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Berry & Murphy, P.C. v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action for insurance coverage for a malpractice lawsuit, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the alleged acts of malpractice in...

South Bay Boston Mgmt., Inc. v. Unite Here, Local 26

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's grant of defendant-union's motion to compel arbitration and denial of plaintiff's petition for declaratory judgment is affirmed...

Wilson v. CIA

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a First Amendment action claiming that the CIA was required to allow former employee Valerie Plame Wilson to publish a memoir about her tenure at...

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. v. Travelers Cos., Inc.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against an insurer for coverage of a settlement in a wage and hour lawsuit, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where, by...

Conrad v. Phone Directories Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an interlocutory appeal of the district court's denial of defendants' motion to dismiss premised on the existence of an arbitration agreement, the...

McFadin v. Gerber

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In an action for breach of a sales representative agreement, dismissal of the action for lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed in part where one...

Safety Nat'l. Cas. Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, International Law
In an appeal from the denial of a motion to compel arbitration of a contractual dispute among insurers, the order is reversed where the...

White v. Nat'l Football League

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
In a case involving whether, after NFL quarterback Michael Vick was convicted of dog fighting charges, his team was entitled to recover certain bonus...

Nader Atuo. Group, LLC. v. New Motor Vehicle Bd.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts
In plaintiffs' protest to their termination as franchised dealers of Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Audi of America, Inc., dismissal of the protest...

Kunelius v. Town of Stow

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In plaintiff's breach of contract action against defendants involving a town's exercise of its statutory right of first refusal (ROFR) to purchase...