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Karris v. US Equities Development, Inc.

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a complaint seeking specific performance of a contract for the sale of a developed property, order granting summary judgment to the defendants is...

Levaccare v. Levaccare

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Sanctions
In a suit alleging that defendant diverted to himself, his wife, and children, millions of dollars that plaintiff's mother intended to give to...

John v. Nat'l Sec. Fire & Cas. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by plaintiffs whose house was damaged by Hurricane Rita against an insurer challenging its damages adjustment practices,...

Thompson Pac. Constr., Inc. v. City of Sunnyvale

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In case arising from dispute over construction of a public building, judgment for defendant city and awarding it damages as cross-complainant is...

County of Solano v. Handlery

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In action by plaintiff-county to quiet title to certain real property it received as a gift from defendant's parents in 1946, summary judgment for...

In the Matter of: Bradley

Bankruptcy Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy matter involving a trustee's action to trace and recover assets that a debtor "self-settled" into a spendthrift trust of which he is...

Lamar Homes, Inc. v. Mid Continent Cas. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by a general contractor against its insurer seeking a declaration that its comprehensive general liability policy covered the claim...

Lincoln Place Tenants Ass'n v. City of L.A.

Civil Rights, Environmental Law, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case seeking to compel defendant-city to enforce mitigation measures imposed under CEQA contained in a Vesting Tentative Tract Map concerning...

Ceballo v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Florida's Valued Policy Law (VPL), Florida Statutes section 627.702, does not override the language of a policy as it relates to supplemental...

Florida Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. Co. v. Cox

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Florida Statutes section 627.702(1), referred to as the Valued Policy Law, does not require an insurance carrier to pay the face amount of the policy...