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Bennett v. MIS Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In air traffic controllers' suit alleging personal injuries based on their exposure to toxic mold at the airport, district court's order dismissing...

Regal Const. Corp. v. Nat'l. Union Fire Ins. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaratory judgment that the general contractor on a construction project was not entitled to coverage for...

Stonewall Ins. Co. v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action against an insurer seeking coverage for underlying litigation involving defects in a product for use in polybutylene plumbing systems,...

Chaparro v. Ruiz-Hernandez

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a group of twenty-two contract employees against a Puerto Rican municipality and its officers, a grant of...

In re: Velocita Worldwide Logistics Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from the district court's judgment affirming the bankruptcy court and declining to imply a right of contribution among defendants who...

Montz v. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc.

Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In an action for copyright infringement and related state claims based on defendants' use of plaintiffs' materials in developing a television show...

Wood v. Detroit Diesel Corp.

Contracts, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by retirees under the Labor-Management Relations Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), claiming that they...

Mabry v. Superior Court

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In homeowners' petition for a writ of mandate challenging an order of the trial court, allowing for foreclosure to proceed on their home, is granted...

Lackawanna Chapter of the Ry. & Locomotive Historical Soc'y, Inc. v. St. Louis County

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In an action for replevin of the historic locomotive "No. 952," currently on display at the Museum of Transportation (the Museum) in St. Louis,...

Wells Dairy, Inc. v. Food Movers Int'l., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a breach of contract action alleging that defendant failed to pay for product it had ordered and received from plaintiff, judgment for plaintiff is...