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JENKINS BRICK CO. v. BREMER

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where all of the events "giving rise to" plaintiff's claims for breach of a non-compete agreement occurred in Georgia, Georgia is the only proper...

HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO., INC. v. POWERSPORTS, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
An action seeking rescission of a motorcycle dealership transfer, due to fraudulent misrepresentations, was not barred under Wisconsin's economic loss...

MURDZA v. ZIMMERMAN

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
A vehicle lessee effectively rebutted the presumption of consent of the owner in a restrictive provision in an employee manual, so as to make it...

WELLS FARGO BANK OF TEXAS NA v. JAMES

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
A Texas par value statute, Tex. Bus. & Com. Code section 4.112, prohibiting banks from charging a fee for cashing a check to be drawn against an...

DICTOR v. DAVID & SIMON, INC.

Commercial Law, Transportation
An action seeking damages for computer equipment, lost while being shipped in interstate commerce, was controlled by the Carmack Amendment to the...

RICKER v. CITY OF COLTON

Commercial Law, Government Law
Although the law prohibits the city from engaging in the private business of selling monuments and markers, the lessee of a city-owned public cemetery...

LORILLARD TOBACCO CO. v. ROTH

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Tax Law
The Department of Taxation and Finance properly found that certain cigarette manufacturers' promotions may be presumed to create a kind of price...

PATSY'S BRAND, INC. v. I.O.B. REALTY, INC.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trade Dress, Trademark
Based on the eight-factor likelihood of confusion test, defendants infringed a trademark and trade dress, but injunction should be modified to permit...

MEAD CORP. v. ABB POWER GENERATION, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts
Plaintiffs stated a cause of action for breach of contract under Ohio law, because the parties did not include language in the contract indicating...

FOX SPORTS NET NORTH, LLC v. MINNESOTA TWINS P'SHIP

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sports Law
An agreement governing telecast rights to a professional baseball team's games was unambiguous under Minnesota law, and by extending the lease, the...