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Eastling v. BP Products North America, Inc.

Contracts
District court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment in a real estate contract case involving a restrictive covenant preventing the sale...

Parada v. Superior Court

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a petition for a writ of mandamus to overturn trial court's order compelling petitioners to arbitrate their claims against respondents, the...

Am. Lease Ins. Agency Corp. v. Balboa Capital Corp.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a dispute involving a set of contracts between four corporations, summary judgment for defendants is reversed and remanded for entry of summary...

Rodriguez v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a petition for a writ of mandamus invalidating the trial court's grant of defendant's motion to compel arbitration, the petition is granted where...

N. Am. Specialty Ins. Co. v. Britt Paulk Ins. Agency, Inc.

Contracts, Evidence, Insurance Law
In an action against two insurance companies claiming that they wrongfully caused plaintiff to settle a bad faith lawsuit brought against it by two...

SCO Group, Inc. v. Novell, Inc.

Contracts, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
In an action for slander of title regarding statements made by defendant about its alleged ownership of certain software copyrights, summary judgment...

Rice v. Jefferson Pilot Fin. Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging a denial of plaintiff's application for long-term disability benefits, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where,...

Borntrager v. Cent. States SE & SW Areas Pension Fund

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving the expulsion of plaintiffs-employer and employees from a pension fund, district court's judgment for defendant is affirmed where:...

Haber v. Biomet, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Health Law
In a contract case involving two separate agreements involving the applicability of an arbitration clause in the latter of the two agreements,...

APS Capital Corp. v. Mesa Air Group Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts, Evidence
In a breach of contract action regarding the resale of trade claims and bank debt, summary judgment for defendant is vacated where: 1) the agreement...