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Republic Sav. Bank, F.S.B. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts, Remedies, Tax Law
In plaintiffs' breach of contract claim against the U.S. government arising from the savings and loan crisis of the early 1980s, the decision of the...

White v. Cridlebaugh

Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In plaintiffs' action against various defendants including a building contractor involved in the construction of their retirement home, the judgment...

Mega Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Pieniozek

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action seeking rescission of defendant's life insurance policy, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly...

Nordwind v. Rowland

Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Professional Malpractice
In an action for legal malpractice, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where plaintiffs failed to show actual injury because, under German...

St. Lawrence Factory Stores v. Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Auth.

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action claiming a breach of contract by failure to close on a real estate purchase agreement, the appellate division's order is modified to...

Executive Risk Indemn. Inc. v. Pepper Hamilton LLP

Contracts, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action by insurers seeking a declaration that the policy at issue did not cover certain legal malpractice claims, the appellate division's order...

Seidemann v. Bowen

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a First Amendment action alleging that a professor's union impermissibly charged plaintiff a pro rata share of expenses unrelated to the union's...

First Am. Bank v. First Am. Trans. Title Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action seeking the proceeds of a maritime insurance policy, partial summary judgment for defendant, holding that the measure of indemnity was...

Century Indem. Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
District court's orders granting defendant-Lloyd's motion to compel arbitration of a disputed claim based on a set of reinsurance-of-reinsurance...

Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC v. Durham Auctions Inc.

Admiralty, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action to declare void a policy of marine insurance, the court of appeals answered a certified question in favor of plaintiff where, under...