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Building Industry Association of Washington v. Washington State Building Code Council

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law
In an action brought by a building industry association, individual builders and contractors, challenging a 2009 state Building Code requirement that...

State of New York v. Shinnecock Indian Nation

Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Gaming Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action involving the development of an casino by the Shinnecock Indian Nation on a plot of land know as Westwoods, the District Court's order...

Housing Partners v. Duncan

Administrative Law, Construction, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action challenging the Director of Industrial Relations for the State of California's administrative rulings that a low-income housing project...

Oak Springs Villas v. Advanced Truss Systems, Inc.

Construction, Insurance Law, Civil Procedure
In an action by a nonsettling defendant, alleging the trial court's determination that a settlement between the plaintiff and other defendants in the...

Tomlinson v. County of Alameda

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies provision in Pub. Resources Code section 21177(a), stating that a public agency's approval of a proposed...

Brannan v. Lathrop Construction Assocs., Inc.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a slip and fall case brought by a subcontractor against a general contractor, alleging plaintiff's injuries were caused by defendant's negligence...

Admiral Insurance Co. v. Joy Contractors, Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance suit arising out of the catastrophic collapse of a tower crane in Manhattan, seeking a declaration of no coverage and asserting...

Cal Sierra Construction, Inc. v. Comerica Bank

Banking Law, Construction
In a suit to enforce a mechanics lien and stop notice in connection with a construction project financed by the defendant banks, the trial court's...

RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Construction
In Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, a creditor bank's objection to the debtor's cramdown plan is sustained, where the proposed sale of the bank's...

USAA Casualty Insurance Co. v. Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a tort suit against an instrumentality of the Republic of Namibia stemming from construction work on its New York chancery building, a district...