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Moss v. County of Humboldt

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal considering the appropriate level of review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for a subdivision project which was...

Family Home & Fin. Ctr, Inc. v. Fed. Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In mortgage broker's action raising claims against Freddie Mac for intentional interference with contract, unfair competition under California state...

In the Matter of IG Second Generation Partners L.P. v. New York State Div. of Hous. and Cmty. Renewal

Administrative Law, Evidence, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal addressing whether the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) had the authority to cancel rent arrears owed by a...

In re Domestic Partnership of Ellis and Arriaga

Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Under the California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 and consistent with the rationale in Koebke v. Bernardo Heights Country...

People v. Bhakta

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action involving claims of prostitution nuisance at a motel, a judgment permanently enjoining defendants from facilitating or encouraging...

OSI, Inc. v. US

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action relating to the Air Force's use of certain land, now owned by plaintiff, as a landfill in prior decades, wherein plaintiff raised tort...

Smith v. City of Chicago

Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from the seizure of certain of plaintiffs' property under Illinois' Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act...

Price-Cornelison v. Brooks

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action claiming that defendant-undersheriff failed to enforce plaintiff's protective orders because she is a lesbian victim of domestic...

Worth Constr. Co., Inc. v. Admiral Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a coverage dispute brought by a general contractor arising from injuries sustained by a worker on a staircase installed by a subcontractor, a...

P.A. Bldg. Co. v. City of New York

Contracts, Health Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a landlord-tenant dispute involving whether asbestos abatement costs incurred by the landlord were "operating expenses" under the relevant terms of...