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Marco Outdoor Adver., Inc. v. Reg'l Transit Auth.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that a transit authority deprived plaintiff-advertising company of property without due process of law...

Napleton v. The Village of Hinsdale

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action to invalidate certain amendments to the zoning code which changed the permitted uses available to plaintiff's property, dismissal of...

Davis v. Brown

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In litigation arising from the planning stages of a proposed new highway, judgement for the defendant is affirmed where the plaintiff-landowners had...

Brinson Ford, Inc. v. Alger

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a premises liability action for injuries sustained when plaintiff fell from a pedestrian ramp while visiting a car dealership, a court of appeals...

Lozano v. Ocwen Fed. Bank, FSB

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action raising claims challenging defendant-bank's foreclosure of plaintiffs' home in Texas, summary judgment for the bank is affirmed in part...

Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York

Government Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not immunize a foreign government from a law-suit to declare the validity of tax liens on property...

Georgiev v. County of Santa Clara

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In action claiming refund of property taxes on plaintiff's residence, summary judgment for defendant-county is affirmed where the county Assessment...

Barber v. Chang

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's negligence claim arising from being shot by one of defendant's tenants is reversed where defendant...

Kemper/Prime Indus. Partners v. Montgomery Watson Ams., Inc.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit for negligent misrepresentation concerning an environmental assessment by defendant of a parcel of land, dismissal of plaintiff's suit is...

Emerald Investors Trust v. Gaunt Parsippany Partners

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In the context of a diversity of citizenship jurisdiction inquiry, the citizenship of both the trustee and the beneficiary should control in...