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KUKJE HWAJAE INS. CO., LTD. v. M/V HYUNDAI LIBERTY

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts
An owner of cargo, who contracted with an intermediary non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) to arrange for carriage, was bound by a...

INDUSTRIAS MAGROMER CUEROS Y PIELES S.A. v. LOUISIANA BAYOU FURS INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Contracts
In appeals arising from a contract for the sale of nutria skins, 1) an individual acting as a disclosed agent during contract negotiations was...

UNION PAC. R.R. CO. v. GREENTREE TRANSP. TRUCKING CO.

Commercial Law, Transportation
In a claim based on a stolen shipment of cigarettes, 1) the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act applies to a suit by a successor-shipper...

HERSHEY FOODS CORP. v. DEP'T OF AGRIC.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law
A food company failed to exhaust its administrative remedies under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, in seeking to vacate part of a...

FYRNETICS (HONG KONG) LTD. v. QUANTUM GROUP, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a claim based on the sale of defective products which resulted in a recall, evidence did not show that parties deviated from a license agreement...

US v. FIOR D'ITALIA, INC.

Commercial Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
Tax law authorizes the IRS to use the "aggregate estimation" method in examining a restaurant's credit card slips and assessing an employer's Federal...

SPRINGFIELD, INC. v. BUCKLES

Administrative Law, Commercial Law
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms's revocation of a company's firearm import permits was proper, where rifles designed to hold large,...

MAZOUREK v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an assessment of tangible personal property within stores, an appraiser may include sales tax in the original cost paid on the property, where the...

YOUNG v. EQUIFAX CREDIT INFO. SERV., INC.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim for publication of defamatory credit information, res judicata is not a per se bar to a suit based on publications occurring after final...

In Re: Kalter

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
Under Fla. Stat. sec. 319.28, ownership passes when a creditor repossesses the vehicle.