Texas law only to proceeds leases, not to market-value leases, gas...

HAMEID v. NAT'L FIRE INS. OF HARTFORD

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The term "advertising injury" as used in the commercial general liability policy at issue requires widespread promotion to the public, such that...

EVERGREEN INV., LLC v. FCL GRAPHICS, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts
District court did not err in determining that a letter of intent did not constitute a binding agreement for purchase and sale of a commercial...

MERCEDES-BENZ CREDIT CORP. v. JOHNSON

Commercial Law
Where both parties asserted superior title and entitlement to the proceeds of sale of an automobile at issue, the trial court correctly ruled that...

BOB SCHULTZ MOTORS, INC. v. KAWASAKI MOTORS CORP., U.S.A.

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
District court did not err in confirming an arbitrator's award in a dispute between a motorcycle dealer and its distributor, including a finding that...