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McGuire v. US

Agriculture, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Tucker Act's sovereign immunity waiver is limited to suits filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims. Consequently, the district court in...

Devon Energy Corp. v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Pursuant to plaintiff's lease to extract coalbed methane from federal land in Wyoming, final order issued by US Department of the Interior (DOI)...

Carole Media LLC v. New Jersey Transit Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Supreme Courts decision in Williamson County Reg'l Planning Comm'n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City, 473 U.S. 172 (1985), does not require a...

Iroquois on the Beach, Inc. v. Gen. Star Indem. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought against defendant-insurer by a seasonal hotel insured under an "all risk" policy raising claims for water and wind damage losses...

US v. Baum

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Defendant's conviction and sentence for wire fraud and money laundering arising from his orchestration of a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders by...

Intervest Constr., Inc. v. Canterbury Estate Homes, Inc.

Construction, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Property Law & Real Estate
In a copyright infringement action alleging that district court erred in its examination of the two-floor plan at issue, summary judgment in favor of...

Russell v. US

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action to quiet title in plaintiffs' real property on which the government holds a recorded federal tax lien, a judgment for plaintiffs is...

Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. Sizzler USA Real Property, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff-insurance company's subrogation action related to a premises liability case, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where a...

Employers Mut. Cas. Co. v. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an insurance matter in which plaintiff and defendant insurance companies insured mobile home park and in which plaintiff defended mobile home park...

Arcadia Dev. Co. v. City of Morgan Hill

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to a 10-year extension of ordinance drastically restricting development of certain property within city limits (the Density...