all - Opinion Summaries

Giant Eagle, Inc. v. Phar-Mor, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a bankruptcy proceeding, an order disallowing appellant's claim for future-rent damages arising from bankrupt lessee's rejection of a lease for...

AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC v. Smith

Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants in a case alleging preemption by the Natural Gas Act of Baltimore County's Bill 9-07 prohibiting the siting of any...

City of Dallas v. Reed

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for plaintiff in a premises liability case is reversed and the case dismissed where a two-inch difference in elevation between traffic lanes...

Canyon Reg'l Water Auth. v. Guadalupe-Blanco Auth.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a suit over an easement and the ability of petitioner-state water authority to condemn an easement for the construction and operation of a second...

Monticello Ins. Co. v. Essex Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Evidence, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a coverage dispute arising from a homeowners' construction defect claim wherein general contractor's insurer sought equitable contribution from a...

General Auto Serv. Station v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against the City of Chicago over the removal of an advertising sign, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1)...

Ericson v. Fed. Express Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a premises liability tort action arising from a third-party's assault and robbery incident in defendant's parking lot, summary judgment for...

Oravec v. Sunny Isles Luxury Ventures, L.C.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Copyright, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by plaintiff-architect under the Copyright Act alleging that defendants infringed his copyrighted architectural designs via the...

N. Pacifica LLC v. City of Pacifica

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by a developer against the city of Pacifica involving a proposed condominium project, dismissal of developer's substantive due...

Garcia v. Brockway

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Construction, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An aggrieved person must bring a private civil action under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) for a failure to properly design and construct within two years...